Search - Shooter Jennings :: Live at Irving Plaza 4-18-06 (Dig)

This is Shooter Jennings's second release of 2006, recorded at a New York concert for Sirius Satellite Radio (where he hosts his own program) two weeks after the release of his second album, Electric Rodeo. Hearing Jennings and his tight, riproaring three-piece band the .357's--Southern rockers in the Skynyrd tradition (particularly on "Daddy's Farm")--on stage conveys all of their raw, gut-ripping immediacy. Six selections come from his 2005 debut, including "Manifesto No. 1," "Steady at the Wheel," the heavily countrified "Lonesome Blues," "Southern Comfort," and "Busted in Baylor County," inspired by a real-life Texas incident. Four others, "Electric Rodeo," "Gone to Carolina," the hilarious "Manifesto No. 2," and "It Ain't Easy," appeared on the second album. Jennings's outlaw attitude never lets up, and when he invokes Waylon, a ubiquitous touchstone, it's with wit and in good taste. In fact, one direct homage accounts for the album's most moving moment. Hearing Shooter's eloquent, loving "It Ain't Easy" leaves no doubt that the old man would be proud. --Rich Kienzle