Live at the Troubadour

by The Naked Trucker And T-Bones

Overview

While comparing Naked Trucker & T-Bones to Tenacious D begins to paint a picture, it only takes you halfway there. Naked Trucker & T-Bones are also a musical duo with a cult following where two somewhat known comedians (Dave "Gruber" Allen and David Koechner) play characters. The difference is the D are ambitious and clueless while the Naked Trucker & T-Bones are slackers and jaded, too. They love truck stops and Quaaludes as much as the D love Dio, and while their debut album and DVD arrive just as their television series comes to a close, landing an eight-episode show is probably just about as ambitious as these guys get and you shouldn't expect them on the big screen anytime soon. One last contrast is that the D's hilarious and loud while this team's a slow charm, a love 'em or hate 'em kind of charm of which the producers of Live at the Troubadour are well aware. In a smart move, the album isn't much different than the live shows fans have traded for years with no overblown studio tracks. There's casual conversation in between ironic rebel music and Kinky Friedman comes to mind as often as Hee Haw since the music is wry and smart while the jokes are often pure corn. The Trucker's George Carlin flavored dropout attitude is a perfect foil for T-Bones' energetic, scrambled-from-too-many-peyote-buttons delivery, and any act able to drop Noam Chomsky quotes while their three-piece band lays down the barroom stomp deserves its sizeable cult. Live at the Troubadour serves to satisfy said cult with its simple and fitting presentation, but it also acts as a great introduction to this quirky act and their unique rebel yell. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	03/20/2007
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624427629
Rank:	185758

Tracks

1. Ballad of the Naked Trucker
2. The Meeting
3. Where's My Beer (Intro)
4. Where's My Beer
5. Square Dance Is Hip-Hop
6. You Don't Know (Jack Shit)
7. Pathos-Bathos
8. My Daddy Is an Astronaut
9. Jammin' Gears and Mud Flaps
10. Long Beach (Gin & Juice Intro)
11. Gin & Juice
12. You Do the Driving and I'll Do the Drinking
13. Hobo Holiday (2 Dollars)
14. Stay Right Here (And Go)
15. My American Dream

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Naked Trucker And T-Bones   Primary Artist
David Koechner   Vocals
Dave "Gruber" Allen   Guitar
Andy Paley   Drums,Vocals,Harmonica,Marxophone
Thomas Chan "TC"   Guitar,Vocals
J.P. Fitting "JP"   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

El Armstrong   Audio Engineer
Peter Strickland   Audio Production
J.P. Williams   Audio Production,Producer,Management
John Falzarano   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Dave "Gruber" Allen   Composer
Steve Arrington   Composer
Andre Young   Composer
Rick Finch   Composer
David Koechner   Composer,Executive Producer
Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey   Composer
Norm MacDonald   Composer
Stephen Washington   Composer
David Glasser   Audio Master
Richard Finch   Composer
Calvin Broadus   Composer
David Goldman   Photography
Brian Bobel   Design,Art Direction
Blair Berle   Creative Director
T. Sean Shannon   Composer
David Allen   Executive Producer
Daniel Webster   Composer
Stephen Higgins   Composer
Alan J. Higgins   Composer
Raymond Guy Turner   Composer
Mark Adams   Composer