Track Listing

1. Broke Down South of Dallas
2. Party Lights
3. My Wife Thinks You're Dead
4. Hillbilly Hula Gal
5. I Hung It Up
6. Juan Charasquado
7. Highway Patrol
8. Gotta Get Up Every Morning (Just to Say Goodnight to You)
9. Lifeguard Larry
10. Long Walk Back to San Antone
11. I Want to Live and Love Always
12. Rock and Roll Guitar Medley: Lullaby of the Leaves/Apache/Secret Agent

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94055 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Junior Brown, the multi-dimensional Americana/honkytonk artist who dazzled fans in 2004 with his Telarc debut, Down Home Chrome, ratchets up the intensity with Live at the Continental Club: The Austin Experience, a richly layered set that captures the witty songcraft and mind-bending fretwork that have become his trademark in the live setting.

Customer Reviews

A Shot of Musical Viagra
What can you say to a CD like this? I have seen Junior Brown at the Continental Club many, many times over the years and each time I do, his outrageously spirited play reignites my enthusiasm for his music. But never more so than now with the issue of Live at the Continental Club.
Old-time Junior Brown fans have been dismayed over the past several years as Brown seemed to lose his knack for originality, authenticity, and wry humor that had brought him legions of fans. Instead, it seemed almost as if he was settling into a formulaic routine: a dash of country here, a shot of rock and roll there, and a dollop of cornpone and blues to finish it off. Oh, yeah, he was still good, but the old magic seemed to be fading and his recordings became almost predictable. But then along came this live CD and it seemed like just the shot of musical viagra that Brown needed to make his music exciting again!
You have never really experienced Junior Brown until you've seen him live, and this CD is about as close to a live show as possible. Most of the songs on the CD are old hat to long-time fans but they really come alive here. Brown seems inspired as he launches a guit-steel attack that will leave the listener wanting to hear the CD over and over again.
My favorites are: Broke Down South Of Dallas, the humorous Party Lights, the Tex-Mex burner Juan Charasquado featuring accordion legend Flaco Jimenez, the hilarious Highway Patrol, the equally funny debut of Lifeguard Larry, a spellbinding rendition of Long Walk Back to San Antone, and portions of the Rock and Roll Guitar Medley, particularly Brown's take on Apache. His fretwork is often spectacular. Only occasional musical muddiness which can probably be attributed to the engineer or the recording equipment, and some missed lyrics knock a star off the rating.
If you are one of those who had kind of given up on Brown recently, its time to come back and hear this. This is an Austin Experience you won't soon forget.

Yee-Ha!
This CD didn't disappoint me - it's great music and it's a lot of fun to listen to. I've only had it a few days, but I think this is going to become my favorite Junior CD.

The sound quality is stellar too. It was recorded directly to DSD at the Continental Club, and I must say that it's the best live recording I've ever heard. Just what you'd expect from the folks at Telarc.

Jodido!!! Junior you done it again!!
For those of you who have not been blessed with the opprotunity to experience the Semi-Crazy Junior live, this as close as you can get to it. Just put this CD on and plunk yourself down in a nice comfy chair. If you want realism turn down the lights and have a few ciggies burnin somewhere in an ashtray, an brotha you are there. Juniors live performances are nothing short of electric, licks that are timed with the precision of a brain surgeon and quips ala his guit fiddle "Big Red" that will get you in a chucklin mood. Junior seems to "channel" into some twangy funk river that flows nearby and with the aid of his band serves it up with humor and an ambiance that we thought was lost with the 60s. Every track on this CD takes me back to the last time I saw Junior live. All his best are here, enjoy!!