Album Review: "Live at Texas Stadium" by Alan Jackson, George Strait and Jimmy Buffett (2007)

Three of the biggest ham n' eggers going today teamed up for a show in Dallas back on Saturday, May 29, 2004, and finally got around to releasing it earlier this year.

Each feller does a couple of his own tunes and helps the other two out, like when Buffett shows up in time to do Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas" or when Jackson and Strait return the favour on Buffet's "Hey Good Lookin'". Even a Guy Clark tune, "Boats To Build", makes the cut, as does the Eagles' a cappella classic "Seven Bridges Road". Others like Buffet's "Margaritaville" and Jackson's "Five O'Clock Somewhere" are included as well, and it sounds like both performers and fans are having a great time. (How can you not when the day's soundtrack includes songs about Texas women, cowboys, honky tonkin', and claiming the title of "designated drinker"? ) Even the cheerleaders come out for closing track "Where I Come From", which another reader of this blog and I once completely butchered at karaoke, much to the chagrin of our very embarassed wives.

The less said about that, the better.

Returning to the subject at hand, "Live At Texas Stadium" is definitely nothing serious, and while it's the equivalent of what is often referred to as a "rental" in movie terms, it's a fun little record for when you're washing the car, poppin' a top and kickin' back, or heading out on a redneck roadtrip, which I look forward to doing later on this summer - twice, in fact.

Overall rating: 7.25/10