Full of shout-along manifestos and strident tomfoolery from each of their seven studio albums, Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schubas Tavern lives up to the mandate given to the mastering engineer to "err on the side of massive, fierce and overwhelming."
The Waco Brothers, critical darlings since their unleashing on the world, featuring a scribe-ready lineup of members from the Mekons, Jesus Jones, Wreck, Gang of Four and others, as well as a genre-bending fearlessness, this outfit have always saved their best for the stage.
The live shows, particularly at SXSW and CMJ, are events of genuine reverence for their leave-it-all-out-there-this-should-be-FUN-dammit convictions.
Sadly, there's always been the undercurrent of grousing, as good as the studio albums are, that, well, it's not like BEING there. Well, now it is. On Waco Express, you can practically feel the heat from the stage, smell the smoke on your clothes, taste the beery taste of beer and let your ears bask in the un-tempered wall of sound.
- Waco Express
- Blink of An Eye
- Too Sweet to Die
- Red Brick Wall
- Cowboy in Flames
- Fox River
- Hell's Roof
- Do What I Say
- Missing Link
- If You Don't Change Your Mind
- Death of Country Music
- Nothing At All
- Plenty Tough Union Made
- Harm's Way
- Revolution Blues
- Take Me To the Fires