Rule-breaking raconteur Robert Earl Keen has been a purveyor of fine Texas country tunes for more than three decades with albums such as No Kinda Dancer, A Bigger Piece of Sky, Picnic, No. 2 Live Dinner and What I Really Mean. After delving into his love of bluegrass with 2015âs Happy Prisoner, Robert Earl is getting back to his anything-goes roots with a new album, Live Dinner Reunion, which marks the 20th anniversary of 1996âs No. 2 Live Dinner.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the milestone album, he returned to the legendary John T. Flooreâs Country Store in the Texas Hill Country town of Helotes where he recorded No. 2 Live Dinner and upped the ante by inviting a handful of his hard-charging chums to sing along, including Cody Canada, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Robison, Cody Braun, Joe Ely and more.
âIt was a really great night,â says Robert Earl. âIâm sure a lot of people will like it. Itâs a good cross-section of my songs and my friends singing my songs. For instance, Lyle and I sang âThis Old Porch,â Bruce Robison sang âNo Kinda Dancerâ and Cory Morrow sang âIâll Go On Downtown.'â
The two-disc album drops on Nov. 18 and includes 26 tracks.
Live Dinner Reunion Track Listing
âTell It Like It Isâ
âFeelinâ Good Againâ
âGringo Honeymoonâ
âState of Thanks Addressâ
âI Gotta Goâ
âLucky Weatherâ
âIntro Lyle Lovett and This Old Porchâ
âT for Texasâ with Lyle Lovett
âWrite a Drinking Songâ
âHot Corn, Cold Cornâ
âCoryâs Storyâ
âIâll Go On Downtownâ with Cory Morrowâ
âDing Dong Daddy From Dumasâ with Mark Patterson and Bryan Duckworth
âOn the Moneyâ
âNo Kinda Dancerâ with Bruce Robison
âBoys in the Bandâ
âShades of Greyâ
âDeliverance Dry Cleaningâ
âNinety Nine Years for One Dark Dayâ
âAmarillo Highwayâ
âWild Windâ with Cody Braun
âMerry Christmas From the Fam-O-Leeâ
âCorpus Christi Bayâ
âLonely Feelin'â with Cody Canada
âGrateful Credâ
âThe Road Goes On Foreverâ with Joe Ely