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Live Trucker

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Like the blurb on the packaging says there's no extra's here.... no bonus tracks....no exclusive footage...no remixes... just straight ahead high octane "live trucker" music courtesy of the Kid and Twisted Brown Trucker Band.

There are thirteen songs overall, fourteen if you choose to include the intro to cowboy which is a folksy blues riff from the Kid featuring a tounge in cheek dig at some of his contempories, so at a tick over seventy minutes this is obviously not a full live show but rather various selections from Kid Rock's homestand in 2004 as well as a couple of cuts from a 2000 show also performed in Clarkson, MI.

The setlist is seamless nontheless allthough a full show would not have been unwarrented.

Proceedings kick of with a bang with the balls out rocker Son of Detroit which is full on and gets the crowd up from the get go. With Bawitaba and Cowboy (surprisingly early on in the set for mine) following hot on it's heels there is not a lot of downtime either.

With elements of country, hip-hop, rock, blues and soul there's a bit of something for everyone who likes their music with no frills and no fuss. You can tell that the Kid likes what he does and has a good time doing it.

Most all of the songs that you'd expect are here (with the possible exception of Bulldog) allthough Picture is covered with Gretchen Wilson rather than Sheryl Crow this time around. I guess Ms. Crow was probably chasing Lance Armstrong around the tour de France at the time it was recorded.

The packaging includes various high gloss live shots from onstage during the tour and ends with the Kid's credo.....
"If it looks good, you'll see it;
if it sounds good, you'll hear it;
if it's marketed right, you'll buy it;
but...if it's real, you'll feel it"

.....this is a live disk you will feel.

Live Trucker epitomizes what the live Kid Rock show is all about. The only way it would have been better is if it would have been 2 CDs or perhaps if it would have included a DVD. The band sounds great, the Kid is in awesome form, & it includes many of his best songs. I so respect that someone will put out a solid live CD with musicians who actually play their instruments. What a concept. I highly recommend this album. You won't be disappointed. I can't wait for his next studio album.

God, I love this CD. It has not left my CD changer. I have not listeded to anything else in days. My eardrums are beginning to hurt, but I do not care. This is one of the best CDs I have ever purchased. Thank you Kid Rock for putting out such an OUTSTANDING collection of live rock music. You and the TBT Band are truely talented musicians that can not be matched by anyone. It's nice to know that someone is still cranking out good rock and roll. I am looking forward to the studio album!

The negative first...For most Kid Rock fans, we all have a list of covers he does so well LIVE that should have been on this LIVE CD like, Fortunate Son, or some Aerosmith, Bob Seger or Marshall Tucker classic, but this is just not the case.... NO BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!

The positive...This album is FANTASTIC!!! and lets face it, most of his best stuff is here with that live twist only KID can put into each song.
"Devil Without A Cause" sounds GREAT!!! How about "Picture", I never liked it but what makes it so good is Gretchen Wilson helping him out. As for the best track, I think "Mother F Quite Like Me" or "Cowboy" are top contenders. On every tune, K-ROCK is giving you his heart and soul. The only missing link is "Wasting Time" which I think is his best song and can't understand why he left it out.

This is KID ROCK's "LIVE BULLET" compare the album covers. KID always wanted to do something similar to Seger's "LIVE BULLET" and as you may know is his favorite album. So could the set be better, DEFINITELY, could he have done some classic rap, country or Rock n Roll, YES... Lets live with what we have because we all know KID ROCK LIVE or in the studio is the best in the biz.... One more point, buy this, don't burn it, the picture sleeve in book form with the CD is OUTSTANDING!!!!

After a handfull of popular albums, Kid Rock has released his first live album, "Live Trucker." Live Trucker, is about as good as you can do with a single disc live album. Most of Kid Rock's best known originals are on here. Live trucker contains good performances of songs such as: Bawitdaba, Cowboy, Picture, American Bad A$$, M Fer Quite Like Me, and Only God Knows Why. Hardcore Kid Rocks fans will definitely want to purchase Live Trucker. Casual fans, why don't want to buy the individual albums may also want to pick up Live Trucker.

This is straight up no frills live cd,With most of the biggest hits from Kid's hay days. This is probally the last record ever to have Kid Rock rapping and rocking as his direction has turned and evolved, but a classic way to relive the past and rap up this era of rock and TBT. The album shows that Rock gives one hell of a show, like no one else and no matter how hes critised on every cd no one can rock it like this.

Kid Rock is probally the most versitile artist ever certainly at present.

2006 Is a big year for Kid the new studio album will put him back at the top and rightly so. A great listen highly recommened!!!

Regards DJ PaPerStaK UK

This album wont appeal to your poppy Mtv crowd, not anymore. Kid Rock has evolved as all talented musicians do. Yes I would have like more songs, but hey im a fan, i always want more. But this album delivers on hits, the amazing sound of his live performances. And the real music played by a real band. Its a throwback to a time when the live album was a regular thing. But the problem with most of todays music is its so fake with background musicians, background singers, and studio polishing, that the "artist" doesnt have the talent to put on a kick ass show. Kid Rock proves once again that he isnt on of those artists. He can sing, TBT is a kick ass band, and together they are probobly one of the most talented acts in music. A must have for any music fan.

If you are a true fan of good music then you will love Live Trucker much like you love all of Bobby's work. All the usual favorites are here (as many as could fit on one CD anyway). And the little extra riffs and verses added during the live show definitely make this album worth picking up. His cover of the Gap Band's "Outstanding" is also quite comical and entertaining. Kid Rock combines so many different aspects from so many great music genres and time periods that any true fan of the musical art will love his music. His voice is also becoming quite legendary to those who know. The other great thing about "Live Trucker" is the cover design which is modeled after Bob Seger's great "Live Bullet" album as an homage to the other legendary detroit rocker.
PS. If you know the Kid and like to hear what he thinks then you'll love the bluesy southern rock riff he does as an intro to "Cowboy", it's got the Kid "expressing" himself and his opinion about a few of his fellow "artists" if you can call them that.
Buy the album, you won't regret it. "That white kid can Rock!!!"

Live trucker is a must have. It may have alot of songs that we have already heard but, you haven't heard them. Yes, they are the same songs but different. This is his best work yet!!!

This album is absolutely amazing. Kid Rock is by far my favorite musician of all time! He can do everything. Rock, Rap, Country, Blues, etc. He does it all and he does it well. If your a Kid Rock fan you must have this album. If you have an upgraded sound system in your vehicle even better. Turn up the volume and forget all your little problems while Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band puts your speakers through the works! 100% recommended.