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Live and Let Live!

Live and Let Live! is an album by the American musicians Bobby King and Terry Evans, released in 1988. The pair had served as backing vocalists in Ry Cooder's band. The duo supported the album with a UK tour with Cooder.

Production

The album was produced by Cooder. King and Evans were backed by Cooder on bottleneck guitar, as well as most of Cooder's band: Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Dickinson and Spooner Oldham on piano, and Jorge Calderón and Daryl Johnson on bass. A third Cooder vocalist, Willie Green, sang on two tracks. "At the Dark End of the Street" is a cover of the James Carr song. "Just a Little Bit" is a version of the Roscoe Gordon song.

Critical reception

The San Francisco Chronicle concluded, "The album is an utter gem, not likely to be heard on hit radio, but certain to delight discriminating listeners with its frolic and fervor." The Philadelphia Inquirer noted the "loose, slap-happy vocals that sound as though they're having too much fun to worry about premeditated arrangements." USA Today opined that "Seeing Is Believing" "is like a great Little Feat track".

The St. Petersburg Times said, "King's high, sanctified tenor meshes wonderfully with Evan's low, sand-and-gravel growl." The Independent noted that "King and Evans are better at lounging about than jumping and hollering". The Chicago Tribune called Live and Let Live! "one of the finest soul albums of the year." The StarPhoenix labeled it "one of the most exciting blues and R&B collections in a long time."

Track listing

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