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Discography -> Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
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Release Date: |
February 1974
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Label: |
ABC Dunhill Records |
For album artwork, go here.
For song lyrics, go here.
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Track Listing:
1. Pencil Thin Mustache — 2:47
Jimmy Buffett
2. Come Monday — 3:06
Jimmy Buffett
3. Ringling, Ringling — 2:32
Jimmy Buffett
4. Brahma Fear — 4:05
Jimmy Buffett
5. Brand New Country Star — 2:40
Jimmy Buffett
6. Livingston’s Gone to Texas — 3:28
Jimmy Buffett
7. The Wino and I Know — 3:00
Jimmy Buffett
8. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown — 2:34
Jimmy Buffett
9. Saxophones — 3:18
Jimmy Buffett
10. Ballad of Spider John — 4:26
Willis Alan Ramsey
11. God’s Own Drunk — 6:19
Lord Buckley
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Buffett’s third studio album was called “Living and Dying in 3/4 Time.”
Notes on the album:
| - | “Living and Dying in 3/4 time” produced Jimmy’s first “hit” in “Come Monday”, which hit #4 on the Billboard Easy Listening Charts, #30 on the Billboard Pop Charts and #58 on the Billboard Country Charts.
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| - | Other Charting songs Included: “Saxophones” - #105 Billboard Pop Charts and “Pencil Thin Mustache” - #44 Billboard Easy Listening Charts. |
| - | The album peaked at #176 on the Billboard Pop Album Charts.
| - | Music Videos for “Pencil Thin Mustache” and “Come Monday” were shot but were never made public until 2000’s video compilation “Tales from Margaritavison”. |
| - | The album’s version of “God’s Own Drunk” was recorded the same day that Jimmy had a infamous clash with Tennessee Sheriff Burford Pusser. For more on this story, click here. |
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Liner Notes –
Produced by Don Gant for ABC Records (with Love to Miss Jane)
Jimmy Buffett - Acoustic Guitar
Reggie Young - Electric Guitar
Lanny Fiel - Acoustic, Electric and Slide Guitar
Doyle Gresham - Pedal Steel
Tommy Cogbill - Bass
Mike Utley - Keyboards
Sammy Creason - Drums and Bodyguard
Greg "Fingers" Taylor - Harmonica
Ferrell Morris - Congas, Vibes and other little goodies
Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White - Background Vocals
Strings and Horns arranged by Bergen White
Horns on "Saxophones" by Billy Puett
Recorded October 1973 at Woodland Sound Studio Nashville, Tennessee
Recording Engineer - David McKinley
Mastering Engineer - Bob Swoell
Mix Engineer - Tommy Semmes
Cover Photography - Guy De la Valdene
Shark Photography - Gil Drake
Painting "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time" - Rick Bibby
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