Interstate City

Interstate City is a live album by American artist Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, released in 1996. It was the group's first release and one of two the group released with Hightone records.

Interstate City
Live album by Dave Alvin
Released	July 1996
Recorded	Continental Club, Austin, Texas
Genre	Folk rock, country rock
Length	1:11:12
Label	Hightone
Producer	Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin chronology
King of California (1994) Interstate City (1996) Blackjack David (1998)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "Most of the newer numbers are on par with his finest material and they are delivered with an intoxicating rush. Interstate City is one of the rare live albums that actually improves on the original recordings."^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

1. "So Long Baby, Goodbye" – 3:26
2. "Out in California" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 4:26
3. "Interstate City" – 6:21
4. "Look Out (It Must Be Love)/Intro to Mister Lee" – 4:21
5. "Mister Lee" (Alvin, Fontaine Brown) – 5:04
6. "Thirty Dollar Room" (Alvin, David Amy) – 6:29
7. "Dry River" – 4:10
8. "Museum of Heart" – 4:34
9. "Waiting for the Hard Times to Go" (Jim Ringer) – 3:37
10. "Jubilee Train/Do Re Mi/Promised Land" – 9:15
11. "Long White Cadillac" – 7:43
12. "The New Florence Avenue Lullaby" – 2:28
13. "Romeo's Escape" – 8:58

Personnel

• Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
• Rick Solem – piano, background vocals
• Gregory Boaz – bass
• Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Donald Lindley – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Greg Leisz – guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
• Katy Moffatt – vocals
• Ted Roddy – harmonica

Production notes

• James Tuttle – engineer, mixing
• Phil Crumrine – assistant engineer
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Lou Beach – design
• Issa Sharp – photography
• Brenda Burns Boaz – photography