Out in California

Out in California is a live album by American artist Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, released in 2002. It was recorded live in August 2001 in Santa Barbara and in January 2002 in Pasadena, California.

Out in California
Live album by Dave Alvin
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	2001, 2002
Genre	Folk rock, country rock
Length	1:15:58
Label	HighTone
Producer	Dave Alvin, Mark Linett
Dave Alvin chronology
Public Domain (2000) Out in California (2002) Ashgrove (2004)

Reception

Professional ratings

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

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Rick Anderson wrote of the album "As live albums tend to be, it's a curious mix of the familiar and the obscure."^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

1. "Out in California" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 6:49
2. "Haley's Comet" (Alvin, Russell) – 4:48
3. "Little Honey/Who Do You Love?" (Dave Alvin, John Doe, Bo Diddley) – 9:21
4. "Abilene" – 6:51
5. "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" – 7:32
6. "Highway 99" – 4:14
7. "Andersonville" – 5:30
8. "All 'Round Man" (Bo Carter) – 3:59
9. "Blue Boulevard" (Alvin, Michael Woody) – 6:15
10. "Wanda and Duane" – 4:14
11. "4th of July" – 5:33
12. "American Music" – 7:01
13. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Little Walter Jacobs) – 3:45

Personnel

• Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar, National Steel guitar
• Chris Gaffney – background vocals, accordion
• Gregory Boaz – bass
• Joe Terry – keyboards
• Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, backing vocals
• Greg Leisz – dobro, guitar
• Rick Shea – guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Brantley Kearns – fiddle, backing vocals
• John "Juke" Logan – harmonica

Production notes

• Mark Linett – producer, engineer, mixing
• Lou Beach – design
• Issa Sharp – photography
• Steve Smith – photography