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Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive!

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Released
  
June 6, 1980

Length
  
40:44

Release date
  
6 June 1980

Recorded
  
1980

Artist
  
Iron City Houserockers

Label
  
Rock Heritage

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Studio
  
Media Sound, New York City

Producer
  
The Slimmer Twins (Steve Popovich and Marty Mooney), Mick Ronson

Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive! (1980)
  
Blood on the Bricks (1981)

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll, Heartland rock

Similar
  
Iron City Houserockers albums, Rock music albums

have a good time but get out alive


Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive! is a studio album by the Iron City Houserockers. Although well-received critically, commercial success eluded the Iron City Houserockers outside of the rust belt. Among the strongest tracks are the title track, "Don't Let Them Push You Around", "We're Not Dead Yet", the two-part medley of "Old Man Bar" and Junior's Bar" and "Rock Ola", Grushecky's first truly competent ballad. According to the liner notes, E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt produced and arranged five songs ("Junior's Bar", "Angela", "Running Scared", "Blondie", and "Don't Let Them Push You Around") and played lead guitar on "Junior's Bar" before leaving due to creative differences with Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. The album was reissued on CD format in 1999.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Have a Good Time (But Get out Alive)" (Joe Grushecky) – 3:49
  2. "Don't Let Them Push You Around" (Grushecky) – 2:23
  3. "Pumping Iron" (Grushecky) – 3:54
  4. "Hypnotized" (Grushecky, Gil Snyder) – 3:20
  5. "Price of Love" (Grushecky, Snyder) – 4:04
  6. "Angela" (Joe Grushecky) – 3:17

Side two

  1. "We're Not Dead Yet" (Dan Beck, Grushecky, Snyder) – 3:01
  2. "Blondie" (Grushecky) – 2:44
  3. "Old Man Bar" (Bob Boyer, Eddie Britt, Snyder) – 3:14
  4. "Junior's Bar" (Britt, Grushecky, Snyder) – 4:17
  5. "Runnin' Scared" (Grushecky, Art Nardini, Snyder) – 3:49
  6. "Rock Ola" (Grushecky) – 2:52

"Hypnotized" was produced by Ian Hunter. "Don't Let Them Push You Around", "Angela", "Blondie", "Junior's Bar" and "Runnin' Scared" were arranged by Steven Van Zandt.

Personnel

  • Joe Grushecky - lead vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Britt - guitar, background vocals
  • Art Nardini - bass guitar
  • Gil Snyder - keyboards, background vocals, lead vocals on "Old Man Bar", cover design
  • Ned E. Rankin - drums
  • Marc Reisman - harmonica, background vocals
  • Tommy Mandel – organ on "Price of Love"
  • Mick Ronson – piano on "Rock Ola", mandolin on "Old Man Bar"
  • Steven Van Zandt - guitar on "Junior's Bar"
  • Joey Miskulin – accordion on "Old Man Bar"
  • Ian Hunter – guitar, background vocals, piano on "Hypnotized"
  • Roy Martin – background vocals on "Have a Good Time"
  • Ellen Foley – background vocals on "Junior's Bar"

    • Songs

    1Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)3:51
    2Don't Let Them Push You Around2:25
    3Pumping Iron3:57

    References

    Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive! Wikipedia
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