Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive!
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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.[2]
Track listing
Side one
- "Have a Good Time (But Get out Alive)" (Joe Grushecky) – 3:49
- "Don't Let Them Push You Around" (Grushecky) – 2:23
- "Pumping Iron" (Grushecky) – 3:54
- "Hypnotized" (Grushecky, Gil Snyder) – 3:20
- "Price of Love" (Grushecky, Snyder) – 4:04
- "Angela" (Joe Grushecky) – 3:17
Side two
- "We're Not Dead Yet" (Dan Beck, Grushecky, Snyder) – 3:01
- "Blondie" (Grushecky) – 2:44
- "Old Man Bar" (Bob Boyer, Eddie Britt, Snyder) – 3:14
- "Junior's Bar" (Britt, Grushecky, Snyder) – 4:17
- "Runnin' Scared" (Grushecky, Art Nardini, Snyder) – 3:49
- "Rock Ola" (Grushecky) – 2:52
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", arrangements, producer
- Steven Van Zandt - guitar on "Junior's Bar", producer
- Joey Miskulin – accordion on "Old Man Bar"
- Ian Hunter – guitar, background vocals, piano and arrangement on "Hypnotized", arrangement and producer on "We're Not Dead Yet"
- Roy Martin – background vocals on "Have a Good Time"
- Ellen Foley – background vocals on "Junior's Bar"
- Harvey Goldberg - engineer, mastering
- Gary Boyle - assistant engineer
- Tom Hart - cover design
- Barb Freeman - photography
- George Marino - mastering
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