Livin' It Up!

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Livin' It Up! is a semi-based "lifestyle" album from Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas. While writing with Kenny Chesney and covering Toby Keith, Sammy dialed down the energy a couple of notches here and began singing about enjoying the life of a beach dweller. It was vaguely reminiscent of Jimmy Buffett career, and Sammy even used this time as opportunity to catch more easy-going party fans as he went on a brief tour with Kenny Chesney.

Song information

• "I Love This Bar" was previously recorded by Toby Keith for his 2003 album Shock'n Y'all. The song was written by Keith and Scotty Emerick.

• "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is a cover of a Bob Dylan song, originally released on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.

• The first version of the song "Halfway to Memphis" was recorded for the Sammy Hagar album Not 4 Sale (Sammy Hagar album).

• "Let Me Take You There" was called "I'll Take You There" when it was recorded by soul/gospel family band The Staple Singers. The song was included on the group's 1972 album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself.

Track listing

1. "Sam I Am" (Bob Daspit/Sammy Hagar/Nicole Summerwood) - 2:56
2. "Living on a Coastline" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:20
3. "Mexico" (Sammy Hagar) - 3:34
4. "The Way We Live" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:39
5. "I Love This Bar" (Scotty Emerick/Toby Keith) - 3:41
6. "One Sip" (Kenny Chesney/Sammy Hagar) - 2:18
7. "Rainy Day Women #12/#35" (Bob Dylan) - 3:37
8. "Halfway to Memphis" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:23
9. "Sailin'" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:21
10. "Let Me Take You There" (Sammy Hagar/Alvertis Isbell) - 4:24
11. "Someday" (Sammy Hagar) - 2:58

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar: Lead Vocals and Guitar
• David (Bro) Lauser: Drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Vic(Tore Up) Johnson: Electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Mona Gnader: Bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Gibby Ross: Timbales, congas, shaker, cowbell, tambourine
• Bob Daspit: Guitar, slide guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Nicole Summerwood: Backing vocals
• Roy Rogers: Slide guitar
• Rosendo Rodriguez Mariachi Band
• Tim Hockenberry: Trombone, piccolo trumpet
• Austin Delone: Piano
• Dave Zirbel: Pedal steel
• Aaron Hagar: backing vocals and lead vocal duet on "Someday"
• Kari Hagar: Backing vocals
• Will Blochinger: Photography

Chart performance

The album premiered at #50 on the Billboard Charts in 2006, with 16,000+ sold.

External links

Lyrics from Sammy's official site link