| Wanted Dead or Alive | ||||
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| Studio album by David Bromberg | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Folk, folk rock, blues | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Bromberg | |||
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Wanted Dead or Alive is an album by David Bromberg.[1][2][3] It was his third album, released by Columbia Records as a vinyl LP in 1974. It has been released as a CD several times — by Sony Music Media in 2004, by SBME Special Markets in 2008, and by Columbia Records in 2011. It was also released as a double CD, combined with Bromberg's subsequent album Midnight on the Water, by BGO Records in 2010.[4]
The title Wanted Dead or Alive is a play on words, referring to how the record was created. Side one of the LP was recorded in the studio with various musicians, including four members of the Grateful Dead — Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Keith Godchaux, and Bill Kreutzmann. Side two was recorded live.[5]
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Writing in Driftwood Magazine in 2011, Craig Harris said, "With their masterfully executed mix of America’s musical roots, the albums released by David Bromberg in the mid-1970s remain as much fun as they were more than a third of a century ago.... Reaching into what he does best, Bromberg came up with an album full of spirit, high energy and musical diversity. Opening with a galloping reprisal of "The Holdup", his collaboration with George Harrison, Bromberg and cohorts... rarely let up. While his vocals were anything but luscious, Bromberg's deep, growl-like singing made every word heartfelt. Showing the depths of his songwriting with four self-composed tunes... Bromberg uses the guitar picking styles that he had learned as a student and protege of bluesman Reverend Gary Davis as springboards for discovery."[4]
According to Allmusic, "Some of Bromberg's strongest and best-loved material can be found here, including "The Holdup", "Danger Man", "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair", "The New Lee Highway Blues", and Bob Dylan's "Wallflower"."[1]