Hollywood Records
2005
Live A Little
About This Album
Big Kenny recorded his debut album, Live a Little, for Hollywood Records in 1999 and it was scheduled to be released that fall, but the label pushed it back till 2000 due to scheduling problems, and from there, it simply fell off the radar. Months passed and it stayed in the label's vaults, and eventually Big Kenny Alphin was let loose. A while later, he went off with Lonestar singer John Rich -- who co-wrote three songs on Live a Little and did some background vocals -- to form Big & Rich, who unexpectedly took country by storm in 2004 as both performers (with their crossover hit "Save a Horse [Ride a Cowboy]") and as the producers/songwriters behind Gretchen Wilson and her hit "Redneck Woman." In the wake of all this success, Hollywood hauled out Live a Little and released it in March of 2005. Frankly, it's easy to see why the label didn't release the album -- it's too damn weird to market, particularly to an audience that has no idea who Big Kenny is. It's a swirling, pastel-colored collage of psychedelia, bombastic album rock, swinging British Invasion harmonies, and post-alternative pop, all packaged in an ultraslick, cavernous production and fronted by Kenny, who sings every song, regardless of its sound or sentiment, in his best Billy Murray lounge-singer croon.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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