Still Here for the Party: Live from St. Louis

Personnel: Gretchen Wilson (vocals, guitar); Grace Penner (vocals); Dan Hochhalter (acoustic guitar, fiddle); Tony Obrohta (acoustic guitar); Ryan Wariner (electric guitar); Brad Corbin, Gaylon Matthews (steel guitar); Jeff Armstrong (keyboards); Ron Gannaway (drums); Cherie Oakley, Wes Hightower (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Ryan Nelson.
Recording information: The Pageant, St. Louis (10/15/2013).
Ten years after her big breakthrough Here for the Party, Gretchen Wilson celebrated her debut via a live album recorded in St. Louis. Naturally entitled Still Here for the Party, the show contains all ten songs from the original album, albeit performed in a slightly different order, along with a two-song encore of "All Jacked Up" and "Rock n Roll." Thankfully, the performance does feel a little live: Wilson's vocals are slightly scratchy and the guitars are massive but not always precise, both of which are enough dissonance to give the record a bit of a kick. This is still very much a souvenir for fans, the ones who have stayed with the redneck woman for a decade, and they're bound to find this something of a party. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine