You Need to Live a Little
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| You Need to Live a Little | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | March 1994 | |||
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| Length | 63:33 | |||
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| Producer | John Snyder | |||
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You Need to Live a Little is an album by the American musician Larry Garner, released in 1995.[1][2] Garner's contract with Gitanes/Verve Records allowed him to quit his day job in order to promote the album.[3] He supported it with United Kingdom and North American tours.[4][5]
Garner was signed to Gitanes/Verve after successful shows at the Parisian nightclub New Morning.[6] You Need to Live a Little was produced by John Snyder.[7] Willie Weeks played bass on the album.[8] David "Fathead" Newman played a saxophone solo on "Miracles of Time"; Garner wrote a letter to Gladys Knight, his favorite singer, to ask if she had listened to the song as he wanted her to cover it.[8][9] The Legendary White Trash Horns contributed to a few tracks.[10] Garner considered his lyrics to be of an observational nature, touching on problems in his own life that were also universal.[11] "Four Cars Running" describes the financial burden of supporting grown children.[12] "Rats and Roaches in My Kitchen" is a cover of the Silas Hogan song, on which Sonny Landreth played slide guitar.[13] The album is dedicated to Hogan.[8]
