Livin' or Dyin'

{{Infobox album

| name = Livin' or Dyin'

| type = studio

| artist = Jack Ingram

| cover = Jack Ingram - Livin' or Dyin'.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = March 25, 1997

| recorded = 1996

| venue =

| studio =

Room & Board (Nashville, Tennessee)

| genre = Country

| length = 43:47

| label = Rising Tide

| producer = Steve Earle
Ray Kennedy

| prev_title = Lonesome Questions

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Hey You

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Livin' or Dyin'

| type = studio

| single1 = That's Not Me

| single1date = 1997

| single2 = Flutter

| single2date = 1997

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r256633|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jack Ingram — Livin' or Dyin'|last=Chrispell|first=James|date=|work=AllMusic|accessdate=2009-12-04}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = B{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287518,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421162134/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287518,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2009|title=Jack Ingram - Livin' or Dyin' (Rising Tide)|last=Nash|first=Alanna|date=18 Apr 1997|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Livin' or Dyin' is the third studio album by country music artist Jack Ingram, released on March 25, 1997. It was the only album of his career released via Rising Tide Records due to that label closing soon after its release. The first two singles of Ingram's career were released from this album, "That's Not Me" and "Flutter". They both charted poorly with "Flutter" peaking at No. 51 while the other failed to chart altogether in the United States.

Content

Livin' or Dyin' was produced by country artists Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy, credited on the album as the Twang Trust. Of the 14 songs on the album, 9 were written or co-written by Ingram. The last track, "Airways Motel" was written with Portland, Oregon based Alt-country artist Todd Snider, who also plays acoustic guitar on the track.

"Dallas" was originally recorded by Jimmie Dale Gilmore in 1989 on his self-titled album. "Rita Ballou" first appeared on Guy Clark's 1975 debut album, Old No. 1. "Imitation of love" was originally recorded by George Jones in 1966. Ingram had previously recorded a more stripped-down version of "Flutter" on his 1995 eponymous debut album. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke" is a cover of Vern Gosdin from his 1985 album Time Stood Still.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Nothin' Wrong with That

| writer1 = Jack Ingram, Tom Littlefield, Ty Tyler

| length1 = 2:32

| title2 = Big Time

| writer2 = Ingram, Littlefield

| length2 = 2:47

| title3 = Ghost of a Man

| writer3 = John Bunzow, Ingram

| length3 = 2:48

| title4 = Flutter

| writer4 = Colin Boyd

| length4 = 2:14

| title5 = Rita Ballou

| writer5 = Guy Clark

| length5 = 3:27

| title6 = She Does Her Best

| writer6 = Ingram Littlefield

| length6 = 2:42

| title7 = Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)

| writer7 = Max Fidler, Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis

| length7 = 4:02

| title8 = Picture on My Wall

| writer8 = Ingram

| length8 = 3:21

| title9 = That's Not Me

| writer9 = Ingram, Littlefield

| length9 = 3:09

| title10 = Don't You Remember

| writer10 = Ingram, Gary Nicholson

| length10 = 3:12

| title11 = Imitation of Love

| writer11 = Howard Gregory. Adrian Roland

| length11 = 2:41

| title12 = Dallas

| writer12 = Jimmie Dale Gilmore

| length12 = 3:45

| title13 = I Can't Leave You

| writer13 = Ingram

| length13 = 3:15

| title14 = Airways Motel

| writer14 = Ingram, Todd Snider

| length14 = 3:35

}}

Personnel

Taken from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Livin' or Dyin' |others=Jack Ingram |year=1997 |type=CD |publisher=Rising Tide Records |id=53046}}

The Beat Up Ford Band

Jack Ingram – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris Claridy – electric guitars, backing vocals
Gus Salmon – bass guitar, 6 string trem bass, backing vocals
Pete Coatney – drums, percussion

Other musicians

Ray Kennedy – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, 6-string punk bass, tambourine
Micheal Smotherman – Hammond organ
Steve Earle – harmonium, acoustic guitar, high-string guitar, nylon acoustic guitar, acoustic archtop guitar, harmony vocals
Todd Snider – acoustic guitar
Jerry Jeff Walker – acoustic guitar, harmonica
Tommy Hannum – steel guitar, dobro, tremolo steel guitar, lap steel guitar
T-Money – needle drops, surface noise
Tom Littlefield – backing vocals

Handclaps

Mike Snider – lead clapper
Michael Christ
Rose Gillotti
Amy Ingram
Holland Nix
Kathi Whitley

Production

Pat Earle – executive producer
Steve Earle – producer
Ray Kennedy – producer, recording, mixing
Casey Jones – second engineer
Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
FCC Management – management

Chart performance

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"\| US Country ! width="45"\| CAN Country
rowspan="2"\| 1997 \| align="left"\| "That's Not Me" \| — \| 89
align="left"\| "Flutter" \| 51 \| 74
colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| CAN Country

rowspan="2"| 1997

| align="left"| "That's Not Me"

| —

| 89

align="left"| "Flutter"