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The Hooters Live
Type:	Live album
Artist:	the Hooters
Cover:	TheHootersLive.jpg
Released:	May 9, 1994
Recorded:	December 2–3, 1993 February 1994 (studio tracks only)
Studio:	The Ranch, Philadelphia (studio tracks only)
Genre:	Rock
Length:	67:45
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Eric Bazilian Rob Hyman Rick Chertoff
Prev Title:	Out of Body
Prev Year:	1993
Next Year:	1996

The Hooters Live is the first live album by American rock band the Hooters released in 1994 by MCA Records. It contains eleven tracks recorded live in Germany and two newly recorded studio tracks.

Background

The Hooters Live was recorded on December 2, 1993 at Biskuithalle in Bonn, Germany and December 3, 1993 at Hyde Park in Osnabrück, Germany. There were two cover versions of Bob Dylan songs ("All I Really Want to Do" and "Blowin' in the Wind") recorded at the band's home studio The Ranch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in February 1994.^[1]

The album was released in Europe and Asia, but never saw a commercial release in the United States.

The album's package design and layout was done by band member Eric Bazilian on his home computer.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[1]

The Hooters

• Eric Bazilian – lead vocals, lead guitar, mandolin, recorder
• Rob Hyman – lead vocals, keyboards, accordion
• David Uosikkinen – drums
• John Lilley – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, guitar solo on "Johnny B"
• Fran Smith Jr. – bass, vocals
• Mindy Jostyn – violin, harmonica, mandolin, vocals

Technical

• Eric Bazilian – producer (all tracks), package design, layout
• Rob Hyman – producer (all tracks)
• Rick Chertoff – producer (studio tracks only)
• Cedric Beatty – engineer (live tracks only)
• Norbert Gutzmann – second engineer (live tracks only)
• Stewart Lerman – engineer (studio tracks only)
• William Wittman – mixing (at Studio 4, Philadelphia)
• Dirk Grobelny – mixing assistant
• George Marino – mastering (at Sterling Sound, NYC)
• Stefan Wildhirt – band photography
• Charles Grumbling – art production guru

Notes and References

1. The Hooters Live. . 1994. MCA.