Show Time is the sixth album and first live album by guitarist Ry Cooder, produced by Cooder and released on the Warner Bros. record label in January 1977.

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Show Time
Cover of the original US pressing, 1977[1]
Live album by Ry Cooder
Released	January 1977[citation needed]
Recorded	14–15 December 1976
Venue	The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Genre	Americana, roots rock, blues, country, Tex-Mex
Length	43:04
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Chicken Skin Music (1976) Show Time (1977) Jazz (1978)
Alternate cover
The alternative cover used on subsequent reissues

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "School Is Out" (Frank Guida, Gary Anderson, Gene Barge, Joseph Royster) – 2:37
2. "Alimony" (Brenda Lee Jones, Robert Higginbotham, Welton Young) – 4:44
3. "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional; adapted by Ry Cooder) – 5:27
4. "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 6:43

Side B

1. "Viva Seguin/Do Re Mi" (Santiago Jiménez, Woody Guthrie) – 5:24
2. "Volver, Volver" (Ray Maldonado) – 4:49
3. "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" (Blind Alfred Reed) – 6:40
4. "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 8:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Ry Cooder – electric guitar, vocals, arrangements
• Flaco Jiménez – accordion
• Bobby King – vocals
• Terry Evans – vocals
• Eldridge King – vocals
• Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone
• Jesse Ponce – bajo sexto
• Henry "Big Red" Ojeda – bass
• Isaac Garcia – drums[3][4]

References