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band

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. It was released in 1999 on

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. This turned out to be

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's last album with the band, as he died in The Green Room shortly after its release. BEC Records retitled one song as "A Vegas Story" for the album's artwork. To this day, fans of the band continue to call it by its real name, "Free Drinks and a Dream". The song also goes by that name during concert performances and on later live albums and videos.

Track listing

# "Ghost Train (To Nowhere)" (Taylor) (4:38) # "Free Drinks and a Dream (A Vegas Story)" (Taylor) (4:53) # "If You Loved Here (You'd Be Home By Now)" (Taylor) (3:09) # "Diamonds to Coal" (Taylor) (3:44) # "A Blessing In Disguise" (Taylor) (4:37) # "Loved and Forgiven" (Taylor) (4:47) # "Rebecca Go Home" (Taylor) (4:03) # "Honeysuckle Breeze" (Taylor) (2:56) # "Ditto" (Taylor) (4:18) # "The Wall of Heaven" (Taylor) (4:35) # "Farther Along" (Traditional, Arranged by The Lost Dogs) (4:11)

Personnel

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— guitars and vocals *

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— drums and percussion *

— guitars, piano, and vocals *

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— guitars and vocals *

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— guitars and vocals Additional musicians * Melissa Hasin — cello *John McDuffie — pedal steel Production notes * Recorded and mixed by Gene Eugene and Lost Dogs at The Green Room,

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References

{{Authority control Lost Dogs albums 1999 albums Tooth & Nail Records albums