title: King of California (album)
text: # King of California (album)
  
  King of California is an album by the American musician Dave Alvin, released in 1994.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Robert Christgau | A– |
  
  AllMusic critic Mark Deming wrote: "While King of California was often lumped in with the then-fashionable unplugged craze, in retrospect it was the album where Dave Alvin's abilities as a performer began to catch up with his gifts as a songwriter, pointing the way for his later albums Blackjack David and Public Domain."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.
  
  * "King of California" – 4:51
  * "Barn Burning" – 4:01
  * "Fourth of July" – 4:35
  * "Goodbye Again" (Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores) – 3:58
  * "East Texas Blues" (Alexander Herman Moore) – 4:07
  * "Every Night About This Time" – 4:24
  * "Bus Station" – 4:04
  * "Mother Earth" (Memphis Slim) – 3:39
  * "Blue Wing" (Tom Russell) – 3:43
  * "Little Honey" (Alvin, John Doe) – 5:10
  * "(I Won't Be) Leaving" – 5:06
  * "What Am I Worth" (Darrell Edwards, George Jones) – 3:20
  * "Border Radio" – 3:51
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
  * Chris Gaffney – background vocals
  * Bob Glaub – bass
  * Patrick Warren – keyboards
  * Don Heffington – drums, percussion
  * James Cruce – drums, percussion, washboard
  * Bob Clar – bass, percussion
  * Greg Leisz – guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, Weissenborn, mandolin
  * Alan Deremo – bass
  * Skip Edwards – accordion, organ
  * Don Falzone – bass
  * Rosie Flores – vocals on "Goodbye Again"
  * Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
  * James Intveld – bass
  * David Jackson – accordion
  * Donald Lindley – drums, percussion, background vocals
  * Syd Straw – vocals on "What Am I Worth"
  * Steve Van Gelder – fiddle
  * Jimmie Wood - Harmonica
  
  ## Production notes
  
  * Paul DuGre – engineer, mixing
  * Joe Peccerillo – assistant engineer
  * Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  * Shelly Heber – design
  * Beth Herzhaft – photography
  