Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973. This release was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine. "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.
Track listing
"Good to Be Alive" (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) – 4:05
"Let Me Pass" (Bo Diddley) – 3:18
"Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
"High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
"Gasoline Alley" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 3:39
"I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
"Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
"Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 3:17
"Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
"Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
"Let's Go" (Chas Jankel) – 2:39
"She" – duet with Lisa Strike (Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons) – 4:38
Personnel
Long John Baldry – 12-string guitar, vocals
Dave Ball – guitar
Denny Ball – bass guitar
Terry Cox – drums
Jimmy Horowitz – keyboards
Sam Mitchell – steel guitar, dobro
Chris Hughes – tenor saxophone
Lesley Duncan, Lisa Strike, Susie Glover, Kay Garner – background vocals
Additional musicians
Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7) Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1) John Mealing – organ (track 1) Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1) Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9) Pete Stanley – banjo (tracks 5–7) John Field, Mike French – fiddle (tracks 5, 7) Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3) Neil Shepherd – lead vocal (track 7) Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12) The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass