Out in California

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Rick Anderson wrote of the album "As live albums tend to be, it's a curious mix of the familiar and the obscure."[1]

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

1. "Out in California" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 6:49
2. "Haley's Comet" (Alvin, Russell) – 4:48
3. "Little Honey/Who Do You Love?" (Dave Alvin, John Doe, Bo Diddley) – 9:21
4. "Abilene" – 6:51
5. "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" – 7:32
6. "Highway 99" – 4:14
7. "Andersonville" – 5:30
8. "All 'Round Man" (Bo Carter) – 3:59
9. "Blue Boulevard" (Alvin, Michael Woody) – 6:15
10. "Wanda and Duane" – 4:14
11. "4th of July" – 5:33
12. "American Music" – 7:01
13. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Little Walter Jacobs) – 3:45

• Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar, National Steel guitar
• Chris Gaffney – background vocals, accordion
• Gregory Boaz – bass
• Joe Terry – keyboards
• Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, backing vocals
• Greg Leisz – dobro, guitar
• Rick Shea – guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Brantley Kearns – fiddle, backing vocals
• John "Juke" Logan – harmonica

• Mark Linett – producer, engineer, mixing
• Lou Beach – design
• Issa Sharp – photography
• Steve Smith – photography