King of California (album)

King of California is an album by the American musician Dave Alvin, released in 1994.

Reception
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.
 * 1) "King of California" – 4:51
 * 2) "Barn Burning" – 4:01
 * 3) "Fourth of July" – 4:35
 * 4) "Goodbye Again" (Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores) – 3:58 (duet with Flores)
 * 5) "East Texas Blues" (Alex Moore) – 4:07
 * 6) "Every Night About This Time" – 4:24
 * 7) "Bus Station" – 4:04
 * 8) "Mother Earth" (Memphis Slim) – 3:39
 * 9) "Blue Wing" (Tom Russell) – 3:43
 * 10) "Little Honey" (Alvin, John Doe) – 5:10
 * 11) "(I Won't Be) Leaving" – 5:06
 * 12) "What Am I Worth" (Darrell Edwards, George Jones) – 3:20 (duet with Syd Straw)
 * 13) "Border Radio" – 3:51

Bonus tracks on 2019 reissue

 * 1) "Riverbed Rag" – 3:11
 * 2) "The Cuckoo" – 4:06 (duet with Katy Moffatt)
 * 3) "Kern River" (Merle Haggard) – 3:55

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