For all the wise-asses who like to shout “Whippin’ Post” at live gigs, here’s a band that will actually play it. Zita closes their live LP with 12 minutes’ worth of that Allman Brothers Band chestnut—only half as long as the original Fillmore East version, and with a few notable change ups: They rework the groove (making it a close cousin to Hendrix’ “Manic Depression”), and instead of two-guitar interplay, they give it extended solos on guitar and trombone. It’s entirely true to the spirit of the Allmans’ original without sounding much like it.

With this live set, Zita doubles down on its commitment to balls-out, throat-tearing, old-school guitar rock: If you don’t think that opening a live album with a fake-out Led Zeppelin intro (and doing an actual Zep cover two songs later) is a cool thing to do, you’re in the wrong place. Even with frontman Michael Mullins playing an occasional trombone solo (and with a fairly out-there instrumental, “Zarighani” in the mix),this is proudly retro; even the cover is designed to look like it’s been in your collection since the ’70s. Singer Mullins and guitarist Brad Keller each get time to wail, and it must be said that Mullins’ vintage Plant-isms work better in this context than they do when he sits in with his dad’s band Bonerama. Maybe you’re a bit older and more jaded and wore out on this sound years ago—the point is that these guys aren’t and didn’t.

The set divides into two covers, three repeats from their studio debut (last year’s Hardly Alive), and three new songs. It was one of the latter, “Send Me Again,” that fully won me over. They get everything right on this one: An infectious stomping groove, a more infectious shout-along chorus, another borrowed intro (from Free’s “All Right Now”), a key change for the hell of it during the guitar solo, and a break where Mullins demands people shout louder. It’s here that Zita reminds you of the central point of this type of music: It’s supposed to be fun.