Live at Montezuma Hall
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Live At Montezuma Hall is the first live album from singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury
recorded at Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University
in 1973. Featuring Newbury performing solo with an acoustic guitar, the album is notable for touching renditions of many of Newbury's excellent songs and for his personable and humored performance. The set was not edited for the album.
Live At Montezuma Hall was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection
from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969-1981.
Mickey Newbury
Mickey Newbury was an American songwriter, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
recorded at Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
in 1973. Featuring Newbury performing solo with an acoustic guitar, the album is notable for touching renditions of many of Newbury's excellent songs and for his personable and humored performance. The set was not edited for the album.
Live At Montezuma Hall was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection
Mickey Newbury Collection
The Mickey Newbury Collection collects the ten albums Mickey Newbury released on three labels between 1969 and 1981 on an eight disc set. The set was released and is available through Mountain Retreat, a label run by Newbury and later Newbury's family...
from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969-1981.
Track listing
- "How I Love Them Old Songs" (Mickey Newbury) - 2:11
- "Heaven Help The Child" (Mickey Newbury) - 5:27
- "Earthquake" (Mickey Newbury) - 4:11
- "Cortelia Clark" (Mickey Newbury) - 5:47
- "I Came To Hear The Music" (Mickey Newbury) - 5:07
- "San Francisco Mabel JoySan Francisco Mabel Joy"San Francisco Mabel Joy" is a song written by Mickey Newbury, and is one of Newbury's most notable songs, an opinion shared by the artist himself. The song first appeared on Newbury's 1969 concept album Looks Like Rain, a milestone album in the burgeoning songwriter movement in Nashville at the...
" (Mickey Newbury) - 5:52 - "Bugger Red Blues (The Truck Song)" (Mickey Newbury) - 6:21
- "How Many Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song)" (Mickey Newbury) - 4:41
- "An American TrilogyAn American Trilogy"An American Trilogy" is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Presley, who began including the song as part of his regular concert routine in the 1970s, thereby making the song a showstopper...
" (Mickey Newbury/Traditional) - 4:33 - "Please Send Me Someone To Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 2:53
- "She Even Woke Me Up to Say GoodbyeShe Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Doug Gilmore and Mickey Newbury, and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Lee Lewis. Released in September 1969, it was the first single from his album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye. The song peaked at number 2...
" (Mickey Newbury/Doug Gilmore) - 4:45
Personnel
- Mickey Newbury - guitar, vocals
- Wayne Moss - guitar
- Jerry Kennedy - guitar, sitar
- Charlie McCoyCharlie McCoyCharles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
- bass, harmonica - Kenneth Buttrey - drums
- Farrell Morris - percussion