Live in Texas (Vince Bell album) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Live in Texas is the third album by Vince Bell

Vince Bell

Vince Bell is a Texas singer-songwriter who has appeared on the PBS television program Austin City Limits along with NPR broadcasts such as Mountain Stage, World Café and Morning Edition...

. It was released in October of 2001 on the singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

's own label, vincebell.com. As the title suggests, the album was recorded live at a Texas Nights North house concert in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

, on May 11, 2001. Bell offered no apology for his DIY effort (his first after Texas Plates
Texas Plates
Texas Plates is the second album by the singer-songwriter Vince Bell. It was released on April 13, 1999 and found Bell comfortably ensconced in the upper echelon of the songwriting guild and signed to a major record label...

, which had been issued on Paladin Records/Warner Bros.), saying upon the album's release about the burgeoning opportunities offered by CD-Rs: "If you've got something to say, or you play it just like you talk it, there's no better way for an author of music/lyric to keep the art form alive. You shouldn't have to ask permission of any record label to put your foot in it. After a treasured saying, 'If you are led by authority, you are led by a halter.'"

Track listing

"Say That You Will"
"Let You Leave"
"Folk Song"
"The Other Side"
"Queen Street"
"Game of Chances"
"Sundown in Her Eyes"
"Local Charm"
"Slowly"
"Tokyo"
"Two Lane Blacktop"

Song credits

"Say That You Will," "Slowly": Vince Bell, TVB Publishing, Bug Music, Inc., Black Coffee Music
"Let You Leave," Queen Street," "Game of Chances," "Local Charm": TVB Publishing, Bug Music, Inc.
"Folk Song," "The Other Side," "Sundown in Her Eyes": Vince Bell, TVB Publishing
"Tokyo": Bruce Cockburn
"Two Lane Blacktop": David Rodriguez

Personnel

Vince Bell - Vince Bell model Pawless mesquite dreadnoght guitar, vocals
Cam King - electric guitars

Production

Chris Eiffert - engineering
Elijah Shaw - engineering, mixing, mastering

Mixed and mastered in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

Album reviews

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.