The Live Album | ||||
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Released | November 15, 1988 | |||
Recorded | The Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, Texas | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 35:28 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill[1] | |||
Producer | Jim Rooney[2] | |||
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The Live Album is a live album by Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.[4] It was recorded at the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, TX, and released in 1988 on Sugar Hill.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted
- "I Wanna Know" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller) – 2:46
- "The Front Porch Song" (Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett) – 6:29
- "Goin' Down In Style" – 3:39
- "If I Were King" – 2:51
- "Copenhagen" – 2:08
- "I Would Change My Life" – 2:43
- "Stewball" (Traditional; arranged by Robert Earl Keen) – 2:38
- "I'll Go On Downtown" – 3:52
- "The Bluegrass Widow" – 6:10
- "Who'll Be Looking Out For Me" – 2:12
Personnel
[edit]In the liner notes, Keen dedicates this album with the simple line, "FOR MOM AND DAD."
Musicians
[edit]- Robert Earl Keen Jr. – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar, and arrangements on "I Wanna Know", "I Would Change My Life", and "The Bluegrass Widow"
- Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass
- Doug Hudson – harmony vocals on "I'll Go On Downtown"
- Randall Fields – M.C.
Production
[edit]- Produced by Jim Rooney
- Recorded live at The Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas by Omega Audio
- Mixed by Mark Miller at Jack's Tracks in Nashville, Tennessee
- Mastered by Jim Loyd at Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee
- Design by Pat Johnson, Fayetteville, Texas
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Earl Keen? That's Another Story : The Texan's Lyric Songwriting, Literate and Full of Emotion, Ignores Country Formulas". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 1995.
- ^ Rooney, Jim (February 28, 2014). In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252096068 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Live Album – Robert Earl Keen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "One More Image". www.austinchronicle.com.