''Live in Texas'' is the third album by
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 Cafe'' and ''Morning Edition''. His songs have been performed and rec ...
. It was released in October 2001 on the singer-songwriter's own label, ''vincebell.com''. As the title suggests, the album was recorded live at a Texas Nights North house concert in
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
, Texas, on May 11, 2001. Bell offered no apology for his DIY effort (his first after ''
Texas Plates'', 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.'"
[Boyd, Jinelle: "{{cite web, url=http://www.mytexasmusic.com/interviews/050304_vincebell.html, title=Jinelle Boyd Interview with Vince Bell ''MyTexasMusic.com'', May 3, 2004.]
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 dreadnought guitar, vocals
*Cam King – electric guitars
*Chris Eiffert – engineering
*Elijah Shaw – engineering, mixing, mastering
References
External links
Vince Bell official site Vince Bell's MySpace page*
ttp://www.pawless.com/bell.html “Introducing the Vince Bell "Handmade Hardtop Acoustic Dreadnaught Line”: lutier Vince Pawless describes custom-making a guitar for Vince Bell
Vince Bell albums
2001 live albums