''Phoenix'' is the first album by the singer-songwriter
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 ...
and was released on July 16, 1994, almost twelve years after Bell was severely injured by a drunk driver. The album landed high on many critics' best-of-the-year lists for 1994.
Track listing
#"Frankenstein"
#"The Beast"
#"Hard Road"
#"Troubletown"
#"Sun & Moon & Stars"
#"Mirror, Mirror"
#"I've Had Enough"
#"Girl Who Never Saw a Mountain"
#"Woman of the Phoenix"
#"Just Because"
#"No Tomorrow"
Personnel
*Vince Bell – vocal, guitar
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Geoff Muldaur
Geoff Muldaur (born August 12, 1943) is an American active singer, guitarist and composer, who was a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days.
Career
Having established a reputation with the Kwe ...
– mandolin, banjo, guitars
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Fritz Richmond – washtub bass
*Bill Rich – bass
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David Mansfield
David Mansfield (born September 13, 1956) is an American musician and composer.
Mansfield was raised in Leonia, New Jersey. His father, Newton Mansfield was a first violinist in the New York Philharmonic. David played guitar, pedal steel guita ...
– violin
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Mickey Raphael
Michael Siegfried "Mickey" Raphael (born November 7, 1951) is an American harmonica player, music producer and actor best known for his work with Willie Nelson, with whom he has toured as part of The Family since 1973.
He has performed or rec ...
– harmonica
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Stephen Bruton
Turner Stephen Bruton (November 7, 1948 – May 9, 2009) was an American actor and musician.
Background
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, he moved with his family to Texas at the age of two. He fell into the Fort Worth music scene after ...
– guitars, mandolin
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John Cale – piano
*Jim Justice – violin
*Paul Logan – bass
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Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multi ...
– guest vocalist
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Lyle Lovett – guest vocalist
Production
*Producer:
Bob Neuwirth
Robert John Neuwirth (June 20, 1939May 18, 2022) was an American folk singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist. He was noted for being the road manager and associate of Bob Dylan, as well as the co-writer of Janis Joplin's hit s ...
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
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1994 albums
Vince Bell albums
Albums produced by Bob Neuwirth