''Live Shots'' is a

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recorded in

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outfit the

Joe Ely Joe Ely (; born February 9, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was "one of the main movers" of Austin, Texas' progressive country scene in the 1970s and '80s. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce ...

Band during a 1980 tour supporting

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. The tour occurred at a high point in the Clash's popularity just after the release of the album ''

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''. The album was first only released in the UK, but a US release soon followed due to high demand. The 1993 reissue CD included the tracks from the ''Texas Special'' bonus EP that had accompanied the ''Live Shots'' LP.

Track listing

All songs by Joe Ely, except as indicated. Side One (of original LP): # "Fingernails" — 3:00 # "Midnight Shift" (Jimmie Ainsworth, Earl Lee) — 3:00 # "Honky Tonk Masquerade" — 3:49 # " Honky Tonkin'" (

Hank Williams Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. W ...

) — 3:12 # "Long Snake Moan" (Arranged and adapted by Ely) — 5:10 Side Two: # "I Had My Hopes up High" — 3:13 # "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me" (

Butch Hancock Butch Hancock (born July 12, 1945, in Lubbock, Texas) is an American country recording artist and songwriter. He is a member of The Flatlanders along with Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, but he has principally performed solo. Background and ...

) — 3:53 # "Johnny's Blues" — 4:48 # "Fools Fall in Love" (Butch Hancock) — 4:37 # "Boxcars" (Butch Hancock) — 4:37 ''Texas Special'' EP: # "Crazy Lemon" — 3:56 # " Not Fade Away" (

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, and radio station owner. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. With Vi Ann Petty—his wife and vocalist—he ...

, Charles Hardin) — 3:42 # "Treat Me Like a Saturday Night" (

Jimmie Dale Gilmore Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is an American country singer-songwriter currently living in Austin, Texas. Life and career Gilmore is a native of the Texas Panhandle, having been born in Amarillo and raised in Lubbock, Texas. His ear ...

) — 3:09 # "Wishin' for You" (Butch Hancock) — 4:41

''Live Shots'' credits

The Joe Ely Band

— electric guitar & vocals * Ponty Bone — accordion * Robert Marquam — drums * Jesse Taylor — electric lead guitar * Gregg Wright (credited as "Greg Wright") — bass *

Lloyd Maines Lloyd Wayne Maines (born June 28, 1951) is an American country music record producer, musician and songwriter. He was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame as one of the first three members, the other two being Willie Nelson and Stev ...

—

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and background vocals

Guest musicians

Carlene Carter Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith (country musician), Carl Smith. Since 1978, Carter has ...

— vocals on "Honky Tonkin'" *

Mick Gallagher Michael William Gallagher (born 29 October 1945) is an English Hammond organ, piano and synthesizer player best known as a member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and for his contributions to albums by the Clash. He has also written music for fi ...

— keyboards *

Reese Wynans Reese Wynans (born November 28, 1947) is an American Keyboardist, keyboard player, who has done session work and has been a member of Double Trouble (band), Double Trouble and progressive rock band Captain Beyond. In 2015, he was inducted into t ...

— keyboards

Production

* Recorded live in

, a Free Flow Production in association with Joe Ely * Produced by Michael Brovsky * Engineered by Chet Himes, Remix-Pecan Street Studios,

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* Assistant Engineer — Greg Klinginsmith * Live Engineer Wayne (Hatch) Hatchel

Artwork

* Graphics & design —

Guy Juke William De White (born September 4, 1951), better known as Guy Juke, is an Austin, Texas–based graphic artist and musician. As a poster artist he created memorable imagery for nightclubs such as Armadillo World Headquarters and was one of the ...

, Austin, Texas * Artwork — Cream,

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* Snapshots — Pete Vernon * Repackage design — Carmelo Roman * Liner notes — Max Bell

''Texas Special'' credits

Musicians

* Michael Robberson — bass guitar * Michael Kindred — keyboards * "Smokey" Joe Miller — saxophone,

Production

* Produced by

Al Kooper Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, including playing organ on the Bob Dylan song " Like ...

* Recorded live in

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

by Reelsound * Engineered by Bob Edwards * Remixed at Studio South, Austin, Texas * "Not Fade Away" recording courtesy of

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Artwork

* Photography/design — Patti Heid/Art Ache * Ely lettering — Guy Juke * Art production — Dick Reeves and John Wilson, Austin, Texas

Charts

Releases

References

External links

Discography
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