''Texas Plates'' is the second album by the singer-songwriter

Vince Bell Vince Bell (born September 16, 1951) 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 (radio program), World Cafe'' and ''Morn ...

. 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. Unfortunately, whatever marketing there was presented him as just another singer-songwriter, as if they were all cut from the same Texan cloth, and the album remains largely unheard.

Track listing

#"Poetry, Texas" #"All Through My Days" #"Push Comes to Shove" #"2nd Street" #"All The Way to the Moon" #"Place to Call Our Own" #"Best Is Yet to Come" #"Have Not, Will Travel" #"100 Miles from Mexico" #"The Fair" #"Last Dance at the Last Chance"

Song credits

*"All The Way to the Moon," "Best Is Yet to Come," "Have Not, Will Travel," "100 Miles from Mexico," "Place to Call Our Own," "Poetry, Texas":

, TVB Publishing (BMI), administered by Bug Music *"The Fair," "Push Comes to Shove," "2nd Street":

, Bug Music (BMI)/TVB Publishing (BMI), administered by Bug Music *"All Through My Days":

and Connie Mims, Bug Music (BMI)/Black Coffee Music (BMI), administered by Bug Music *"Last Dance at the Last Chance":

, Bug Music (BMI)/Black Coffee Music (BMI), administered by Bug Music

Album cover

*The photograph on the front cover of the album is of Bell's great grandparents, Emily Louise and William Strickland, circa 1940s. According to the liner notes: "They sold gas and feed, flour and cold drinks, and anything else anyone needed from their general store on Highway 67, outside of Red Water, Texas."

Personnel

– vocal, harmonies, guitar *

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– harmonicas *Lewis Brown – trombone *Pat Buchanon – guitars, sitar *Chris Carmichael – strings *Robin Eaton – bass, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar,

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*Mickey Grimm – drums, percussion,

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*Dave Jacques – electric and acoustic bass *Brad Jones – upright bass *

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– banjo, steel, dobro, lap, pedal steel, Kona guitar *Ross Rice – piano, bass, Moog, Vox organ, harmonium, Wurlitzer, Melodica, organ, vibes and Omnichord *Elijah Shaw –

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*Aly Sujo – violin *

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- Tennessee State Fair *Kami Lyle - guest vocalist *

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- guest vocalist *Alex Eaton - guest vocalist

Production

*Producer: Robin Eaton *Engineer and Mixer: Elijah Shaw Recorded and mixed at Alex The Great Recording,

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Mastered by James DeMain,

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Reviews

''CD Shakedown'' review by Randy Krbechek, July 23, 1999
* ''Allmusic'' review by Bill Ashford

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 {{Authority control 1999 albums Vince Bell albums