The Live Album

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Live Album
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 1988
RecordedThe Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, Texas
GenreFolk
Length35:28
LabelSugar Hill[1]
ProducerJim Rooney[2]
Robert Earl Keen chronology
No Kinda Dancer
(1984)
The Live Album
(1988)
West Textures
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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

  1. "I Wanna Know" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller) – 2:46
  2. "The Front Porch Song" (Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett) – 6:29
  3. "Goin' Down In Style" – 3:39
  4. "If I Were King" – 2:51
  5. "Copenhagen" – 2:08
  6. "I Would Change My Life" – 2:43
  7. "Stewball" (Traditional; arranged by Robert Earl Keen) – 2:38
  8. "I'll Go On Downtown" – 3:52
  9. "The Bluegrass Widow" – 6:10
  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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Rooney, Jim (February 28, 2014). In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252096068 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Live Album – Robert Earl Keen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "One More Image". www.austinchronicle.com.