Live Shots

Infobox Album
Name = Live Shots
Type = live
Artist = The Joe Ely Band


Released = 1980
Recorded = 1980, London, England
Genre = country
Length = 54:21
Label = MCA
Producer = Michael Brovsky
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 Brett Hartenbach, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifrxqt5ldde "Review: "Live Shots"] , "Allmusic"]
*Robert Christgau (B+) Robert Christgau, " [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-81.php Consumer's Guide] " February 2, 1981]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) Ken Tucker, [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joeely/albums/album/234035/review/5943300/live_shots "Album review: Joe Ely - "Live Shots"] , "Rolling Stone", 321, July 10, 1980]
Last album = "Down on the Drag"
(1979)
This album = "Live Shots"
(1980)
Next album = "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta"
(1981)

"Live Shots" is a live album recorded in London by American country outfit The Joe Ely Band during a 1980 tour supporting The Clash. The tour occurred at a high point in The Clash's popularity just after the release of the album, "London Calling".

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) — 3:12
# "Long Snake Moan" (arranged/adapted by Ely) — 5:10

Side Two:
# "I Had My Hopes up High" — 3:13
# "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me" (Butch Hancock) — 3:53
# "Johnny's Blues" — 4:48
# "Fools Fall in Love" (Hancock) — 4:37
# "Boxcars" (Hancock) — 4:37

"Texas Special" EP:
# "Crazy Lemon" — 3:56
# "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) — 3:42
# "Treat Me Like a Saturday Night" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) — 3:09
# "Wishin' for You" (Hancock) — 4:41

"Live Shots" credits

The Joe Ely Band

* Joe Ely — electric guitar & vocals
* Ponty Bone — accordion
* Robert Marquam — drums
* Jesse Taylor — electric lead guitar
* Gregg Wright (credited as "Greg Wright") — Bass
* Lloyd Maines — pedal steel and backgrond vocals

Guest musicians

* Carlene Carter — vocals on "Honky Tonkin'"
* Micky Gallagher — keyboards
* Reese Wynans — keyboards

Production

* Recorded live in London, a Free Flow Production in association with Joe Ely
* Produced by Michael Brovsky
* Engineered by Chet Himes, Remix-Pecan Street Studios, Austin, Texas
* Assistant Engineer — Greg Klinginsmith

Artwork

* Graphics & design — Guy Juke, Austin, Texas
* Artwork — Cream, Bayswater, London
* 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
* Recorded live in Texas by Reelsound
* Engineered by Bob Edwards
* Remixed at Studio South, Austin, Texas
* "Not Fade Away" recording courtesy of WLIR in New York

Artwork

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

Charts

Releases

External links

* [http://www.ely.com/Discography.html#Live%20Shots%20anchor Discography] at www.ely.com

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