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Released
  
1980

Length
  
54:21

Artist
  
Joe Ely Band

Recorded
  
1980, London, England

Producer
  
Michael Brovsky

Release date
  
1980

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Live Shots (1980)
  
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (1981)

Label
  
Insomniac/Interscope Records

Genres
  
Country music, Country rock, Outlaw country, Texas country music, Progressive country

Similar
  
Honky Tonk Masquerade, Live at Liberty Lunch, Panhandle Rambler, Live Cactus!, Lord of the Highway

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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.

Contents

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):

  1. "Fingernails" — 3:00
  2. "Midnight Shift" (Jimmie Ainsworth, Earl Lee) — 3:00
  3. "Honky Tonk Masquerade" — 3:49
  4. "Honky Tonkin'" (Hank Williams) — 3:12
  5. "Long Snake Moan" (Arranged and adapted by Ely) — 5:10

Side Two:

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

Texas Special EP:

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

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 background vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Carlene Carter — vocals on "Honky Tonkin'"
  • Mick 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

    • 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 City

    • Artwork

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

    • Songs

    1FingernailsJoe Ely3:00
    2Midnight ShiftJoe Ely3:01
    3Honky Tonk MasqueradeJoe Ely3:49

    References

    Live Shots Wikipedia
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