The Live Album

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Released November 15, 1988 The Live Album(1988) West Textures(1989) Release date 15 November 1988 Label Sugar Hill Records		Length 35:28 Artist Robert Earl Keen Producer Jim Rooney Genre Folk music

Recorded The Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, Texas Similar No Kinda Dancer, West Textures, Walking Distance, Farm Fresh Onions, Live at the Ryman: The Great

The Live Album is an album by Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, recorded live at the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, TX and released in the United States in 1988) on Sugar Hill.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

"I Wanna Know" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller) – 2:46
"The Front Porch Song" (Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett) – 6:29
"Goin' Down In Style" – 3:39
"If I Were King" – 2:51
"Copenhagen" – 2:08
"I Would Change My Life" – 2:43
"Stewball" (Traditional - Arr. Robert Earl Keen) – 2:38
"I'll Go On Downtown" – 3:52
"The Bluegrass Widow" – 6:10
"Who'll Be Looking Out For Me" – 2:12

Personnel

In the liner notes, Keen dedicates this album with the simple line, "FOR MOM AND DAD."

Musicians

Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – vocals, acoustic guitar

Jonathan Yadkin – 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

Produced by Jim Rooney

Recorded live at The Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas by Omega Audio

Mixed by Mark Miller at Jack's Tracks in Nashville, Tennessee

Mastered by Jim Loyd at Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee

Design by Pat Johnson, Fayetteville, Texas

Songs

1I Wanna Know2:48
2The Front Porch Song6:37
3Goin' Down in Style4:20

References

The Live Album Wikipedia

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