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 and 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" (Butch Hancock) — 4:37 "Boxcars" (Butch 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" (Butch 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 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 Live Engineer Wayne (Hatch) Hatchel
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 City
Artwork Photography/design — Patti Heid/Art Ache Ely lettering — Guy Juke Art production — Dick Reeves and John Wilson, Austin, Texas
Charts year chart peak 1981 Billboard Pop Albums 159
Releases year format label catalog # 1980 LP MCA 5262 1980 LP Southcoast/MCA MCAD-10816 1993 CD MCA 10816 1993 cassette MCA 10816
References
External links Discography at www.ely.com