Live Shots

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.

Live Shots
Live album by
The Joe Ely Band
Released1980
Recorded1980, London, England
GenreTexas Country, progressive country, country rock, outlaw country
Length54:21
LabelMCA
ProducerMichael Brovsky
The Joe Ely Band chronology
Down on the Drag
(1979)		 Live Shots
(1980)		 Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau(B+) [2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

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

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

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
yearchartpeak
1981Billboard Pop Albums159

Releases
yearformatlabelcatalog #
1980LPMCA5262
1980LPSouthcoast/MCAMCAD-10816
1993CDMCA10816
1993cassetteMCA10816
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References
  1. Brett Hartenbach, "Review: Live Shots", Allmusic
  2. Robert Christgau, Consumer's Guide February 2, 1981
  3. Ken Tucker, "Album review: Joe Ely - Live Shots", Rolling Stone, 321, July 10, 1980
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