The Live Album

The Live Album is a live album by Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.[4] It recorded at the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, TX, and released in 1988 on Sugar Hill.

The Live Album
Live album by
Robert Earl Keen
ReleasedNovember 15, 1988
RecordedThe Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, Texas
GenreFolk
Length35:28
LabelSugar Hill[1]
ProducerJim Rooney[2]
Robert Earl Keen chronology
No Kinda Dancer
(1984)		 The Live Album
(1988)		 West Textures
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

  1. "I Wanna Know" (Robert Earl Keen, Fred Koller) – 2:46
  2. "The Front Porch Song" (Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett) – 6:29
  3. "Goin' Down In Style" – 3:39
  4. "If I Were King" – 2:51
  5. "Copenhagen" – 2:08
  6. "I Would Change My Life" – 2:43
  7. "Stewball" (Traditional - Arr. Robert Earl Keen) – 2:38
  8. "I'll Go On Downtown" – 3:52
  9. "The Bluegrass Widow" – 6:10
  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 Yudkin – 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
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References
  1. "Robert Earl Keen? That's Another Story : The Texan's Lyric Songwriting, Literate and Full of Emotion, Ignores Country Formulas". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 1995.
  2. Rooney, Jim (February 28, 2014). "In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey". University of Illinois Press – via Google Books.
  3. "The Live Album - Robert Earl Keen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. "One More Image". www.austinchronicle.com.
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