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

The Live Album
Live album by
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

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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; arranged by 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

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

Musicians

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  • 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

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References

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  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. ISBN 9780252096068 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Live Album – Robert Earl Keen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "One More Image". www.austinchronicle.com.