Al Staehely feat. Fran Christina, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Chris Maresh
Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: Quarto Valley Records
Packaging Type: EcoPak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805859089929
Description
Al Staehely is the only person on the planet who has both played Carnegie Hall and provided legal services for Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Soon after arriving in Los Angeles in 1971, he and his brother John were asked to join the critically acclaimed band, Spirit. With Al as the band's new lead vocalist, bass player, and chief songwriter and John taking over lead guitar duties from Randy California, Spirit recorded the album, Feedback, in November of 1971.
In 1980, Staehely returned to Texas and pulled his law degree out of the drawer. Lawyer by day, musician by night. Al did shows with Roy Orbison, Jefferson Starship, Emmylou Harris - two European tours with John Cipollina and Nick Gravenitis (of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Electric Flag, respectively) documented by the LP, Monkey Medicine.
A third generation Austinite, Al now splits his time between Houston and the Big Bend high desert area of far West Texas. An album of all-new music, titled 'Somewhere in West Texas', recorded in Marfa, TX (on Quarto Valley Records), features an all-star lineup of musicians, including Fran Christina(Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt), Scrappy Jud Newcomb(Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Patti Griffin, Slaid Cleaves) and Chris Maresh(Eric Johnson, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Wayne Shepherd).
Tracklisting
The Immediate Family
Edgar Winter
Savoy Brown
Heavenly Cream
Sean Chambers
Bonham-Bullick
The Immediate Family
TEXAS SCRATCH
Kraftwerk
Genesis
David Bowie
Wigwam
Wigwam
Steve Hackett
Paul Thorn
Cynic
