805859089929

Somewhere In West Texas

Al Staehely feat. Fran Christina, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Chris Maresh

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Format: CD

Cat No: QVR0169

Release Date:  30 June 2023

Label:  Quarto Valley Records

Packaging Type:  EcoPak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  805859089929

Genres:  Americana  Rock  

  • 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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Something Good is Gonna Happen
      • 2. What's Wrong With You For Loving Me
      • 3. Love Trance
      • 4. Long And Hard
      • 5. Emily
      • 6. What's So Hard About Love
      • 7. Long Legged Woman
      • 8. Mercy Of The Moon
      • 9. Night In The Box
      • 10. Wide Eyed And Innocent
      • 11. Time Is a Lover
      • 12. Be Still

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