# Live Shots

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***Live Shots*** is a [live album](/source/Live_album) recorded in [London](/source/London) by [American](/source/United_States) [country](/source/Country_music) outfit the [Joe Ely](/source/Joe_Ely) Band during a 1980 tour supporting [the Clash](/source/The_Clash). The tour occurred at a high point in the Clash's popularity just after the release of the album *[London Calling](/source/London_Calling)*.

The album was first only released in the [UK](/source/United_Kingdom), but a [US](/source/United_States) release soon followed due to high demand. The 1993 reissue [CD](/source/Compact_Disc) included the tracks from the *Texas Special* bonus EP that had accompanied the *Live Shots* [LP](/source/LP_album).

## Track listing

All songs by Joe Ely, except as indicated.

**Side One** (of original LP):

1. "Fingernails" — 3:00
1. "Midnight Shift" (Jimmie Ainsworth, Earl Lee) — 3:00
1. "Honky Tonk Masquerade" — 3:49
1. "[Honky Tonkin'](/source/Honky_Tonkin')" ([Hank Williams](/source/Hank_Williams)) — 3:12
1. "Long Snake Moan" (Arranged and adapted by Ely) — 5:10

**Side Two:**

1. "I Had My Hopes up High" — 3:13
1. "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me" ([Butch Hancock](/source/Butch_Hancock)) — 3:53
1. "Johnny's Blues" — 4:48
1. "Fools Fall in Love" (Butch Hancock) — 4:37
1. "Boxcars" (Butch Hancock) — 4:37

***Texas Special* EP:**

1. "Crazy Lemon" — 3:56
1. "[Not Fade Away](/source/Not_Fade_Away_(song))" ([Norman Petty](/source/Norman_Petty), [Charles Hardin](/source/Buddy_Holly)) — 3:42
1. "Treat Me Like a Saturday Night" ([Jimmie Dale Gilmore](/source/Jimmie_Dale_Gilmore)) — 3:09
1. "Wishin' for You" (Butch Hancock) — 4:41

## *Live Shots* credits

### The Joe Ely Band

- [Joe Ely](/source/Joe_Ely) — electric guitar & vocals
- [Ponty Bone](/source/Ponty_Bone) — accordion
- Robert Marquam — drums
- Jesse Taylor — electric lead guitar
- Gregg Wright (credited as "Greg Wright") — bass
- [Lloyd Maines](/source/Lloyd_Maines) — [pedal steel](/source/Steel_guitar) and background vocals

### Guest musicians

- [Carlene Carter](/source/Carlene_Carter) — vocals on "Honky Tonkin'"
- [Mick Gallagher](/source/Mick_Gallagher) — keyboards
- [Reese Wynans](/source/Reese_Wynans) — keyboards

### Production

- Recorded live in [London](/source/London), a Free Flow Production in association with Joe Ely
- Produced by Michael Brovsky
- Engineered by Chet Himes, Remix-Pecan Street Studios, [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin,_Texas)
- Assistant Engineer — Greg Klinginsmith
- Live Engineer Wayne (Hatch) Hatchel

### Artwork

- Graphics & design — [Guy Juke](/source/Guy_Juke), Austin, Texas
- Artwork — Cream, [Bayswater, London](/source/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](/source/Al_Kooper)
- Recorded live in [Texas](/source/Texas) by Reelsound
- Engineered by Bob Edwards
- Remixed at Studio South, Austin, Texas
- "Not Fade Away" recording courtesy of [WLIR](/source/WLIR) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City)

### Artwork

- Photography/design — Patti Heid/Art Ache
- Ely lettering — Guy Juke
- Art production — Dick Reeves and John Wilson, Austin, Texas

## Charts

year chart peak 1981 Billboard Pop Albums 159

## Releases

year format label catalog # 1980 LP MCA 5262 1980 LP Southcoast/MCA MCAD-10816 1993 CD MCA 10816 1993 cassette MCA 10816

## External links

- [Discography](https://web.archive.org/web/20070325165634/http://www.ely.com/Discography.html#Live%20Shots%20anchor) at www.ely.com

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