Live from Austin, TX (David Byrne album)
Live from Austin, Texas is a live album released by rock musician David Byrne, released on New West Records on October 2, 2007 on CD and DVD. The songs were recorded during Byrne's 2001 tour in support of Look into the Eyeball at a date for the KLRU television show Austin City Limits. Except for the first 4 songs the quartet was accompanied by the Austin-based tango string sextet Tosca.
The album not only includes songs from his solo work, but also several Talking Heads songs and a Whitney Houston cover, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody."Track listing
All tracks written by David Byrne except as indicated.
- " Flowers" – 4:50
- "God's Child " – 4:35
- "And She Was" – 3:39
- "Once in a Lifetime" – 7:14
- "The Great Intoxication" – 4:10
- "Marching Through the Wilderness" – 4:19
- "The Revolution" – 2:24
- "This Must Be the Place " – 5:50
- "What a Day That Was" – 6:51
- "Desconocido soy" – 2:56
- "Like Humans Do" – 4:15
- "Life During Wartime" – 6:30
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " – 5:07
Personnel
- David Byrne – Vocals and guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar and vocals
- Mauro Refosco – percussion, percussion programming, and mallets
- David Hilliard – drums
- String sextet Tosca
- *Leigh Mahoney – violin
- *Lara Hicks – violin
- *Jamie Desautels – violin
- *Stephanie Ames Asbell – viola and vocals
- *Ben Westney – cello
- *Sara Nelson – cello
Release history