Texas Plates

Texas Plates is the second album by the singer-songwriter Vince Bell. It was released on April 13, 1999, and found Bell comfortably ensconced in the upper echelon of the songwriting guild and signed to a major record label. Unfortunately, whatever marketing there was presented him as just another singer-songwriter, as if they were all cut from the same Texan cloth, and the album remains largely unheard.

Track listing

 * 1) "Poetry, Texas"
 * 2) "All Through My Days"
 * 3) "Push Comes to Shove"
 * 4) "2nd Street"
 * 5) "All The Way to the Moon"
 * 6) "Place to Call Our Own"
 * 7) "Best Is Yet to Come"
 * 8) "Have Not, Will Travel"
 * 9) "100 Miles from Mexico"
 * 10) "The Fair"
 * 11) "Last Dance at the Last Chance"

Song credits

 * "All The Way to the Moon," "Best Is Yet to Come," "Have Not, Will Travel," "100 Miles from Mexico," "Place to Call Our Own," "Poetry, Texas": Vince Bell, TVB Publishing (BMI), administered by Bug Music
 * "The Fair," "Push Comes to Shove," "2nd Street": Vince Bell, Bug Music (BMI)/TVB Publishing (BMI), administered by Bug Music
 * "All Through My Days": Vince Bell and Connie Mims, Bug Music (BMI)/Black Coffee Music (BMI), administered by Bug Music
 * "Last Dance at the Last Chance": Vince Bell, Bug Music (BMI)/Black Coffee Music (BMI), administered by Bug Music

Album cover

 * The photograph on the front cover of the album is of Bell's great grandparents, Emily Louise and William Strickland, circa 1940s. According to the liner notes: "They sold gas and feed, flour and cold drinks, and anything else anyone needed from their general store on Highway 67, outside of Red Water, Texas."

Personnel

 * Vince Bell – vocal, harmonies, guitar
 * Pat Bergeson – harmonicas
 * Lewis Brown – trombone
 * Pat Buchanon – guitars, sitar
 * Chris Carmichael – strings
 * Robin Eaton – bass, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar, jaw harp
 * Mickey Grimm – drums, percussion, cajón
 * Dave Jacques – electric and acoustic bass
 * Brad Jones – upright bass
 * Al Perkins – banjo, steel, dobro, lap, pedal steel, Kona guitar
 * Ross Rice – piano, bass, Moog, Vox organ, harmonium, Wurlitzer, Melodica, organ, vibes and Omnichord
 * Elijah Shaw – E-Bow
 * Aly Sujo – violin
 * Fireworks - Tennessee State Fair
 * Kami Lyle - guest vocalist
 * Maura O'Connell - guest vocalist
 * Alex Eaton - guest vocalist

Production

 * Producer: Robin Eaton
 * Engineer and Mixer: Elijah Shaw

Recorded and mixed at Alex The Great Recording, Nashville, Tennessee

Mastered by James DeMain, Nashville, TN

Reviews

 * CD Shakedown review by Randy Krbechek, July 23, 1999
 * [ Allmusic review by Bill Ashford]