Live from Austin, TX (David Byrne album) explained

Live from Austin, Texas
Type:	Live
Artist:	David Byrne
Cover:	David Byrne - Live from Austin, Texas.jpg
Genre:	Alternative rock
Label:	New West Records
Producer:	Cameron Strang, Gary Briggs, Jay Woods
Prev Title:	David Byrne Live at Union Chapel
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	The Knee Plays
Next Year:	2007

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 (Who Loves Me)."

Track listing

All tracks written by David Byrne except as indicated.

1. "(Nothing But) Flowers" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:50
2. "God's Child (Come Dance with Me)" – 4:35
3. "And She Was" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 3:39
4. "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 7:14
5. "The Great Intoxication" – 4:10
6. "Marching Through the Wilderness" (Byrne, John Pacheco) – 4:19
7. "The Revolution" – 2:24
8. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" – 5:50
9. "What a Day That Was" – 6:51
10. "Desconocido soy" – 2:56
11. "Like Humans Do" – 4:15
12. "Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:30
13. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam) – 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 (tracks 5–13)
  • Leigh Mahoney – violin
  • Lara Hicks – violin
  • Jamie Desautels – violin
  • Stephanie Ames Asbell – viola and vocals
  • Ben Westney – cello
  • Sara Nelson – cello

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide		New West	CD	6125
Worldwide		New West	DVD	8045

External links

• Live from Austin, Texas on homepage DavidByrne.com