Phoenix (Vince Bell album)

Phoenix
Studio album by Vince Bell
Released	July 16, 1994
Genre	Alternative country
Label	Watermelon Records, Inc.
Producer	Bob Neuwirth

Phoenix is the first album by the singer-songwriter Vince Bell and was released on July 16, 1994, almost twelve years after Bell was broadsided by a drunk driver, leaving him with a severe traumatic head injury, broken ribs, multiple lacerations to his liver, and a mangled right forearm. The album landed high on many critics' best-of-the-year lists for 1994.

Track listing

1. "Frankenstein"
2. "The Beast"
3. "Hard Road"
4. "Troubletown"
5. "Sun & Moon & Stars"
6. "Mirror, Mirror"
7. "I've Had Enough"
8. "Girl Who Never Saw a Mountain"
9. "Woman of the Phoenix"
10. "Just Because"
11. "No Tomorrow"

Personnel

• Vince Bell - vocal, guitar
• Geoff Muldaur - mandolin, banjo, guitars
• Fritz Richmond - washtub bass
• Bill Rich - bass
• David Mansfield - violin
• Mickey Raphael - harmonica
• Stephen Bruton - guitars, mandolin
• John Cale - piano
• Jim Justice - violin
• Paul Logan - bass
• Victoria Williams - guest vocalist
• Lyle Lovett - guest vocalist

Production

• Producer: Bob Neuwirth

External links

• Vince Bell official site
• Vince Bell's MySpace page
• Daryn Kagan profiles Vince Bell
• Vince Bell's artist bio at the H.A.A.M. (Houston Association of Acoustic Musicians) website
• “Introducing the Vince Bell "Handmade Hardtop Acoustic Dreadnaught Line”: lutier Vince Pawless describes custom-making a guitar for Vince Bell