| Live from Austin, Texas | ||||
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| Live album by David Byrne | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | November 28, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | New West Records | |||
| Producer | Cameron Strang, Gary Briggs, Jay Woods | |||
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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)."