Al Staehely - SOMEWHERE IN WEST TEXAS (2023)

Al Staehely is the only person on the planet who has both played Carnegie Hall and provided legal services for Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Soon after arriving in Los Angeles in 1971, he and his brother John were asked to join the critically acclaimed band, Spirit. With Al as the band's new lead vocalist, bass player, and chief songwriter and John taking over lead guitar duties from Randy California, Spirit recorded the album, Feedback, in November of 1971.

In 1980, Staehely returned to Texas and pulled his law degree out of the drawer. Lawyer by day, musician by night. Al did shows with Roy Orbison, Jefferson Starship, Emmylou Harris - two European tours with John Cipollina and Nick Gravenitis (of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Electric Flag, respectively) documented by the LP, Monkey Medicine.

A third generation Austinite, Al now splits his time between Houston and the Big Bend high desert area of far West Texas. An album of all-new music, titled 'Somewhere in West Texas', recorded in Marfa, TX (on Quarto Valley Records), features an all-star lineup of musicians, including Fran Christina(Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt), Scrappy Jud Newcomb(Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Patti Griffin, Slaid Cleaves) and Chris Maresh(Eric Johnson, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Wayne Shepherd).