Singer-Songwriter Al Staehely Stops By LifeMinute to Play Two Songs off New American Album, Somewhere in West Texas  

The musician and lawyer of Spirit and the Staehely Brothers fame chats about his latest solo release

From the LifeMinute.TV Team

December 5, 2023

Lawyer by day and musician by night, Al Staehely is the only person on the planet who has played Carnegie Hall and provided legal services for Stevie Ray Vaughan.

The Austin-born singer-songwriter got his start in LA when he and his brother John were asked to join the critically acclaimed band Spirit. After that, he and his brother went on to form their own band, Staehely Brothers, before Staehely returned to Texas and dusted off his law degree in 1980.

Back in Texas, he continued music, performing with the likes of Roy Orbison, Jefferson Starship, Emmylou Harris—two European tours with John Cipollina and Nick Gravenites (of Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Electric Flag, respectively) and even did a show with Rodney Dangerfield.

Just as he was beginning to build his law practice, Polydor Records came calling, and in 1982, he released the solo record Staehely’s Comet in Europe. In 2011, Steady Boy Records oversaw the first US release of the album, with the new title, Al Staehely and 10k Hours. In 2013, Cadillac Cowboys, an EP by Al Staehely & The Explosives, was also released on Steady Boy Records.

Staehely’s latest album, Somewhere in West Texas, released earlier this year, is an Americana album where his Texas roots really shine through.

He stopped by the LifeMinute Studios to tell us all about it and perform a few songs from the new record.

This is a LifeMinute with Al Staehely.