Twang Bar King

Twang Bar King
Studio album by Adrian Belew
Released	1983
Genre	Rock
Length	42:59
Label	Island
Producer	Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew chronology
Lone Rhino (1982) Twang Bar King (1983) Desire Caught By the Tail (1986)

Twang Bar King is the second solo album by Adrian Belew, released in 1983.

Like its predecessor Lone Rhino, Twang Bar King features the members of the late Belew's band, GaGa (this time augmented by session drummer and former Elvis Presley band member Larrie Londin) and the songs on it are drawn from GaGa's repertoire. Recorded while Belew was an active member of King Crimson during the early 1980s, it was recorded between the group's Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair albums and tours. This would be the last album on which Belew would work with the GaGa lineup. The R&B interlude "Sexy Rhino" continues the "rhino" theme from Lone Rhino and uses a Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Adrian Belew except “I’m Down” written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney

1. "I'm Down" – 2:54
2. "I Wonder" – 4:39
3. "Life Without a Cage" – 3:20
4. "Sexy Rhino" – 0:37
5. "Twang Bar King" – 1:26
6. "Another Time" – 3:02
7. "The Rail Song" – 5:39
8. "Paint the Road" – 3:19
9. "She Is Not Dead" – 4:41
10. "Fish Head" – 4:30
11. "The Ideal Woman" – 4:08
12. "Ballet for a Blue Whale" – 4:44

Personnel

• Adrian Belew – guitars, percussion, lead vocals
• Christy Bley – acoustic piano, vocals
• William Janssen – saxophones, bass clarinet, vocals
• Larrie Londin – drums
• J. Clifton Mayhugh – bass, vocals

External links

• Twang Bar King at AllMusic