Vince Bell Music

“Create it, compose it, craft it.”
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“So y’know what? Let’s kick back and sit this one out.”

Vince Bell at Anderson Fair, September 29th!

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Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant Upcoming music concerts and general info

“Sky Surf”
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On Saturday August 12, at 7:30pm MST Vince Bell will be performing to a sold out Creekbottom Music house concert that will be live-streamed! The link is below:

https://youtube.com/live/HWQZFmFdPlI

Vince Bell is a Texas grown singer-songwriter and long-time Santa Fe resident who has appeared on Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, World Cafe and Morning Edition. His songs have been performed and recorded by Little Feat, Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith.
A veteran of the 1970’s Montrose songwirter dynasty of Houston Texas, Vince honed his songwriter skills with Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Mance Lipscomb, playing at legendary venues like the long-gone Sand Mountain Coffeehouse and immortal Anderson Fair.

On the road and in the decades since, Vince has logged a lifetime of encounters and stories in songs and spoken word recordings that lodge in your heart and soul and don’t let go.

Vince Bell Live Vince Bell live stream from Creekbottommusic House Concerts Aug 12, 2023 7:30 pm.

Vince Bell and Kim Miller pictured with Ken Gaines, Vince’s life-long friend and mutual veteran of Anderson Fair, last night, at the Rio Rancho House Concert Series in NM.

Thanks so much to Lyle Lovett, (who is always a gentleman), for sharing his stage at the Lensic in Santa Fe, and what a great time! So good seeing Leland and enjoyed the visit.

Bob Neuwirth, Colorful Figure in Dylan’s Circle, Dies at 82 He was a recording artist and songwriter himself, but he also played pivotal roles in the careers of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.

The creative world lost a wonderful man last night: painter, musician, and recording artist Bob Neuwirth, who died of heart failure in Santa Monica, CA, a month before his 83rd birthday. Bob collaborated with a wide range of artists such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and Patti Smith. He produced two of Vince’s CDs, and he and Vince stayed good friends through the years.

Vince Bell Music "As a songwriter he can easily take his place in that hallowed area occupied by the likes of Randy Newman, Bruce Cockburn and Tom Waits."

A friend took Vince on a drive up to Sandia Crest, a long ridge at the top of the Sandia Mountains
overlooking Albuquerque. In the strong wind at 10,678 feet elevation, Vince had to hold on to his hat!

"Out There"

Out there somewhere, off the beaten path.

One of twenty new prints now available on the new WayWords Art™️ website.
Click the link below to visit the site and view all prints.
This available print is in high resolution (300ppi).
Overall measures 16"x11" with a white border on fine art paper.
The actual image size is 12.18"x6.95"
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Santa Fe’s Inn and Spa at Loretto is all dressed up for Christmas, with hundreds of farolitos aglow.

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Since I took these shots of this year’s lights at the Santa Fe Plaza, the 80-year-old spruce tree on the right in front of the St. Francis Cathedral has been toppled by wind. A new tree will replace it.

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Christmas has come to the New Mexican Capitol! Santa Fe’s Capitol building already has its lights up.

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Take it easy—just laugh in the face of tomorrow!

The new site is up at

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In Los Cerrillos, on the back road from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, we found the Black Bird Saloon. For lunch we chose the Smelter grilled cheese sandwiches, though it was hard to pass up the Angus Burger, the Elk Burger, and the daily vegetarian option. Some history: In 1885, the turquoise mines of Persia that had supplied the world were mined out, and the price of the blue stone skyrocketed. Los Cerrillos had mines in the area for coal, silver, lead, and gold, and suddenly it boomed as a source of turquoise. Now the former boomtown is more like a charming ghost town; the movies Young Guns, Vampires, and Outrageous Fortune were filmed there.

One of our favorite special-occasion restaurants in Santa Fe: Coyote Cafe.

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Another day, another sunrise, as seen from outside my kitchen door.

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On its large property, the El Rey has a garden, a picnic area, a laundry, and an outdoor (seasonal) pool with a bar at poolside.

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The El Rey is a retro motel with a cool vibe, its accommodations decorated with original artworks from local artists, making it a favorite among both Santa Fe locals and road trippers.

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In Santa Fe a hundred years ago, Cerrillos Road was still part of Route 66. By 1936, when the El Rey Court was built, the road had been named Cerrillos but it still served as a main artery for travelers through the city—as it still does today. And the El Rey is still accommodating guests.

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Daybreak on a November morning at the Bell casa

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The WayWords Art™️ site is up! It’s been a year since we met at the kitchen table in Santa Fe. There we dived into paintings and words to come up with twenty pieces to make available in prints of a collaboration of words by Vince Bell, and paintings by Vince Pawless.
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And, driving home through the New Mexican high desert, we passed this remnant of somebody’s “New York state of mind.”

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The beautiful Guadalupe adorned with bottle caps, created by multimedia artist Buck Burns, is part of the Arte Chicano exhibit at the Silver City Museum.

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The view of Silver City from La Capilla Heritage Park on Chihuahua Hill, where many skilled miners from Mexico settled when they came to work at the Santa Rita Mine—once the largest open pit copper mine in the world and the inspiration for the 1954 documentary drama Salt of the Earth.

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We took a “state-cation,” driving from Santa Fe to Silver City to spend two nights at the old Bear Mountain Lodge. Great food, a great staff, and a great ambience!

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