Career
His songs have been performed and recorded by Little Feat, Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith. On 21 December 1982 he almost died from head and other severe injuries received during a car wreck in Austin, Texas. His recovery lasted more than six years.
In 2004 Bell told an interviewer, "Learning the guitar the first time was a bitch.
Learning the guitar the second time was cruel.".