WILLIE NELSON

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Pioneer of the anti-establishment outlaw image, who wrote hundreds of songs and became a spectacular country showman.

As a songwriter and performer, Willie Nelson played a vital role in post-rock & roll country music. Although he didn't become a star until the mid-'70s, Nelson spent the '60s writing songs that became hits for stars like Ray Price ("Night Life"), Patsy Cline ("Crazy"), Faron Young ("Hello Walls"), and Billy Walker ("Funny How Time Slips Away"), as well as releasing a series of records on Liberty and RCA that earned him a small but devoted cult following. During the early '70s, Willie aligned himself with Waylon Jennings and the burgeoning outlaw country movement that made him into a star in 1975. Following the crossover success of that year's Red Headed Stranger and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," Nelson was a genuine star, as recognizable in pop circles as he was to
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WILLIE NELSON ... And Then I Wrote album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
... And Then I Wrote
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1962
WILLIE NELSON Here's Willie Nelson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Here's Willie Nelson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1963
WILLIE NELSON Country Willie - His Own Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Country Willie - His Own Songs
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1965
WILLIE NELSON Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1966
WILLIE NELSON The Party's Over album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Party's Over
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1967
WILLIE NELSON Make Way For Willie Nelson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Make Way For Willie Nelson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1967
WILLIE NELSON Texas In My Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Texas In My Soul
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1968
WILLIE NELSON Good Times album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Good Times
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1969
WILLIE NELSON My Own Peculiar Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Own Peculiar Way
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1969
WILLIE NELSON Both Sides Now album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Both Sides Now
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
WILLIE NELSON Laying My Burdens Down album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Laying My Burdens Down
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
WILLIE NELSON Columbus Stockade Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Columbus Stockade Blues
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
WILLIE NELSON Yesterday's Wine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yesterday's Wine
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1971
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Family album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Family
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1971
WILLIE NELSON The Willie Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Willie Way
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1972
WILLIE NELSON The Words Don't Fit The Picture album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Words Don't Fit The Picture
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1972
WILLIE NELSON Shotgun Willie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shotgun Willie
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
WILLIE NELSON Phases And Stages album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Phases And Stages
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1974
WILLIE NELSON Red Headed Stranger album cover 4.75 | 2 ratings
Red Headed Stranger
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1975
WILLIE NELSON The Sound In Your Mind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sound In Your Mind
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1976
WILLIE NELSON The Troublemaker album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Troublemaker
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1976
WILLIE NELSON 1961 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
1961
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1977
WILLIE NELSON To Lefty From Willie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
To Lefty From Willie
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1977
WILLIE NELSON Stardust album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stardust
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
WILLIE NELSON Face Of A Fighter (aka The Legend Begins) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Face Of A Fighter (aka The Legend Begins)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson / Dave Grusin ‎: The Electric Horseman (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson / Dave Grusin ‎: The Electric Horseman (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1979
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And Leon Russell ‎: One For The Road album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And Leon Russell ‎: One For The Road
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
WILLIE NELSON Pretty Paper album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pretty Paper
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
WILLIE NELSON Family Bible album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Family Bible
Jazz Related Gospel 1980
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Ray Price ‎: San Antonio Rose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Ray Price ‎: San Antonio Rose
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1980
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Family : Honeysuckle Rose (Music From The Original Soundtrack) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Family : Honeysuckle Rose (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1980
WILLIE NELSON The Minstrel Man album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Minstrel Man
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1981
WILLIE NELSON Somewhere Over The Rainbow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1981
WILLIE NELSON Take Me As I Am album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Take Me As I Am
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings ‎: Outlaw Reunion Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings ‎: Outlaw Reunion Vol. 2
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON The Hungry Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hungry Years
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON Always On My Mind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Always On My Mind
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce ‎: In The Jailhouse Now album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce ‎: In The Jailhouse Now
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Roger Miller : Old Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Roger Miller : Old Friends
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1982
WILLIE NELSON Just Willie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Willie
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
WILLIE NELSON Bandanna Land album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bandanna Land
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
WILLIE NELSON Tougher Than Leather album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tougher Than Leather
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
WILLIE NELSON Without A Song album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Without A Song
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
WILLIE NELSON My Own Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Own Way
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
WILLIE NELSON Angel Eyes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Angel Eyes
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON City Of New Orleans album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
City Of New Orleans
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Love And Pain album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love And Pain
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson ‎: Music From Songwriter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson ‎: Music From Songwriter
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Wild and Willie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wild and Willie
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Just Plain Willie - The Unreleased Tapes Volume 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Plain Willie - The Unreleased Tapes Volume 3
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Vintage Willie Nelson - Sixteen Early Recordings Including The Original 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vintage Willie Nelson - Sixteen Early Recordings Including The Original "Night Life"
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Just Plain Willie - The Unreleased Tapes Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Plain Willie - The Unreleased Tapes Volume 2
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Me & Paul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Me & Paul
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Hank Snow ‎: Brand On My Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Hank Snow ‎: Brand On My Heart
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
WILLIE NELSON Lone Star album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lone Star
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Faron Young : Funny How Time Slips Away album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Faron Young : Funny How Time Slips Away
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1985
WILLIE NELSON The Promiseland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Promiseland
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1986
WILLIE NELSON Partners album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Partners
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1986
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, Bobbie Nelson ‎: I'd Rather Have Jesus album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, Bobbie Nelson ‎: I'd Rather Have Jesus
Jazz Related Gospel 1986
WILLIE NELSON Island In The Sea album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Island In The Sea
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1987
WILLIE NELSON What A Wonderful World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
What A Wonderful World
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1988
WILLIE NELSON A Horse Called Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Horse Called Music
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1989
WILLIE NELSON Born For Trouble album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Born For Trouble
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1990
WILLIE NELSON Who'll Buy My Memories? Vol 2 The IRS Tapes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Who'll Buy My Memories? Vol 2 The IRS Tapes
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1991
WILLIE NELSON Who'll Buy My Memories ? Vol 1 The Irs Tapes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Who'll Buy My Memories ? Vol 1 The Irs Tapes
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1992
WILLIE NELSON Across The Borderline album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Across The Borderline
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1993
WILLIE NELSON Moonlight Becomes You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Moonlight Becomes You
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1993
WILLIE NELSON Healing Hands Of Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Healing Hands Of Time
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
WILLIE NELSON Christmas With Willie Nelson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas With Willie Nelson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, Curtis Potter ‎: Six Hours At Pedernales album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, Curtis Potter ‎: Six Hours At Pedernales
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
WILLIE NELSON Peace In The Valley The Gospel Truth Collection Volume I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Peace In The Valley The Gospel Truth Collection Volume I
Jazz Related Gospel 1994
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Don Cherry : Duets (aka Augusta) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Don Cherry : Duets (aka Augusta)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
WILLIE NELSON Just One Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just One Love
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1995
WILLIE NELSON Spirit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spirit
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1996
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Bobbie Nelson ‎: How Great Thou Art album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Bobbie Nelson ‎: How Great Thou Art
Jazz Related Gospel 1996
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson With Bobbie Nelson ‎: Hill Country Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson With Bobbie Nelson ‎: Hill Country Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1997
WILLIE NELSON Teatro album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teatro
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1998
WILLIE NELSON Night and Day album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Night and Day
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1999
WILLIE NELSON Everything But You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Everything But You
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1999
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, The Offenders : Me And The Drummer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, The Offenders : Me And The Drummer
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2000
WILLIE NELSON Milk Cow Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Milk Cow Blues
Blues 2000
WILLIE NELSON Rainbow Connection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rainbow Connection
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2001
WILLIE NELSON The Great Divide album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Great Divide
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2002
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Friends : Stars & Guitars [Live] album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Friends : Stars & Guitars [Live]
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2002
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, Don Cherry : The Eyes Of Texas - A Tribute To Lady Bird Johnson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, Don Cherry : The Eyes Of Texas - A Tribute To Lady Bird Johnson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2002
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And Ray Price ‎: Run That By Me One More Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And Ray Price ‎: Run That By Me One More Time
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
WILLIE NELSON Crazy : The Demo Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Crazy : The Demo Sessions
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Friends : Live And Kickin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Friends : Live And Kickin'
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, Kimmie Rhodes ‎: Picture In A Frame album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, Kimmie Rhodes ‎: Picture In A Frame
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
WILLIE NELSON It Always Will Be album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It Always Will Be
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
WILLIE NELSON Nacogdoches album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nacogdoches
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
WILLIE NELSON Countryman album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Countryman
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2005
WILLIE NELSON Songbird album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songbird
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
WILLIE NELSON You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
WILLIE NELSON Luck, Texas Songbook Vol.1-4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Luck, Texas Songbook Vol.1-4
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard / Ray Price : Last Of The Breed album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard / Ray Price : Last Of The Breed
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
WILLIE NELSON Moment Of Forever album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Moment Of Forever
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2008
WILLIE NELSON American Classic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
American Classic
Vocal Jazz 2009
WILLIE NELSON Naked Willie (aka Willie Stripped) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Naked Willie (aka Willie Stripped)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2009
WILLIE NELSON Willie And The Wheel album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie And The Wheel
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2009
WILLIE NELSON Country Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Country Music
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2010
WILLIE NELSON Remember Me Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Remember Me Vol. 1
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2011
WILLIE NELSON Heroes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heroes
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2012
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Friends : Live At Third Man Records album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Friends : Live At Third Man Records
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2013
WILLIE NELSON To All The Girls... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
To All The Girls...
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2013
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And Family : Let's Face The Music And Dance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And Family : Let's Face The Music And Dance
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2013
WILLIE NELSON Band Of Brothers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Band Of Brothers
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2014
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And Sister Bobbie : Willie’s Stash, Vol. 1: December Day album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And Sister Bobbie : Willie’s Stash, Vol. 1: December Day
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2014
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard : Django And Jimmie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard : Django And Jimmie
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2015
WILLIE NELSON Summertime : Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Summertime : Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Vocal Jazz 2016
WILLIE NELSON For The Good Times : A Tribute To Ray Price album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
For The Good Times : A Tribute To Ray Price
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2016
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And The Boys : Willie's Stash Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And The Boys : Willie's Stash Vol. 2
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2017
WILLIE NELSON God's Problem Child album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
God's Problem Child
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2017
WILLIE NELSON My Way album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
My Way
Vocal Jazz 2018
WILLIE NELSON Last Man Standing album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Last Man Standing
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2018
WILLIE NELSON First Rose of Spring album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
First Rose of Spring
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2020
WILLIE NELSON That’s Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
That’s Life
Vocal Jazz 2021
WILLIE NELSON The Willie Nelson Family album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Willie Nelson Family
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2021
WILLIE NELSON I Don’t Know a Thing About Love : The Songs of Harlan Howard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Don’t Know a Thing About Love : The Songs of Harlan Howard
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2023
WILLIE NELSON Bluegrass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bluegrass
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2023
WILLIE NELSON The Border album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Border
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2024
WILLIE NELSON Last Leaf On the Tree album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Last Leaf On the Tree
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2024

WILLIE NELSON EPs & splits

WILLIE NELSON live albums

WILLIE NELSON I Gotta Get Drunk-Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Gotta Get Drunk-Live
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1976
WILLIE NELSON Willie And Family Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie And Family Live
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
WILLIE NELSON All Of Me Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Of Me Live
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2002
WILLIE NELSON Smokin' At The Paradiso (Live in Amsterdam) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smokin' At The Paradiso (Live in Amsterdam)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Friends : Outlaws And Angels album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Friends : Outlaws And Angels
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
WILLIE NELSON Songs For Tsunami Relief (Austin To South Asia) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs For Tsunami Relief (Austin To South Asia)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2005
WILLIE NELSON Live From Austin TX album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live From Austin TX
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price : Live From The Last Of The Breed Tour album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price : Live From The Last Of The Breed Tour
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis ‎: Two Men With The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis ‎: Two Men With The Blues
Vocal Jazz 2008
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Featuring Norah Jones : Here We Go Again - Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Featuring Norah Jones : Here We Go Again - Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles
Vocal Jazz 2011
WILLIE NELSON Live at the US Festival, June 4, 1983 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the US Festival, June 4, 1983
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2012
WILLIE NELSON American Outlaw : All-Star Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
American Outlaw : All-Star Concert
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2020
WILLIE NELSON Live At Budokan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Budokan
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2022

WILLIE NELSON demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

WILLIE NELSON re-issues & compilations

WILLIE NELSON The Best Of Willie Nelson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best Of Willie Nelson
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson And David Allan Coe ‎: Willie And David album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Willie Nelson And David Allan Coe ‎: Willie And David
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1980
WILLIE NELSON Songs From My Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs From My Heart
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
WILLIE NELSON Love Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Songs
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1987
WILLIE NELSON Is There Something On Your Mind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Is There Something On Your Mind
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1992

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WILLIE NELSON Reviews

WILLIE NELSON My Way

Album · 2018 · Vocal Jazz
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This time Willie Nelson is doing Sinatra for his latest “My Way” who has always been of his favourites and is the second album for the prolific octogenarian this year. Buddy Cannon is back again but only co-producing this one with Matt Rollings who also in addition contributes piano, wurlitzer, B-3 organ, horn arrangements and string arrangements being almost identical in input for Willie’s last album of a similar nature in 2016, “Summertime, Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin” and there is also another of Gershwin’s numbers included for this album. Only one guest is included being Norah Jones who these days makes fairly regular appearances with him appearing on the Live album with Wynton Marsalis “Here We Go Again” in 2011 and also popping up on his 2013 release of duets “To All The Girls”. Micky Raphael on harmonica is the only band member from his prior album for this year “Last Man Standing” to cross over for this one. One other interesting note is Jay Bellerose is the Jazz drummer who has appeared with so many of today’s artists including Allen Toussaint, Natalie Cole, Madeline Peyroux, Elton John, Joe Henry, Aimee Mann, Bonnie Rait, Sam Philips and that just names a few.

What else would one start with for a Sinatra album but “Fly Me To The Moon’ with the perquisite Swing injection and still keeping in touch with his Country background having Steel guitar in amongst the horns, with a quick solo also added from it in this lively swinger. Mickey’s harmonica leads for the next two Johnny Mercer tunes, “Summer Wind” and “One More For My Baby ( And One More For The Road)” all delivered with Willie’s great casual vocal approach. A lively swinging take for “A Foggy Day” with horns and that harmonica once again right amongst it all and then a lovely take with Strings to follow for the ballad “It Was A Very Good Year” . More Classic Sinatra Swing with Rodgers and Hart’s “Blue Moon” and back for another classic ballad “I’ll Be Around” followed by the swinging Cole Porter composition “Night And Day”. Cole Porter follows again for the lovely duet with Norah Jones in “What Is This Thing Called Love” with another of Sinatra’s classic ballads “Young At Heart” to bring us up the final track and title song being Sinatra’s most famous “My Way” with a beautiful interpretation from Willie adding a little of his own touch with Mickey’s harmonica adding pathos to the vocal.

How many albums has he done resurrecting the old numbers and there really is no other artist today who matches his experience with them. There has been a couple of misses with him doing this material in the past but more so due to oversupply if anything but not here. It is always hard to follow your first great one being “Stardust” but he sure comes close with this and always Willie keeps just a slight Country connection making them all his own. Once again beautiful stuff from the master.

WILLIE NELSON Last Man Standing

Album · 2018 · Pop/Art Song/Folk
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On Willie Nelson’s latest offering once again we have Buddy Cannon doing the Production for the tenth album with the addition of co writing every song with Willie and as with the previous album “God’s Problem Child” the band line up is pretty much the same just with a few less guests in “Last Man Standing” as there is only the one actually being Alison Krauss on fiddle and backing vocals who does not even get a mention as a guest just added to the band's line up in the album’s credits. One of the integral parts to Willie’s band these days is long time collaborator Mickey Raphael on harmonica who has been accompanying Willie for nigh on thirty years and almost nearly as integral to Willie’s sound as Trigger but not quite. Honky Tonk, Western Swing with a couple of ballads thrown in for good measure are the album’s basis making this one a straight up Country album being Willie Nelson’s bread and butter and there really is no greater exponent of this music style living today.

The album kicks off with “Last Man Standing” with a mention concerning Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Merle Haggard and Norro Wilson and how Willie is lamenting he is the last of them on the title number. Honky Tonk based ‘Don’t Tell Noah” comes next followed by “Bad Breath” concerning his mortality with the line “Bad breath is better than no breath at all” with a great little solo from Mickey Raphael’s harmonica followed by Willie on Trigger. “Me And You” is Honky Tonk which motors along with a great beat behind it with quiet a nice ballad following “Something You Get Through” with the harmonica of Mickey Raphael’s coming to the fore and some great steel guitar added as well. Western swing get’s a shot with the fairly quick time of ‘Ready To Roar” and the next number “Heaven Is Closed” has Willie mentioning that “hell is overcrowded so I think I will stay where I am” . “ I Ain’t Got Nothin” follows with more of that Honky Tonk feel in “She Made my Day” and the other ballad comes next “I’ll Try To Do Better Next Time” with the album closing up with a slight Bluesy influence in “Very Far To Crawl”,

Great album of all original material. I have heard people mentioning it’s brevity as it only runs for thirty four minutes but for me not a factor being brought up in the day of records which is not far of many album times anyway. Still not a lot has changed since his previous “God’s Problem Child” which in my opinion has just a slight edge over this one.

WILLIE NELSON You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker

Album · 2006 · Pop/Art Song/Folk
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Nine days after the release of Willie’s “You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker” in 2006 Cindy Walker passed away aged 87. She was one of Country music greatest song writers whose career spanned six decades with some of her greatest songs recorded by Bob Wills, Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison with quite a few more that could be added. Her songs were honest, frank, direct with a touch of double meaning at times and most important of all, they were truly original. Of all the recent albums released by Willie Nelson since 2000 this one is still his finest effort. Perhaps it is the familiarity of the tunes for him as he has played and known many of them since his early teenage days long before “Crazy” in the late 1940’s and many of his own heroes in Country music played them in their repertoire as well and with all this familiarity “Willie took to it, like a duck to water”.

Western Swing is one of the main components of the album’s construction and why not start with one of her co written Bob Wills songs “Bubbles In My Beer” and of course it’s a fiddle that gets things underway for this shuffle being primarily guitar backed with Willie vocals right out front but the next song that follows almost steals all the limelight being the beautiful double meaning ballad “Not That I Care”. “Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me” is another ballad originally recorded by Eddy Arnold followed by more Western Swing with “Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Age” and next was another massive one for her being the ballad “You Don’t Know Me” where even Elvis and Ray Charles had a crack at but it was Jerry Vale who pulled in the hit. The co-written Bob Wills songs, “Sugar Moon” and “Cherokee Maiden” give more of that Western Swing with “Miss Molly” added and that fiddle accompanied with Honky Tonk piano keeps them motoring along. “I Don’t Care”, “The Warm Red Wine” are more of Cindy’s classics with the beautiful Western themed “Dusty Skies” with one exquisite Harmonica solo inserted by Charlie McCoy perhaps being with “Not That I Care” one of the albums best tracks. More Swing with “It’s All Your Fault” follows with one more gem to finish proceedings up being the lovely ballad “I Was Just Walking Out The Door”.

Cindy Walker had sent Willie Nelson a song she had wrote specifically for him just prior to this album but never recorded and instead he decided to take on many of her Classics . Hopefully she managed to hear it prior to her death as she had been ill for a while by then and maybe for her it was a WC Handy moment as well, just as when he first heard Louis Armstrong”s Plays WC Handy and a tear came to her eye also, for the great renditions that Willie recorded in tribute.

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