not that stardust isn't
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i haven't heard em all but it seems as though he could do no wrong in the 70s...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
there's something so evocative about the little song-snapshots on red headed stranger; each is perfectly constructed yet each is less than a song. they're these little glimpses into a life, into one person's story, and the album seems to invite the idea that this story is itself a little glimpse into another, larger, rolling history of the west
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
now the preaching is overand the killing's begun
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
you are all wrong shotgun willie is his best album
(also love: me and the drummer, yesterday's wine, a bunch of the live albums, and the troublemaker)(yeah red headed stranger is great but a little silly in parts no? and the narrative conceit doesn't work for me)
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
His best record is the Live at the Texas Opry disc that came with the Atlantic Sessions set.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
oh that's a good one.
though as a music snob i am obliged to note that i have some bootlegs that are just as good, even better
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, there are some better boots for sure. But as far as official releases, that's my pick.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
i think i only have one willie nelson bootleg shamefully (boarding house '75, i believe?). which ones do you recommend?
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
My first and still favorite is probably 2/26/75 Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
OTOH live at panther hall ballroom and...um... i need to look through itunes when i get home
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
xpost!
Great minds, etc.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
no... wait.. my panther hall boot is from the mid-1960s
from his pre-outlaw period, lots of bad/good jokes between songs
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I need to hear that! Mines the Red Headed Stranger tour and it SMOKES.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason, it has never even occurred to me that there would be live bootlegs of Willie from the 70s. the one live album I have of his is awesome though.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
btw shotgun willie has the greatest pack of ballads nelson ever wrote (or didn't):
- sad songs & waltzes- local memory- slow down old world (the best thing he ever wrote? might be)- she's not for you- a song for you
i mean what
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
oh and
- so much to do- you look like the devil (which i sometimes forget is a ballad b/c it's so mean-spirited)
I love the frenetic Willie and Family Live from '78, but it's not as good as the Texas Opry or Panther Hall shows from earlier in the decade.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Shotgun is probably my favorite Willie front to back. I wouldn't really call Local Memory a ballad fwiw
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
also don't sleep on me and the drummer... i don't hear that one mentioned much.
if you stay away from his guest-stars-a-plenty crossover albums from the last 20-odd years, it's really hard to go completely wrong with willie albums. and there are, what, like 200 of them by this point?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i guess local memory is kind of mid-tempo... actually the verses alternate between slow and mid-tempo. a nice effect btw
You know what's slept on? The IRS Tapes. Was totally surprised when I finally heard them.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
saw willie play at westbury(?) in new york a few weeks back, knowing little about him beforehand, and it was a real illuminating moment. he was wonderful, especially how he played guitar. just bought a joblot of willie vinyl off ebay and hoping there's some treasure in there, particularly glad the song 'me and paul' is on one of the albums.
― my eventual wife (stevie), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Toy Armadillo Stolen in NY After Nelson ConcertBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: September 24, 2013 at 11:07 PM ETPORT CHESTER, N.Y. — A missing toy armadillo with a connection to Willie Nelson has sparked a search in the New York suburbs.A stuffed armadillo beloved by a member of Nelson's crew was stolen from the stage at The Capitol Theatre, in Port Chester, after a Nelson concert last Thursday, theater general manager Tom Bailey said.Grainy video shows a woman walking onto the stage as the crew packs up, boldly grabbing the armadillo and sauntering off with it, he said. The critter is known as Ol' Dillo, he said, and is a treasured possession of Nelson's monitor engineer, Aaron Foye.Theater workers looked through more video on Tuesday in hopes of identifying the woman, Bailey said.A posting on Nelson's Facebook page asks for help finding the thief. And a commenter says, "We hang armadillo thieves in Texas."Nelson's publicist, Elaine Schock, told The Journal News she was unaware of Ol' Dillo and didn't know it had been filched."When you go to a Willie Nelson show," she said, "the last thing you notice is an armadillo."Nelson, singer of such hits as "Always on My Mind" and "On the Road Again," postponed his Wednesday concert in Carmel, Ind., according to his website, which didn't cite a reason.
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — A missing toy armadillo with a connection to Willie Nelson has sparked a search in the New York suburbs.
A stuffed armadillo beloved by a member of Nelson's crew was stolen from the stage at The Capitol Theatre, in Port Chester, after a Nelson concert last Thursday, theater general manager Tom Bailey said.
Grainy video shows a woman walking onto the stage as the crew packs up, boldly grabbing the armadillo and sauntering off with it, he said. The critter is known as Ol' Dillo, he said, and is a treasured possession of Nelson's monitor engineer, Aaron Foye.
Theater workers looked through more video on Tuesday in hopes of identifying the woman, Bailey said.
A posting on Nelson's Facebook page asks for help finding the thief. And a commenter says, "We hang armadillo thieves in Texas."
Nelson's publicist, Elaine Schock, told The Journal News she was unaware of Ol' Dillo and didn't know it had been filched.
"When you go to a Willie Nelson show," she said, "the last thing you notice is an armadillo."
Nelson, singer of such hits as "Always on My Mind" and "On the Road Again," postponed his Wednesday concert in Carmel, Ind., according to his website, which didn't cite a reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 04:23 (ten years ago) link
Long profile in RS: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/all-roads-lead-to-willie-nelson-rolling-stones-definitive-profile-of-the-country-icon-20140902
― that's not my post, Saturday, 6 September 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, nice. So far I'm not too thrilled with Band of Brothers, which mostly seems like a cranky ol' self-pitying rich man's break-up album. But he really outdid himself last year with To All The Girls..., though it shoulda been titled With All The Girls..., or Women, 'cause of all the duets. And the mostly instrumental, mostly awesome Let's Face The Music And Dance/ The Stone piece reports he's taking guitar lessons, getting more into Django. Sure sounds like it! Heroes is the best of his alternating-styles collections, the best of those in whatever decade this is, anyway (the 2010s? Naw).
― dow, Saturday, 6 September 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
Legacy Recordings will release Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie's December Day, the first installment of the Willie's Stash archival recordings series, on Tuesday, December 2.An eclectic album collaboration from outlaw country legend Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie Nelson, December Day debuts intimate new recordings of the siblings performing 18 songs they love.
An eclectic album collaboration from outlaw country legend Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie Nelson, December Day debuts intimate new recordings of the siblings performing 18 songs they love.
Not sure how this is an archival recording and new recordings at the same time. Bummer, cause I thought it would be like Dylan's bootleg series or Neil Young's performance series. Willie must have a lot of that stuff, right? Although he did release a ton of stuff throughout his career so maybe not?
― mizzell, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
haha, yeah that is confusing.
― tylerw, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
they are new to us!
willie doesn't have the best quality control, I can't imagine he has a ton of great stuff still in the vault. he releases like five albums a year.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
of course, dylan left some of his best stuff of the 70s-00s off of his official albums, so who knows.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
friend of mine just posted a pic on fb with willie at austin/bergstrom
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Monday, 24 November 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
Saw Willie last night with my parents, on Willie Nelson Blvd no less. Willie was lovable and had an endless supply of bandanas and the largest Texas flag ever. Sister Bobbie got a couple nice spotlight songs where she transformed a grand piano into a pleasingly plinky saloon upright. Willie's harmonica player was probably the standout in the band. At the end of the show, Willie signed posters and other merch for nearly everyone in the audience. My only complaint is that there were several moments during the show where Willie appeared to be auditioning for his very own "Willie Shreds" youtube.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
:/
red headed stranger is great but a little silly in parts no? and the narrative conceit doesn't work for me
dead to me
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― marcos, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Impossible.
The Willie/Kacey/I don't recall tour is among the shows I most regret missing in 2014, several others of which were profiled in the Times yesterday.
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Comments from my Nashville Scene ballot (the annual reviewer round-up etc)
Willie Nelson & Sister Bobbie, December Day: Non-Xmas, but seasonal in the winter light, seasoned sense(s). Flexing ivories, geetar darts, lyrical & blunt.He seems a little short-winded at first, but vocal levels shift as needed: he's scrawny, full-bodied, nasal, well-rounded, etc. Ivories are also flexible, while the geetar darts, jabs, practices Djangology (he said recently he'd been taking lessons in that, but sounds the same). She contours and solos too, given more space than usual (though also check last year's Let's Face The Music and Dance)(not to mention her own ‘07 Audiography).Each track lives in its own story, its own moment.
Willie Nelson’s Band of Brothers does incl. some good songs: the title track is disgruntled, almost a kind of anti-anthem: “We’re all a band of brothers, and sisters, or whut-ever,” also setting the record straight: “I love you and you love me, but you cain’t tell me what to do,” here that, entourage? But their charm is affected by the querulous ol' context (c'mon Willie, you're gonna give us geezers an even worse name). Mostly, or too often, It’s a cranky rich man’s breakup album, sometimes addressed to wimmin who just cain’t take a hint, although the waltz where he compares one of ‘em to infectious, persistent diseases could make for an effective, plausibly candid flashback (via the Woman’s A-Side or Man’s B-Side) on the otherwise maturely dealing-with-it Phases and Stages. Like Blood On The Tracks’ “Idiot Wind,” but Willie’s note is from a suavely succinct poison pen. Cover of Billy Joe Shaver’s “Hard To Be An Outlaw” just sounds like another dumb complaint from the majestic bus (which he’s said he sometimes stays in even when he’s “home.”) But “The Songwriters, “ one of the few he didn’t write, does infectiously celebrate his well-earned privilege and power.
― dow, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
Shoulda acraped off scraped off the second sentence (first & sec orig. a tweet), since I repeated and elaborated on it, sorry.
― dow, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
Should not try to cut and paste on tinyass phones, either; sorry again
― dow, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
whenever i think to check in on willie nelson he's released like 18 more albums!
i've come around on red headed stranger... i never /disliked/ the album, i like it a lot, i guess the narrative aspects of it never "did it" for me. but i should listen harder.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 1 January 2015 03:36 (nine years ago) link
Wonder if he has recorded as many as Tito Puente yet?
― Pigbag Wanderer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 January 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
Willie on Austin City Limits in 1974. Just a fantastic show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VQsexJuiTI
― that's not my post, Sunday, 4 June 2017 06:07 (six years ago) link
So many good songs and performances
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 June 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
what are we gonna do when he dies
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 December 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
Post on ILM.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 December 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
i suppose so
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 December 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
mourn how time slips away
― estela, Sunday, 17 December 2017 07:03 (six years ago) link
STARDUST must be the best LP you can pick up in any dollar bin
― Simon H., Sunday, 17 December 2017 07:51 (six years ago) link
he seems to release a good record every year
― niels, Sunday, 17 December 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link