Wille Nelson C/D, S&D

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As far as modern Willie I second Spirit (especially) and Teatro. Haven't heard Night & Day, but it's supposed to be great. I also love Rainbow Connection.

Destroy: Milkcow Blues Boogie or whatever the name of the duet album from a couple of years ago was (also didn't care for the most recent album with all the all-star cameos, though I can't remember the title at all)

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Saturday, 13 December 2003 23:32 (twenty years ago) link

Just got the reissue of Red Headed Stranger as an Xmas gift for my dad -- he'll love it, I know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 December 2003 23:33 (twenty years ago) link

Was MBB the one with Kid Rock, Sheryl Crowe et al? Yeah, I don't see how anything good can come of it.

OT: hey Chris, The Reigning Sound are no more? That seems to be the buzz over on the Goner site. Sucks.

― Will (will), Saturday, 13 December 2003 23:41 (twenty years ago) link

being from Texas, Willie is in the blood. re-listening to "Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," which i hadn't heard in twenty-plus years, i still knew all the words.
one of my most recent surprises is his album, _Yesterday's Wine_, which has one of the weirdest openings I've ever heard on a record. Spacy Greek chorus with his backing band, and a mumbled something about this being the era of the "imperfect man."
classic classic.

― Beta (abeta), Saturday, 13 December 2003 23:51 (twenty years ago) link

He's on my list (of people to buy CDs by).

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:07 (twenty years ago) link

Gee when Chomsky says that sort of thing, people paraphrase it as: "We got what we deserved."

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:09 (twenty years ago) link

My parents went to see him at the Clark County Fair 5 years ago. I was *too cool* but walked in to meet them while he was playing his nth encore, "please don't talk about me when I'm gone". I was thoroughly impressed and am a fan to this day. C!

― Jole, Sunday, 14 December 2003 05:10 (twenty years ago) link

Closed circuit to Will: seems that way -- Greg is moving to North Carolina from what I hear.

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:57 (twenty years ago) link

The Party's Over needs a deluxe reissue.

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Monday, 15 December 2003 01:00 (twenty years ago) link

two years pass...

i've been listening to "You Look Like the Devil" a lot lately... I think it's my favorite Willie vocal performance and such a lovely song. But it doesn't make a lot of sense; who's he singing about? How does he know what the subject looks like "in the morning" if he only met them yesterday? (and what's with the "I've met you" instead of "I met you"?) For awhile I thought it was about a politician... and then a prostitute... but whenever I think I've got it figured out there's always at least one line that doesn't really work.

regardless, the way he sings "holdin' hands and kissin' everybody" always floors me.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 22 December 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

In my 2017 country Spotify list, whenever a track from Willie’s “God’s Problem Child” album pops up it’s great enough to make me want to pick up the LP. Superb guitar playing and his voice still sounds fantastic. He’s not Al Green-smooth like he was back in the day, but his phrasing and emphasis and the irreplaceable Willie-ness are still on point.

― omar little, Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link

he frequently pops up in my release radar (seems like an album a year) and it's always good

― niels, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link

his phrasing and emphasis and the irreplaceable Willie-ness are still on point.

this is otm, both his playing and his vocals

― rip van wanko, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

this guy is so classic, always a joy when he pops up on my release radar - like he did today with the delightful call to democratic arms: "Vote 'Em Out"

https://open.spotify.com/track/1YX1kcNiWLk1GVYEDWsaNg

― niels, Friday, 12 October 2018 07:20 (five years ago) link

god bless 'im

― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 October 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link

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