Willie Nelson - That's Life

Styles: Vocal, Country
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:46
Size: 81,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:35) 1. Nice Work If You Can Get It
(2:25) 2. Just In Time
(2:54) 3. Cottage For Sale
(3:34) 4. I've Got You Under My Skin
(2:52) 5. You Make Me Feel So Young
(3:25) 6. I Won't Dance (feat. Diana Krall)
(3:39) 7. That's Life
(3:04) 8. Luck Be a Lady
(2:58) 9. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
(3:31) 10. Learnin' the Blues
(3:44) 11. Lonesome Road

Honoring the enduring inspiration of Frank Sinatra, That's Life is Willie Nelson s second album of classics made famous by The Chairman Of The Board. Willie's first ode to Frank, 2018's My Way, earned Willie the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album, and That's Life finds Nelson (who has penned a few standards himself) inhabiting 11 more of the most treasured songs in the Great American Songbook including the title track, "Luck Be A Lady," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "You Make Me Feel So Young," and "I Won't Dance" (a duet featuring Diana Krall). Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings, That's Life was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood--where Frank Sinatra, created a string of album masterpieces with additional recording at Pedernales Studios in Austin, Texas. Willie delivers 11 new studio performances, coming alive in a musical landscape animated by lush string and vibrant horn arrangements on an album mixed by recording industry legend Al Schmitt (who's recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer). The album cover features a brand new painting of Willie and his iconic guitar, Trigger, standing in the glow of a twilight streetlamp, evoking classic Sinatra album covers of yore.~ Opiniones Editoriales https://www.amazon.com/Thats-Life-Willie-Nelson/dp/B08Q6LPZLV

That's Life

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Willie Nelson - First Rose of Spring

Styles: Vocal, Country
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:26
Size: 97,7 MB
Art: 

(3:41)  1. First Rose of Spring
(4:35)  2. Blue Star
(2:49)  3. I'll Break Out Again Tonight
(3:07)  4. Don't Let the Old Man In
(3:15)  5. Just Bummin' Around
(3:51)  6. Our Song
(4:03)  7. We Are the Cowboys
(3:41)  8. Stealing Home
(4:11)  9. I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised
(4:34) 10. Love Just Laughed
(3:33) 11. Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encore)

Willie Nelson’s 70th solo studio album, released in his 88th year, is a reflection on life experience, love and mortality. If that sounds morbid, it’s not: there’s catharsis in the country legend’s beguiling delivery. The slow-paced title-track opener sets the tone with plaintive harmonica, pedal-steel guitar and tender, but weary, vocals. It’s followed by Nelson and his long-term friend and producer Buddy Cannon’s atmospheric “Blue Star”, which reassures a younger lover that they will meet once again beyond the pearly gates (“And when we reach the heaven’s bright/ I’ll be the blue star on your right”). Subtle harmonising backing vocals, sliding guitar and organ combine beautifully.

Though Nelson laments failed relationships in “Love Just Laughed” (“We can look back and smile and say/ Whatever happened brought us down to today”), it’s not all downbeat. Listen to his cover of the hammond-driven “Just Bummin’ Around” (by Pete Graves) and you’ll feel a surge of jauntiness. Nelson’s first release since winning a 2020 Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance with last year’s “Ride Me Back Home” features just two new songs “Blue Star” and “Love Just Laughed”. On First Rose of Spring, Nelson is more interested in paying tribute to the artists he admires, imbuing their songs with his gravelly emotion. “In this time that I’ve been given/ To fill my life with livin’/ I hope I’ve done the best that I can do”, he sings on “Our Song”. That this is a cover of Chris Stapleton who has hailed Nelson “one of my biggest influences” acknowledges his mutual respect for the younger star and suggests he could be ready to hand over the mantle to his successor. But First Rose of Spring is the work of an artist wwho will never grow old. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/willie-nelson-review-first-rose-of-spring-denai-moore-modern-dread-stream-a9596686.html

First Rose of Spring

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Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing

Styles: Vocal, Guitar, Country
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:40
Size: 79,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Last Man Standing
(2:28)  2. Don't Tell Noah
(3:03)  3. Bad Breath
(2:49)  4. Me And You
(3:53)  5. Something You Get Through
(2:35)  6. Ready To Roar
(3:16)  7. Heaven Is Closed
(3:00)  8. I Ain't Got Nothin'
(2:43)  9. She Made My Day
(2:59) 10. I'll Try To Do Better Next Time
(3:48) 11. Very Far To Crawl

Willie Nelson started singing about the end of the line a while back but now that he's in his mid-eighties, he's so accustomed to having death lurking around the corner that he can kid about it. That's precisely what he does throughout Last Man Standing, an album that serves as a jocular counterpart to its predecessor, God's Problem Child. Nelson didn't avoid humor on that record, but the vibe seemed haunted by a looming sense that the clock is ticking away. Willie shakes off this spookiness on Last Man Standing, whose title track finds him singing that "it's getting hard to watch my pals check out" to a jaunty rhythm. Ultimately, he decides he wants to be the last man standing, a sentiment that's reiterated a few tracks later, when Willie looks into the mirror and determines it's "better to have bad breath than no breath at all." Nelson isn't seizing the day so much as shrugging off worries, and decides just to have a good time. Despite being riddled with songs about death and aging, Last Man Standing is ridiculously fun, thanks not just to Nelson's jocularity it's not just gallows humor, either; the swinging honky tonk of "She Made My Day" is filled with sly one-liners  but to the nimbleness of his band. It's no secret that his bandmembers are pros, but it's still a pleasure to hear them play they're as compelling sliding into the shimmering jazz overtones of "Something You Get Through" as they are kicking out the blues of "I Ain't Got Nothin'" and they give Nelson plenty of cover for working with his weathered voice. No longer able to croon as he once did, Nelson opts for playing around with the rhythms of his delivery, a move that makes him seem limber, adding a sense of vitality to Last Man Standing. Willie realizes he's not going to be here forever but he's made up his mind to make the most of his time here, and that's why Last Man Standing feels richer than so many self-conscious meditations on mortality. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/last-man-standing-mw0003151298

Personnel:  Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar;  Alison Krauss – background vocals, fiddle;  Mickey Raphael – harmonica;  James Mitchell – guitar

Last Man Standing

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Willie Nelson - My Way

Styles: Vocal, Great American Songbook
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:25
Size: 81,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. Fly Me To The Moon
(3:22)  2. Summer Wind
(3:58)  3. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
(2:57)  4. A Foggy Day
(3:55)  5. It Was A Very Good Year
(2:37)  6. Blue Moon
(2:58)  7. I'll Be Around
(2:48)  8. Night And Day
(2:27)  9. What Is This Thing Called Love
(2:44) 10. Young At Heart
(4:51) 11. My Way

Willie Nelson is country music personified, but he’s no red-headed stranger to the Great American Songbook, either. On “My Way,” the prolific Texan swings and croons through 11 songs associated with Frank Sinatra, with whom he formed an unlikely and undeniable mutual admiration society. Nelson has been releasing albums at a pace rarely seen these days among major stars, much less 85-year-olds who’ve been on the road forever. “My Way” is his second new recording release this year, after the reflective “Last Man Standing,” and it’s a joy from start to finish. With “Stardust,” his 1978 smash, Nelson became an early adherent to the now-ubiquitous crossover interpretation of pop standards. And though he’s recorded some of these songs before including “Fly Me to the Moon” and “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” the string and horn arrangements led here by Matt Rollings accommodate both Ol’ Blue Eyes’ world and Nelson’s idiosyncratic interpretations. 

“Fly Me to the Moon” gains a slightly more spirited pace than on Nelson’s 2009 “American Classic,” and “Summer Wind” includes a lyrical Nelson solo on Trigger  that nylon-string Martin guitar of his with an extra hole resulting from years of use. The backing really shines on “One for My Baby,” and Nelson’s vocal shows how he is indeed a “kind of poet” even when the song is not his own composition. Nelson lends a special grace to “It Was a Very Good Year” and “Young at Heart,” while, on “My Way,” his phrasing and Mickey Raphael’s harmonica provide a bluesy intimacy that might make some who don’t care much for Sinatra’s braggadocio and bombast on his own version give the song another chance.https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/willie-nelson-my-way-frank-sinatra-music-review/

My Way

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Various - Restoration: Reimagining The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:10
Size: 130.9 MB
Styles: Country-pop
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:44] 1. Little Big Town - Rocket Man
[5:00] 2. Maren Morris - Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
[5:23] 3. Don Henley - Sacrifice
[3:51] 4. Brothers Osborne - Take Me To The Pilot
[4:36] 5. Miranda Lambert - My Father's Gun
[4:28] 6. Chris Stapleton - I Want Love
[5:13] 7. Lee Ann Womack - Honky Cat
[3:31] 8. Kacey Musgraves - Roy Rogers
[4:13] 9. Rhonda Vincent - Please
[3:33] 10. Miley Cyrus - The Bitch Is Back
[4:10] 11. Dierks Bentley - Sad Songs (Say So Much)
[5:00] 12. Rosanne Cash - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
[3:22] 13. Willie Nelson - Border Song

One of two albums released as a celebration of the 50+ years of collaboration between Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin is the brainchild of the lyricist, who wanted to pay tribute to the Americana that's informed his imagery ever since the beginning of his career. Taupin designed the artwork and recruited artists, leaning heavily on newer artists who are on the vanguard of the mainstream, but also finding plenty of space for veterans who have been around for as long as Elton, if not longer. There's a divide in aesthetics between the younger and older artists -- the former embrace the freedom of reinterpretation, the latter settle into their roots -- but they're largely complementary, revealing how enduring and malleable the John/Taupin catalog is. Maren Morris and Kacey Musgraves grab attention with their blissed-out, soulful readings of "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" and "Roy Rogers," but Brothers Osborne's funky "Take Me to the Pilot" and Miranda Lambert's mournful "My Father's Gun" are equally bracing. Dierks Bentley finds a sly Stonesy rhythm lurking in "Sad Songs (Say So Much), while Lee Ann Womack turns "Honky Cat" into a simmering soul workout and Little Big Town gives "Rocket Man" an arrangement worthy of Pentatonix. If Miley Cyrus leans too hard on Shania Twain-isms for "The Bitch Is Back," she's overshadowed by delicate work form Willie Nelson, Don Henley & Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash & Emmylou Harris, and Rhonda Vincent & Dolly Parton, who all show that hushed voices can be more compelling than bluster. But that also just points out how lean and sharp Restoration is: The artists take risks, and they -- and the songbook -- come out sounding the better for it. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:59
Size: 132.7 MB
Styles: Country, Assorted styles
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. I Didn't Come Here (And I Ain't Leavin')
[4:32] 2. Night Life (With Eric Clapton)
[2:56] 3. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (With Shania Twain)
[3:58] 4. Homeward Bound (With Paul Simon)
[3:34] 5. Beer For My Horses (With Toby Keith)
[4:35] 6. Crazy (With Diana Krall, Elvis Costello)
[4:26] 7. To All The Girls I've Loved Before (With Wyclef Jean)
[2:31] 8. Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) (With Norah Jones)
[2:41] 9. She Loves My Automobile (With Zz Top)
[4:38] 10. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground ( With Shelby Lynne)
[5:22] 11. A Song For You (With Leon Russell, Ray Charles)
[2:54] 12. I Couldn't Believe It Was True (With John Mellencamp)
[4:33] 13. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning (With Kenny Chesney)
[2:34] 14. Run That By Me One More Time (With Ray Price)
[5:26] 15. One Time Too Many (With Steven Tyler)

For his 70th birthday gala, Willie Nelson decided to celebrate by inviting a cast of musical stars to join him in duets on a televised concert. In keeping with Nelson's eclecticism, only a few of the famous participants are country artists (Shania Twain, Toby Keith, and old pal Ray Price). How much is added to his classic "Crazy" by guests Diana Krall and Elvis Costello (then-hot celebrity couple of the moment) is an open question; what's really important is the well-deserved recognition Nelson receives from the musical world's biggest names. If you're a hardcore Willie fan, you've probably already got a couple of earlier live versions of, for example, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," but part of Live and Kickin's purpose is to expose fans of Nelson's duet partners to the magic they've been missing out on for many decades. In that, it's a success. ~John Bush

Live And Kickin'

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Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 44:13

Size: 101.3 MB

Styles: Country

Year: 2017

Art: Front

[3:00] 1. Little House On The Hill

[3:34] 2. Old Timer

[3:00] 3. True Love

[3:23] 4. Delete And Fast Forward

[3:21] 5. A Woman's Love

[3:27] 6. Your Memory Has A Mind Of Its Own

[3:49] 7. Butterfly

[4:55] 8. God's Problem Child

[2:31] 9. Still Not Dead

[3:06] 10. It Gets Easier

[3:30] 11. Lady Luck

[3:16] 12. I Made A Mistake

[3:15] 13. He Won't Ever Be Gone

"I woke up still not dead again today," Willie Nelson sings on his new album, "the internet said I had passed away." Addressing recent rumors of declining health, Nelson plays the idea for laughs, but it's no joke. On his new album, the 83-year-old singer probes his own mortality and wrestles with death head-on for the first time on record.

The main pitfall for an artist as prolific as Nelson is maintaining a sense of coherent urgency with each release. But old age has sharpened Nelson's focus as a songwriter, providing him with renewed purpose as a lyricist and heightened vulnerability as a vocalist. So unlike 2014's retrospective smorgasbord Band of Brothers, 2015's loving collaboration with Merle Haggard Django & Jimmie, or his recent collections of reverent tributes to Ray Price and Gershwin, God's Problem Child is a tightly-woven, poignant collection of ruminations on aging and fading faculties that amounts to Nelson's most moving album in decades.

Set to longtime producer Buddy Cannon's sparse, elegant country arrangements, these songs are brimming with bleak prophecy and spiritual acceptance, as Nelson ponders his eternal home ("Little House on the Hill"), everlasting compassion ("True Love"), and his fallen comrade Merle Haggard ("He Won't Ever Be Gone"). On songs like "Your Memory Has a Mind of Its Own" and "Old Timer," Nelson addresses his devastating second-person meditations about physical deterioration to himself, a clever narrative device that packs a heavy punch: "You think that you're still a young bull rider/Till you look in the mirror and see/An old timer," Nelson sings with impeccable phrasing in the latter, delivering the title phrase in a quivering melody that lays bare the song's heavy emotion.

Gods Problem Child 

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Don Cherry & Willie Nelson - It's Magic

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:11
Size: 94,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:44)  1. It's Magic
(3:14)  2. What A Wonderful World
(2:32)  3. Summer Wind
(3:09)  4. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
(3:47)  5. Green Green Grass Of Home
(3:13)  6. Again
(3:32)  7. Sweet Memories
(3:18)  8. You've Changed
(3:35)  9. After The Lovin'
(3:46) 10. Try To Remember
(2:30) 11. Give Me The Simple Life
(3:45) 12. Portrait Of My Love

Willie Nelson joins his long-time friend pop singer and pro golfer Don Cherry in a ""beyond awesome"" album ""It's Magic. ~Amazon.com

"...Bing Crosby wasn't the best singer who could play golf. The all-time best golfer/singer, singer/golfer is Don Cherry." Dan Jenkins ~ Golf Digest

"We think that Mr. Don Cherry sings the Country Western music better than anybody in the business, but how he can do it so well and not "DRINK" is something we can't figure out. But he is Great." Dean Martin Frank Sinatra ~ Dean Martin's autobiography

Arnold Palmer's Favorite CD? "Band of Gold by Don Cherry, who's a friend. I beat Don in the 1954 U.S. Amateur." ~ Golf Magazine, September 2003

Don, those CD's are terrific. Thanks so much. ~  personal letter to Don from President George HW Bush

Personnel:  Don Cherry, Willie Nelson (vocals);  Roddy Smith (guitars);  Charlie McCoy (harmonica);  Tom Cherry , Boots Randolph (saxophone);  Bobby Ogdin (keyboards);  Ray VonRotz (drums);  Buzz Cason (background vocals).

It's Magic

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Willie Nelson - American Classic

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:16
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Pop/Country
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:42] 1. The Nearness Of You
[2:49] 2. Fly Me To The Moon
[3:56] 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[4:21] 4. If I Had You (Feat. Diana Krall)
[2:55] 5. Ain't Misbehavin'
[4:31] 6. I Miss You So
[3:23] 7. Because Of You
[3:58] 8. Baby It's Cold Outside (Feat. Norah Jones)
[4:33] 9. Angel Eyes
[2:55] 10. On The Street Where You Live
[3:40] 11. Since I Fell For You
[3:28] 12. Always On My Mind

Vocals – Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson; Bass – Christian McBride, Robert Hurst; Drums – Jeff Hamilton, Lewis Nash; Guitar – Anthony Wilson, Willie Nelson; Harmonica – Mickey Raphael; Piano – Diana Krall, Joe Sample, Norah Jones.

When Willie Nelson took the unexpected step of releasing Stardust in 1978, many predicted that the album of popular standards would severely derail the outlaw country singer's career. Confounding the critics, the disc became Nelson's best-selling effort, and spawned a whole subgenre of modern singers covering the classics. Nelson revisited the format with 1994's orchestral Healing Hands of Time and to varying degrees on several other records, but it wasn't until 2009's American Classic that the red-headed stranger delivered an album billed as the true follow-up to Stardust. Released on the venerable Blue Note label, the disc features guest appearances by superstar jazz singers Norah Jones and Diana Krall, but the focus is always placed squarely on Nelson's famously idiosyncratic vocals. American Classic does not feature Nelson's veteran band, but rather a core group of first-call studio jazz cats including Christian McBride on bass, Joe Sample on piano, and Lewis Nash on drums. The resultant sound is smooth, classy, and subtle -- a sonic horse of a different color from the exquisitely ramshackle earthiness that made Stardust so appealing and unusual. On tunes such as the jaunty, gently swinging "On the Street Where You Live" and "Since I Fell for You," which features longtime Nelson cohort Mickey Raphael on bluesy harmonica, Nelson sounds comfortable and in command, gliding effortlessly and soulfully over a great set of tunes played by top-notch pros. ~Pemberton Roach

American Classic

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Asleep At The Wheel - Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:09
Size: 160.6 MB
Styles: Country, Western Swing
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[1:11] 1. Texas Playboy Theme (Feat. Leon Rausch)
[3:29] 2. I Hear Ya Talkin' (Feat. Amos Lee)
[2:29] 3. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Feat. The Avett Brothers)
[4:05] 4. Trouble In Mind (Feat. Lyle Lovett)
[3:30] 5. Keeper Of My Heart (Feat. Merle Haggard & Emily Gimble
[3:17] 6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Feat. Kat Edmonson & Ray Benson)
[2:54] 7. Tiger Rag (Feat. Old Crow Medicine Show)
[3:05] 8. What's The Matter With The Mill (Feat. Pokey Lafarge)
[3:04] 9. Navajo Trail (Feat. Willie Nelson & The Quebe Sisters)
[3:25] 10. Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight
[4:18] 11. Faded Love (Feat. The Time Jumpers)
[4:14] 12. South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) [feat. George Strait]
[2:43] 13. I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (Feat. Elizabeth Cook)
[2:30] 14. My Window Faces The South (Feat. Brad Paisley)
[3:35] 15. Time Changes Everything (Feat. Buddy Miller)
[2:35] 16. A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Feat. Carrie Rodriguez & Emily Gimble)
[3:23] 17. Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas (Feat. Robert Earl Keen & Ray Benson)
[4:18] 18. Brain Cloudy Blues (Feat. Jamey Johnson & Ray Benson)
[2:39] 19. Bubbles In My Beer
[2:52] 20. It's All Your Fault (Feat. Katie Shore)
[4:01] 21. Twin Guitar Special (Feat. Tommy Emmanuel, Brent Mason, & Billy Briggs)
[2:23] 22. Bob Wills Is Still The King

Technically, it's been 16 years since Asleep at the Wheel last saluted Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -- with 1999's Ride with Bob, recorded for the short-lived DreamWorks Records -- but it's never like Ray Benson's ensemble ever strayed far from Western Swing. Their first album in 1973 was chock-full of Wills standards and their last, 2010's It's a Good Day, showcased former Texas Playboy Leon Rausch, so Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys is squarely in the group's comfort zone. Fortunately, Asleep at the Wheel never sound too comfortable on this generous 22-track tribute. Part of that is down to the decision of Benson and company to construct Still the King as an outright party, inviting old and new friends to sit in and sing both classics and nuggets from the deep Wills songbook. Having star after star take the center stage keeps things lively, particularly because the guest list is sharply balanced between old friends like Merle Haggard, George Strait, and Lyle Lovett -- fellow disciples of Wills, one and all -- with newer roots acts like the Avett Brothers, the Old Crow Medicine Show, Kat Edmonson, the Time Jumpers, and Elizabeth Cook. Everybody is welcome, no matter if it's Jamey Johnson slurring his way through "Brain Cloudy Blues" or Brad Paisley running roughshod across "My Window Faces the South," or Carrie Rodriguez and Emily Gimble joshing through "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," and it's fun to hear Asleep at the Wheel accommodating each of their styles. This casual versatility points out who the real star of the show is, though: it remains Benson's group, whose way with Western Swing has only grown more soulful over the years. Clearly, Asleep at the Wheel draw sustenance from the music of the Texas Playboys, finding life within these old songs, and their love remains infectious and palpable after all these years. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Still The King

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Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson - Two Men With The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:34
Size: 122.6 MB
Styles: Country, Jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[5:19] 1. Bright Lights Big City
[5:43] 2. Night Life
[3:26] 3. Caldonia
[5:09] 4. Stardust
[4:56] 5. Basin Street Blues
[4:40] 6. Georgia On My Mind
[5:44] 7. Rainy Day Blues
[4:57] 8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
[7:28] 9. Ain't Nobody's Business
[6:08] 10. That's All

The event was simply billed as “Willie Nelson Sings the Blues,” but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meeting between two American icons, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, two of the most significant figures in modern-day country and jazz, who discovered common ground in their love for jazz standards and the blues. Their performance stirred the sounds of New Orleans, Nashville, Austin and New York City into a brilliantly programmed mix that was equal parts down-home and cosmopolitan, with plenty of swing and just a touch of melancholy. To say that these shows were a hot ticket would be an understatement. Luckily, the tapes were rolling and the results of this unique collaboration now constitute the Blue Note album Two Men With The Blues for everyone who couldn’t cram into The Allen Room. 

Two Men With The Blues               

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Jack Walrath - Master Of Suspense

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:23
Size: 111,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:05)  1. Meat!
(5:19)  2. Children
(5:58)  3. No Mystery
(4:50)  4. A Study In Porcine
(3:52)  5. I'm Sending You A Big Bouquet Of Roses
(3:09)  6. The Lord's Calypso
(9:06)  7. I'm So Lonemsome I Could Cry
(5:27)  8. Monk On The Moon
(6:34)  9. A Hymn For The Discontented

The biggest news of this CD by trumpeter Jack Walrath is that Willie Nelson sings and plays guitar on two numbers: "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The other selections feature Walrath (who composed all but the two Nelson features) with a larger group than normal; a septet that includes altoist Kenny Garrett, tenor saxophonist Carter Jefferson, trombonist Steve Turre, pianist James Williams, bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Ronnie Burrage. As usual Walrath's music stretches the boundaries of hard bop without tossing away its roots. Among the more memorable titles are "Meat," "The Lord's Calypso" and "Monk on the Moon." ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/master-of-suspense-mw0000193705

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Kenny Garrett;  Bass – Anthony Cox;  Drums – Ronnie Burrage;  Guitar, Vocals – Willie Nelson ;  Piano – James Williams ;  Tenor Saxophone – Carter Jefferson;  Trombone – Steve Turre;  Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jack Walrath

Master Of Suspense

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Cyndi Lauper - Detour

Styles: Vocal, Country
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:25
Size: 93,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:15)  1. Funnel Of Love
(2:55)  2. Detour (feat. Emmylou Harris)
(3:19)  3. Misty Blue
(2:16)  4. Walkin' After Midnight
(3:10)  5. Heartaches By The Number
(3:12)  6. The End Of The World
(2:58)  7. Night Life (feat. Willie Nelson)
(3:24)  8. Begging To You
(3:42)  9. You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly (feat. Vince Gill)
(3:00) 10. I Fall To Pieces
(3:13) 11. I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart (feat. Jewel)
(3:54) 12. Hard Candy Christmas (feat. Alison Krauss)

A spiritual sequel of sorts to Memphis Blues, Detour finds Cyndi Lauper swapping out blues for country & western. The "western" part of the equation is crucial to Detour, a record equally enamored of cowboy camp as it is of Music City craft and corn. Such a wide purview is testament to Lauper's taste-savvy show biz sensibilities, but by balancing ballads with riotous romps, she winds up with a bit of a mess on her hands. On their own, the slow-burning-torch set pieces of "End of the World" and "I Fall to Pieces" have their charms  they offer ample evidence of Lauper's nuance and control, elements that are often underrated but when paired with the ferocious, mincing wink of "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly," "Cowboy Sweetheart," and "Detour," the spell is broken. Matters aren't helped much by the presence of Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas" a fine, faithful rendition that closes off the record on a sweet note  and the crisp, digital modern sheen of the opener "Funnel of Love," elements that pull Detour even further down a winding backroad. 

Such sudden shifts in tone might work better on-stage than they do on record, and with its cavalcade of guest stars, Detour often does play a bit like a stage revue, for better or worse. After all, much of Lauper's charm lies in her innate theatricality, and when she's paired with someone who shares her humor Emmylou Harris on "Detour" and, especially, Vince Gill on "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" there's a crackling vitality that nevertheless winds up diluting the diva showstoppers, something that could possibly be finessed on-stage but seems like a sharp turn on record. Nevertheless, on a track-by-track level, Detour has a few stumbles the biggest is "Night Life," and that's due to the gravelly growl of Willie Nelson, not Lauper and if it's taken as a collection of performances and not a coherent record, it's fun. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/detour-mw0002913797

Personnel: Cyndi Lauper (vocal);  Kenny Greenberg, Vince Gill, Tom Bukovac (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Willie Nelson, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Dan Dugmore (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Jeff Taylor (accordion); Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); Tony Brown (piano); Greg Morrow, Chad Cromwell (drums); Neal Coomer, Elaine Caswell, Perry Coleman, Kim Keyes (background vocals).

Detour

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Ray Charles - Genius & Friends

Styles: Vocal, R&B
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:41
Size: 132,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:00)  1. Ray Charles & Angie Stone - All I Want To Do
(3:48)  2. Ray Charles & Chris Issak - You Are My Sunshine
(5:08)  3. Ray Charles & Mary J. Blige - It All Goes By So Fast
(3:41)  4. Ray Charles & Gladys Knight - You Were There
(4:28)  5. Ray Charles With Ruben Studdard & The Harlem Gospel Singers - Imagine
(3:42)  6. Ray Charles & Leela James - Compared To What
(3:45)  7. Ray Charles & Diana Ross - Big Bad Love
(4:43)  8. Ray Charles & Idina Menzel - I Will Be There
(4:46)  9. Ray Charles & George Michael - Blame It On The Sun
(4:40) 10. Ray Charles & John Legend - Touch
(5:10) 11. Ray Charles & Patti LaBelle & The Andrae Crouch Singers - Shout
(4:13) 12. Ray Charles & Laura Pausini - Surrender To Love
(2:32) 13. Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - Busted [Live]
(2:59) 14. Ray Charles & Alicia Keys - America The Beautiful

Atlantic/Rhino's 2005 Genius & Friends is the end result of a project Ray Charles initiated a few months before his death in June 2004. According to James Austin's liner notes, Charles called Austin in December of 2003, asking if he could find the masters to an unreleased duets record Ray recorded in 1997 and 1998. Austin found the tapes, but Charles was too sick to work on them, so after his passing  and after his final studio album, the duets record Genius Loves Company, became a number one hit in August of 2004 Atlantic/Rhino decided to finish off the project, bringing in producer Phil Ramone to oversee the completion of the album. This included bringing in singers to record their parts, since apart from two tracks  a 1994 duet with Diana Ross on "Big Bad Love" and a live 1991 version of "Busted" with Willie Nelson (taken from the television special Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music) these are all studio constructions, with vocalists duetting with a previously recorded Ray. 

While not quite the monstrosity it could have been posthumous duets albums like this always bear an unsettling ghoulish undertow Genius & Friends is also not a particularly good album either. This isn't because the pairings are ill conceived  apart from the woefully outmatched American Idol winner Ruben Studdard on "Imagine" (which boasts perhaps Ray's best vocal performance on this record), there's nobody here who doesn't hold his or her own, and Ramone has skillfully edited the new recordings with the existing tapes so it sounds like they were recorded at the same time, even if it rarely sounds as if the vocalists were in the same room together. Rather, the problem is that the productions are caught halfway between '90s adult contemporary and modern neo-soul, sounding too slick and polished to really be memorable. It's pleasant enough and it's top-loaded, too, with the duets with Angie Stone, Chris Isaak, and Mary J. Blige being among the best cuts but it's not as relaxed or appealing as Genius Loves Company, which had the feeling of being a real duets album. This feels like what it is a professional studio creation. Not a terrible thing per se, but not something that makes for a good album, either. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  http://www.allmusic.com/album/genius-friends-mw0000381429

Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano); Chris Isaak, George Michael, Idina Menzel, John Legend, Laura Pausini, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, The Andraé Crouch Singers, Patti LaBelle, Angie Stone, Ruben Studdard, Willie Nelson, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Leela James (vocals); Rodney "Cortada" Alejandro, Darin "Zone" McKinney, Jamshied Sharifi, Aaron Zigman (programming).

Genius & Friends

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Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (10th Anniversary Edition)

Styles: Vocal, R&B, Soul
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:01
Size: 141,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. Ray Charles & Norah Jones - Here We Go Again
(3:47)  2. Ray Charles & James Taylor - Sweet Potato Pie
(3:56)  3. Ray Charles & Diana Krall - You Don't Know Me
(4:00)  4. Ray Charles & Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
(3:32)  5. Ray Charles & Natalie Cole - Fever
(4:35)  6. Ray Charles & Bonnie Raitt - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
(5:01)  7. Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - It Was A Very Good Year
(5:16)  8. Ray Charles & Michael McDonald - Hey Girl
(4:26)  9. Ray Charles & B.B. King - Sinner's Prayer
(4:33) 10. Ray Charles & Gladys Knight - Heaven Help Us All
(4:55) 11. Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis - Over The Rainbow
(3:44) 12. Ray Charles & Van Morrison - Crazy Love (Live)
(5:04) 13. Ray Charles & Poncho Sanchez - Mary Ann
(4:06) 14. Take 6 - Unchain My Heart

"The way these days just rip along, too fast to last, too vast, too strong..." ~ Jackson Browne

The final recording of Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company, enjoys its tenth anniversary. It is striking to consider that it has been over ten years since the death of Ray Charles, one of the most imposing figures in American music. The music made in the second half of the twentieth century has had a remarkable staying power owing partially to its revolutionary quality and the near frantic dedication of the Post-World War II Baby Boom generation. Charles' contributions to this music are without measure. It is useful to consider the role, or roles, played by Charles in American music. He deftly fused the blues with gospel music forming that offshoot of rhythm and blues: soul music. He then took this new eutectoid and mashed it up with jazz, creating an earthy humus. Once he had done this, he took on country and western music, infusing that mostly-white genre with the same soul music he previously created, resulting in the groundbreaking Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (ABC, 1962). Charles' reach was long and deep. 

Genius Loves Company is Charles' valedictory. It was recorded between June 2003 and March 2004, with Charles passing away from liver disease on June 10, 2004. While Charles' health was certainly questionable during recording, there is no indication of diminished capacity. His singing is robust and vibrant, overt and assertive. Charles had to have his eye on the end but he was never going to let on. If anything can be said of Charles' singing voice, it is that he "became more himself" as he aged. If Johnny Cash's late voice and appearance were those of an Old Testament prophet, then Ray Charles in autumn was a dying Mozart composing his sunny Clarinet Concerto less in defiance than acceptance.

Duet recordings, pitting old masters with contemporary musicians, are nothing new. Tony Bennett has made a cottage industry of them (and not to any bad effect at that). Time was of the essence for Charles and what better a love letter to his mastery than for him to share the stage with so many like-minded musicians who admired him so. It was because of this programming, the chosen artists and some shrewd marketing that Genius Loves Company was Charles' first top ten recording in 40 years. One of the biggest criticisms of the Charles biopic Ray was that the story ended 40 years early. My argument would be, "what was there left for Ray Charles to do?" This is an album of artists' collaborative praise for a fellow artist. Programming for the original recording was superb as was duet partner and song choice. Norah Jones, a closet country queen masquerading as a jazz artist, is a perfect foil to Charles on "Here We Go Again." Broad country block chords and Jones' creamy voice properly accent Charles' sacred sandpaper tone. 

Charles is most simpatico with his near contemporaries. "Fever" with Natalie Cole and "Heaven Help Us All" with Gladys Knight are love fests. Charles digs deep with BB King (and Lucille) on "Sinner's Prayer" and Bonnie Raitt on "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind." Raitt's signature slide guitar, ever influenced by Lowell George, is captured beautifully sonically. Ray Charles possessed a stylistic depth and breadth with few peers. When considering who could step in and accept the mantle from Charles after his death, I posited two names, both gratefully represented here. Willie Nelson has had as varied a career as Charles, sampling and then mastering every genre attempted. The two duet on a song closely associated with another such kindred spirit, Frank Sinatra. "It was a Very Good Year" is an unexpected luxury of artistic irony and grace). Van Morrison shares and ultimately offers his "Crazy Love" as a gift to Charles, the two crossing traditions with all we have in common.  The present Deluxe Edition sports a piquant "Mary Ann" with percussionist Poncho Sanchez and an awesome "Unchain My Heart" with Take 6. An hour-long DVD detailing the making of Genius Loves Company is a bit of gravy for this Fall class. Happy Birthday, Genius Loves Company... it has been a very good year. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ray-charles-genius-love-company--10th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-by-c-michael-bailey.php
 

Personnel: Ray Charles: vocals, keyboards; Ray Charles-vocals, piano; Norah Jones, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Elton John, Natalie Cole, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, Van Morrison-vocal; B.B. King, guitar, vocal; Billy Preston-organ; Poncho Sanchez: percussion; Take 6; 63-piece orchestra; others.

Genius Loves Company (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Willie Nelson - Island In The Sea

Styles: Country
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:57
Size: 87,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:21)  1. Island In The Sea
(4:12)  2. Wake Me When It's Over
(3:15)  3. Little Things
(5:23)  4. Last Thing on My Mind
(2:33)  5. There Is No Easy Way (But There is a Way)
(2:50)  6. Nobody There But Me
(4:17)  7. Cold November Wind
(4:43)  8. Women Who Love Too Much
(5:09)  9. All in the Name of Love
(3:09) 10. Sky Train

Island in the Sea is a 1987 album by country singer Willie Nelson. Its title track was a minor hit. The album also includes the song "Nobody There But Me", featuring Bruce Hornsby and the Range, released as the second single. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_in_the_Sea

Personnel: Willie Nelson – Guitar, vocals, producer; Paul English – Drums; Mickey Raphael – Harmonica; Bee Spears – Bass; Bobbie Nelson – Piano; Grady Martin – Guitar; Jody Payne – Guitar, vocals; Billy English – Percussion; Chip Young – Acoustic guitar; Mike Leech – Bass; David Briggs – Keyboards; Pete Wade – Electric Guitar; Martin Parker – Drums; Bobby Odgin – Piano; Farrell Morris – Percussion, vibes; Booker T. Jones – Drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass; Bruce Hornsby – Piano, synthesizer; Peter Harris – Guitar; George Marinelli, jr. – Guitar; John Mollo – Drums; Joe Puerta – Bass; Bill Johnson – Art direction; Bill Imhoff – Illustration

Island In The Sea

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Willie Nelson - Spirit

Styles: Country
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:18
Size: 92,8 MB
Art: Front

(1:44)  1. Matador
(2:56)  2. She Is Gone
(3:29)  3. Your Memory Won't Die In My Grave
(3:53)  4. I'm Not Trying To Forget You Anymore
(2:40)  5. Too Sick To Pray
(2:08)  6. Mariachi
(3:10)  7. I'm Waiting Forever
(3:03)  8. We Don't Run
(3:37)  9. I Guess I've Come To Live Here In Your Eyes
(4:01) 10. It's A Dream Come True
(4:14) 11. I Thouht About You, Lord
(4:59) 12. Spirit Of E9
(0:18) 13. Matador

Of all the records Willie Nelson made in the 1990s and since that time, none is more misunderstood or ignored than Spirit. Coming as it did so quietly and unobtrusively in 1996, a year and a half before the celebrated Teatro, Spirit is Willie's most focused album of that decade. Self-produced and featuring the sparest of instrumental settings Willie and Jody Payne play guitars, Bobbie Nelson plays piano, and Johnny Gimble plays fiddle on certain tracks Nelson weaves a tapestry, a song cycle about brokenness, loneliness, heartbreak, spiritual destitution, and emerging on the other side. The set begins with the instrumental "Matador," which seems to usher in the atmospheric texture for this album. "She's Gone" tells its heartbreak story with as much lilt and pastoral grace as is possible without being sentimental. Willie's guitar soloing is gorgeous; he's deep in the groove of the washes of Bobbie's chords. Hearing a steel-string guitar play rhythm and a nylon-string guitar play lead is an interesting twist as well. 

But Nelson digs the notion of "She's Gone" deeper into the listener's consciousness with "Your Memory Won't Die in My Grave": "Been feelin' kinda free/But I'd rather feel your arms around me/Because you're takin' away/Everything I ever wanted..../It's a memory today, it'll be a memory tomorrow/I hope you're happy someday/"Your memory won't die in my grave...." And when Nelson moves to the full acceptance issue as he does on "I'm Not Trying to Forget You," the music is slightly off-kilter in the intro, as if the singer cannot come to grips with the song. Payne plays just behind Willie, stretching time, making it slip and shimmer all the way into "Too Sick to Pray," the most devastating country waltz to be recorded since Johnny Paycheck's Little Darlin' albums. 

On "I'm Waiting Forever" and "We Don't Run," the sun begins to rise out of the heart's bleak night and comes to the dawn of a new day in the life of love and spiritual connection. This is Nelson writing conceptually as he did early on with Phases and Stages and Red Headed Stranger, but he is at his understated best here, moving deeply into the skeleton of the song itself and what it chooses to reveal through the singer. And while Spirit is quiet, it's a tough, big record that makes you confront the roar of silence in your own heart. ~ Thom Jurek  http://www.allmusic.com/album/spirit-mw0000186424

Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Jody Payne (guitar, background vocals); Johnny Gimble (fiddle); Bobbie Nelson (piano).

Spirit

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Willie Nelson - Without A Song

Styles: Country
Year: 1983
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 38:39
Size: 62,0 MB
Art: Front + Back

(3:48)  1. Without A Song
(4:21)  2. Once In A While
(3:57)  3. Autumn Leaves
(3:52)  4. I Can't Begin To Tell You
(3:45)  5. Harbor Lights
(3:41)  6. Golden Earrings
(4:05)  7. You'll Never Know
(4:00)  8. To Each His Own
(3:45)  9. As Time Goes By
(3:21) 10. A Dreamer's Holiday

In 1978, Willie struck gold with Stardust, a collection of jazz and vocal standards that might well have been titled "Great American Songs Volume I." Periodically thereafter Willie made other forays into the American songwriting catalogue. Without a Song was his third such effort (Somewhere Over The Rainbow was his second, What a wonderful World his fourth). This time Willie stuck close to the formula that had succeeded so well with Stardust. He reteamed with producer/organist Booker T. Jones (leader of the famous r&b combo Booker T. and the MGs, who do not appear on this album), and chose a pleasing collection of great ballads that includes "Autumn Leaves," "Harbor Lights," and "You'll Never Know." Also featured is a duet with Julio Iglesias on "As Time Goes By." It is no criticism to say that Without a Song  never quite reaches the heights of Stardust , since the latter is one of Willie's greatest records. Still, on tracks like "Golden Earrings" and "A Dreamer's Holiday," Nelson fully recaptures the magic of Without a Song’s classic predecessor. Strings and horns arranged by Booker T. Jones and conducted by Jules Chaikin.  http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1086117&style=music&desc=1

Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Jody Payne (vocals, guitar); Bobby Wood (vocals, keyboards); Toni Wine, Julio Iglesias (vocals); Grady Martin, Reggie Young (guitar); Bob "Chicago" Nelson, Bobbie Nelson (piano); Booker T. Jones (organ, keyboards); Bobby Emmons (keyboards); Gene Grisman, Paul English (drums); Billy Gene English (percussion). 

Without A Song

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Willie Nelson - Nacogdoches

Styles: Country
Year: 2004
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 39:22
Size: 73,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:49)  1. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
(2:57)  2. A Dreamer's Holiday
(2:16)  3. Corine, Corina
(2:42)  4. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
(3:32)  5. To Each His Own
(3:05)  6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
(2:57)  7. Golden Earrings
(2:40)  8. Columbus Stockade Blues
(2:57)  9. I Can't Begin To Tell You
(3:50) 10. I'll String Along With You
(2:33) 11. I'm Beginning To See The Light
(2:34) 12. How High The Moon
(4:26) 13. Stardust

Profile of the iconic American troubadour, whose career as a muscian, actor and political activist has spanned five decades and has seen him collaborating with many of music's greats.

'Outlaw' country music star, songwriter, actor, author and philanthropist, there is little left for Willie Nelson to accomplish during his life-time. With an apparently open and affable character Nelson has always been, nevertheless, a somewhat guarded man. In interviews his natural manner glosses over much information and he reveals only as much, or rather as little, as he feels like. It has been suggested that this stems from his poor Texan childhood. Born 30 April 1933 in Abbott, Texas, then abandoned by his mother at only six months old, he and his older sister Bobbie were raised by their paternal grandparents. Despite the poverty which the family underwent during the Great Depression, Nelson and Bobbie were never deprived of music. They grew-up with Gospel, Country and of course Frank Sinatra. Nelson began scribbling poetry at the age of five and when he received his first guitar, aged six, he began to put his lyrics to music. Both he and Bobbie benefited from the knowledge of their musical grandparents. Sadly, when Nelson was still very young, his grandfather died, leaving a gaping hole in his life. Nelson used his talent and song-writing ability to translate his grief into music.

 It was this honesty and simplicity that would become an unwavering part of his style and character over the years, earning him devoted fans from all walks of life. By the age of 10 Nelson was playing his first gigs with a local polka band. Then when his sister married at the age of 16 both Nelson and Bobbie joined her husband Bud Fletcher's band. Playing local dances and even on the radio Nelson stood out from the rest of the band. So much so that by the time he was 14 he had his own fan-club. After graduating from high school and a short stint in the Air Force, Nelson found himself married with three kids before he reached 25. Broke and with a family to support Nelson took to the road to try and find jobs. Working at radio stations and performing in local clubs the family struggled to pay the rent, often having to up and leave in the middle of the night to avoid the landlords. It was during these difficult years that Nelson sold his first song to keep his family afloat. 'Family Bible', now a country classic, was sold for the sum of $50. With one hit under his belt Nelson was convinced he could write more. Two of his most famous songs, 'Crazy' and 'Nightlife' were written at the wheel of his car driving to and from gigs in Houston, Texas. 

While working in a radio station in Vancouver, Washington, Nelson often performed on air. It was here that he met song-writer and promoter Mae Axton. She advised him to take his songs back with him to Texas or Tennessee and play amongst his peers. Nelson headed for Nashville where he found a music scene that was not quite ready for him. Ahead of his time, Nelson did not conform to the local 'Nashville Sound' and finding gigs became difficult. With little success as a performer Nelson continued to write songs eventually finding himself as a popular regular at Tootsie's, the hangout of the local songwriters....More... http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/willie-nelson.html

Nacogdoches

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Willie Nelson - To All The Girls...

Styles: Country
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:21
Size: 151,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:02)  1. Willie Nelson Feat. Dolly Parton - From Here to the Moon and Back
(3:47)  2. Willie Nelson Feat. Miranda Lambert - She Was No Good for Me
(2:38)  3. Willie Nelson Feat. The Secret Sisters - It Won't Be Very Long
(4:19)  4. Willie Nelson Feat. Rosanne Cash - Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends
(4:57)  5. Willie Nelson Feat. Sheryl Crow - Far Away Places
(3:07)  6. Willie Nelson Feat. Wynonna Judd - Bloody Mary Morning
(3:56)  7. Willie Nelson Feat. Carrie Underwood - Always on My Mind
(3:13)  8. Willie Nelson Feat. Loretta Lynn - Somewhere Between
(4:13)  9. Willie Nelson Feat. Alison Krauss - No Mas Amor
(3:31) 10. Willie Nelson Feat. Melonie Cannon - Back to Earth
(3:11) 11. Willie Nelson Feat. Mavis Staples - Grandma's Hands
(3:40) 12. Willie Nelson Feat. Norah Jones - Walkin'
(2:01) 13. Willie Nelson feat. Shelby Lynne - Till the End of the World
(4:36) 14. Willie Nelson Feat. Lily Meola - Will You Remember Mine
(4:22) 15. Willie Nelson Feat. Emmylou Harris - Dry Lightning
(3:17) 16. Willie Nelson Feat. Brandi Carlile - Making Believe
(4:39) 17. Willie Nelson Feat. Paula Nelson - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
(2:43) 18. Willie Nelson Feat. Tina Rose - After the Fire Is Gone

To All The Girls... finds Willie reunited with his two greatest loves: beautiful music and talented women.
Decades of heartfelt performances and compositions in popular music have long solidified Willie's reputation as one of country s greatest romantics. To All The Girls...continues Nelson's musical relationships with some of the most talented women in country, pop and soul.

Among the centerpieces of To All The Girls... is the emotional duet with Dolly Parton, "From Here To The Moon and Back," a song Parton wrote for the 2012 motion picture Joyful Noise. Willie also tackles the Bill Withers' classic "Grandma's Hands" with Mavis Staples, duets with Sheryl Crow on the Great American Songbook selection "Far Away Places," and brings a new shade to his self penned classic "Always on My Mind" with Carrie Underwood.

Willie is also joined by familiar contemporaries including Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Norah Jones, Loretta Lynn and Roseanne Cash. To All The Girls... reunites Willie with producer Buddy Cannon, who worked with Willie on his most recent successful releases, Heroes and Let's Face The Music and Dance. ~ Editorial Reviews  http://www.amazon.com/All-The-Girls-Willie-Nelson/dp/B00E9JLQB0

To All The Girls...

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