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Willie Nelson Appreation Thread
Aug 25^th, 2009 at 10:15am

I am spinning "Stardust" for the first time in some time today...maybe it's the rain...maybe it's the smooth, velvety feel of the disc....maybe it's the fact that it is keeping the kids from setting the house on fire...but it is the right record for the right moment.

i only have three or four willie discs. red headed stranger might make my top twenty albums of all time list. anything else come close? besides that and stardust, i have the GH comp "songs" and a waylon and willie album. what is next?

also, is it me, or does john mellencamp suck worse than eating a tomato, cheese and broken glass omlette?

one more question: any other guitar seen more mileage?

i'll get around to posting a stupid ass poll in a bit.

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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,728 Dakar Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #1 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 10:32am I'm interested. Which one to start with?
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Reply #2 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 10:34am

Love me some Willie.
And so does Keef.

Lots of great - and some not so great - stuff.

Among the former:
'Across The Borderline' - Title track is a cover of the Ry Cooder song.
Dylan co-wrote and guests on 'Heartland'. Willie also covers Dylan's 'What Was It You Wanted', Paul Simon's 'Graceland', and Peter Gabriel's 'Don't Give Up' (with Sinead O'Connor).
My favorite song on the album is John Hiatt's ' Most Unoriginal Sin'.

There's also a killer Willie tune called 'Still Is Still Moving To Me'.

'Teatro' - Daniel Lanois' spare and gauzy production and backing vocals by the otherworldly Emmylou Harris.
Lanois also plays on the album, and it includes a terrific cover of his song 'The Maker'.

'Outlaws & Angels' - Live album that features KR on 'We Had It All'.

'Countryman' - Willie's reggae album, and not as crazy as it may sound.
After all, Willie is a Rastaman...

'Moment Of Forever' - Willie's cover of 'Gotta Serve Sombody' is shit hot and all you need to know about this one.

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Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread
Reply #4 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 11:44am

Nice start Leftie. So many different facets to Willie and hard to put a best of on any of his stuff.

One of my all time favorites is the Highwaymen collaboration with Johnny, Waylon, and, and Kris.

Another is the oldie, "One for the Road" with Leon Russell and the newer (2006) "Songbird" with Ryan Adams.

Of course his stuff with Merle and Waylon is classic!!

Willie with his son....

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StPeteStone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 828 Madeira Beach, Florida Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #5 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 1:22pm LanternHigh wrote on Aug 25^th, 2009 at 10:48am: Someone may add a video from his favorite disc? Or just a link? I'm interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqdZQT7FNXY
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Throwaway Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 826 MD Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #7 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 5:22pm "Shotgun Willie" is essential listening! Something about his voice just stands out - its too authentic on the album, you can feel his pain (or pleasure)
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Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,326 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #8 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 5:25pm I appreate the hell out of ol' Willie. I only have Red-Headed Stranger, though. As Starbuck indicated, that album is essential.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #10 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 6:41pm Thanks for the input. This thread would've been missing something without it. For those that do appreate Willie, his latest dropped today. A follow-up of sorts to 'Stardust'.
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StPeteStone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 828 Madeira Beach, Florida Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #11 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 6:48pm STARBUCK???
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #12 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 6:51pm StPeteStone?
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texile Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 935	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #13 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 6:53pm a classic, one of the things that makes me proud to be a Texan, because Willie personifies that independent, iconoclastic spirit. shamefully underrated guitarist too - i would love to hear Willie on a beautiful strat or tele.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #14 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 7:00pm Willie straps on an electric for a song or two. Check him out on 'Milk Cow Blues'.
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StPeteStone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 828 Madeira Beach, Florida Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #15 - Aug 25^th, 2009 at 8:03pm Lefty?
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Martha Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 774 The Blues Gender:	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #18 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 12:31pm LOVE Willie!!!! I am waiting for my Willie Nelson CD's to get here TODAY. Still IS Still Movin to Me won't stop spinnin from the inside of my head. This tour really knocked me out. Willie pulled it off every night without Lukas except for the Lake Elsinore gig where Lukas guested with Bob for his encore.
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #19 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 1:01pm So Willie handled all the guitar duties, eh, Martha? Lukas is a gunslinger, but I miss Jody Payne.
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oldtimer Rocks Off Regular Offline Dance like nobody is watching Posts: 88	Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread Reply #20 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 4:06pm there is nobody like willie nelson, no one even comes close! one of the greatest songwriters of all time, certainly one of the most prolific! and he is timeless in a really gettin' old sort of way! i cherish every second he is on the planet!
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Re: Willie Nelson Appreation Thread
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oldtimer wrote on Aug 30^th, 2009 at 4:06pm:

there is nobody like willie nelson, no one even comes close! one of the greatest songwriters of all time, certainly one of the most prolific! and he is timeless in a really gettin' old sort of way! i cherish every second he is on the planet!

hell yeah!

here's a pic from when willie entered stonesalot's johnny cash picture contest back in 2005.

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Reply #22 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 4:35pm

willie in 1955

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