‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90’: Movies
‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90’ was well-meaning, heartfelt, and often well-performed – but a few intangibles were lacking.
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Willie Nelson’s Big Ideas: How Concept Albums Shaped His Career
Concept albums have been among Willie Nelson’s greatest and most confounding works – sometimes simultaneously.
Willie Nelson Found a Worthy Foil on the Diverse, Rootsy ‘Willie and the Wheel’
Willie Nelson released a terrific collaboration with Asleep at the Wheel 10 years ago today that was by turns reverent and then rambunctious.
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis shared an uncanny chemistry on Two Men With the Blues
I’m not one to snap up everything Willie Nelson or Wynton Marsalis puts out. But ‘Two Men With the Blues,’ released in the summer of 2008, was special.
One Track Mind: Billy Joe Shaver with Willie Nelson, “Hard To Be An Outlaw” (2014)
Willie Nelson’s presence here means a debt has finally been repaid.
Fred Phillips’ Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson
Sturgill Simpson? The genuine article. Bob Wayne? Back with his best ever.
One Track Mind: Willie Nelson, “The Wall” from Band of Brothers (2014)
Willie Nelson sounds at peace. At peace with where he’s been but, even more importantly, where he’s headed.
‘That ain’t no Hank Williams song!’: Big stars threw those beer bottles at the Blues Brothers
A key moment in the original Blues Brothers film finds the band dodging beer bottles at a backwoods dive where the barkeep informs them they have both kinds of music — “country and western.” Turns out, two very famous people were hurling those empty Budweisers. You May Also Like: ForRead More
One Track Mind: Willie Nelson with Emmylou Harris, “Dry Lightning” from To All The Girls (2013)
Willie Nelson has already issued three new albums since signing last year with Legacy. An And Friends project might seem like the least interesting yet. You May Also Like: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis shared an uncanny chemistry on Two Men With the Blues Willie Nelson Found a Worthy FoilRead More
Willie Nelson – Let’s Face the Music and Dance (2013)
Arriving as it does amidst of flurry of similarly themed songbook albums — from Rod Stewart to Paul McCartney to Jeff Lynne — Let’s Face the Music and Dance reminds us of Willie Nelson’s age-old command of the genre. You May Also Like: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis shared anRead More
