Willie Nelson - The Music of Willie Nelson

Title: The Music of Willie Nelson Artist: Willie Nelson Release Date: 9/29/2009 Label: Legacy Recordings, Legacy Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Box set UPC: 886975672820 Genre: Country Styles: Progressive Country, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Outlaw Country Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Meandering, Organic, Playful, Bittersweet, Calm/Peaceful, Earthy, Gentle, Reflective, Sad, Wry, Yearning, Ambitious, Earnest, Freewheeling, Intimate, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Plaintive, Ramshackle, Reserved, Sophisticated, Cheerful, Complex, Detached, Happy, Light, Melancholy, Messy, Party/Celebratory, Relaxed, Restrained, Reverent, Romantic, Warm, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Sweet Memories
2. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
3. Remember Me
4. If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time
5. Georgia on My Mind
6. Blue Skies
7. All of Me
8. Help Me Make It Through the Night
9. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
10. Always on My Mind
11. Let It Be Me
12. Last Thing I Needed the First Thing This Morning
13. Nothing I Can Do About It Now
14. City of New Orleans
15. Living in the Promiseland

1. Medley: Funny How Time Slips Away/Crazy/Night Life [Medley]
2. It Should Be Easier Now
3. You Ought to Hear Me Cry
4. The Party's Over
5. Yesterday's Wine
6. Me and Paul
7. On the Road Again
8. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
9. Why Do I Have to Choose
10. Who'll Buy My Memories
11. My Own Peculiar Way
12. Forgiving You Was Easy
13. I'm Not Trying to Forget You
14. Is the Better Part Over
15. Still Is Still Moving to Me

1. Good Hearted Woman
2. Something to Brag About
3. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. I Gotta Get Drunk
6. Faded Love
7. Pancho and Lefty
8. Seven Spanish Angels
9. Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)
10. How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around
11. Reasons to Quit
12. Hello Walls
13. I'm Movin' On
14. Old Friends
15. Highwayman

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Legacy Recordings 56728 2009 CD Legacy 8869756728

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The Music of Willie Nelson is part of a new Legacy series that essentially package three career-spanning discs into a semi-long box package containing 45 tracks, with a booklet that features a biographical essay and complete track information. This one divides up easily into three categories, with disc each dedicated to "the singer," "the songwriter," and the collaborator"-- let's face it, there is very little that Nelson hasn't done or accomplished during his 50 years in the music business up to this point. Disc one is "the singer" chapter, and includes his charting singles in both the country and pop categories. It includes music from his RCA period -- such as "Sweet Memories" from 1968 through to his final charting single with Columbia in 1986, "Living in the Promiseland." Disc two centers on the "songwriter, and includes tunes he wrote and recorded, including classics such as "On the Road Again," "Yesterday's Wine," and "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." Finally, there is the "collaborator" disc. In some ways, this CD is the most fun to listen to, as it includes duets with Roger Miller, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Leon Russell, his performances with the Highwaymen, Faron Young, Hank Snow, Dolly Parton, George Jones, and more. This is a different kind of compilation; it provides a solid introduction to the enigma that is Willie Nelson, even if it contains no unreleased material and only covers recordings on RCA and Columbia. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Billy Sherrill Producer Booker T. Jones Producer Brian Ahern Producer Chet Atkins Producer Chips Moman Producer Darren Salmieri A&R Don Hunstein Photography, Photography, Cover Photo Don Was Producer Felton Jarvis Producer Fred Foster Producer Gregg Geller Compilation Producer Gretchen Brennison Project Director Leon Russell Producer Mike Cimicata Project Director Norman Seeff Photography Ray Pennington Producer Rob Carter Design, Art Direction Robert K. Oermann Liner Notes Steven Berkowitz A&R Sydney Pollack Producer Vic Anesini Mastering Waylon Jennings Producer Willie Nelson Producer