Here’s a new album that’s as pure as any Willie Nelson album ever made. Produced by Willie at his Texas studio, using Willie’s own road band, it’s like a Willie Nelson concert — with studio perfect sound.
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Willie Nelson and his band
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Willie Nelson and Tom Conway, Honolulu (8/24/2010)
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Willie Nelson asked Musician Tom Conway to play with him at the fundraiser concert for gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie last Tuesday, August 24th. Tom invited musicians Marcus Johnson, on bass, and Paul Marchetti, on drums. (The harp player just invited himself on stage for the song. His mic’s not on, though.)
Tom Conway has a website at www.TomConwayguitar.com, and you can hear music from his new album — and buy a copy directly from the site. Willie Nelson performs on Tom’s album, on the song written by Willie and daughter Amy Nelson, ‘A Peaceful Solution.’

This day in Willie Nelson history: Patsy Cline records, ‘Crazy’
Saturday, August 21st, 2010On August 21, 1961, Patsy Cline records “Crazy” at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
1961 marked the dazzling highs and terrifying low of Patsy Cline’s career…and life, for that matter. January saw the release of her landmark recording of Hank Garland’s “I Fall to Pieces” (co-written by Harlan Howard). The track eventually landed at #1 on the country charts, a first for Cline. The song also had crossover success, eventually peaking at #12 on the pop chart. Cline was country royalty by this point. She had joined the cast of the Grand Ole Opry the year before and was rubbing shoulders with the biggest names in the business. Somehow, she also had time to welcome a son into the world, Randy.
Then on June 14 it all came crashing down as Cline and her brother were involved in a serious automobile accident in Nashville, Tennessee. The head-on collision threw Cline into the windshield, where she suffered a huge cut across her forehead, bruised ribs, a broken wrist and a dislocated hip. The driver of the other vehicle was killed. Cline spent a month in the hospital and left still on crutches and with a scar that would remain for the rest of her life (she wore wigs and makeup to cover it).
With no touring or other promotions while she was out of action, Cline’s career was in danger of slipping permanently off the rails. In stepped producer Owen Bradley, who had helped to make Cline a star (a feat he matched working with Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, among others), steering her toward pop material like “Walkin’ After Midnight” and the aforementioned “Pieces.”
Bradley wanted Cline to record a song by an up-and-coming writer named Willie Nelson. The song was called “Crazy,” and Bradley thought it had the potential to match “I Fall to Pieces” in terms of crossover appeal.
Cline didn’t like the song. Perhaps affected by the physical pain she was still feeling from the wreck, she was unable to sing the tune as recorded on Nelson’s demo. The high notes, in particular, troubled her bruised ribs. Exasperated, Cline refused to go any further with a tune that she didn’t really like in the first place. Cline and Bradley had a heated argument about the song and she left the studio without finishing the track.
The following week (on this very day in 1961), Bradley convinced her to take another crack at the song with a version a bit more broad and straightforward. In a single take, Cline nailed what would be her most enduring hit. The track rose to #2 on the country and adult contemporary charts and #9 on the pop charts. Cline would forevermore be recognized as one of the biggest names of country, headlining everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. Sadly, she was only able to enjoy the fruits of her success for a short time. She died in an airplane crash in 1963.
Willie Nelson duets with Norah Jones on her new album, ‘Featuring’
Saturday, August 21st, 2010Over the last decade, Norah Jones has become known for her ace collaborations with everyone from the Foo Fighters to Ray Charles. Now, the singer-songwriter will collect her best duets on a new disc titled …Featuring, which hits stores November 2nd. The disc features Jones’ collaborations with the Willie Nelson, OutKast, Talib Kweli, Dolly Parton, Ryan Adams, M. Ward and more. (Full track listing below.) Also included: the new track “Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John,” which Jones cut with Belle and Sebastian for the Scottish group’s forthcoming fall album. “It’s so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire,” Jones said in a statement. “It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you’re doing something with another artist. You don’t know what to expect — it’s kind of like being a little kid and having a playdate.”
Jones will spend the rest of the summer on the road for the west coast leg of her tour before reuniting with Willie Nelson at Farm Aid on October 2nd in Milwaukee, WI. Jones is also slated to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 31st.
…Featuring Track List:
“Love Me,” The Little Willies
“Virginia Moon,” The Foo Fighters feat. Norah Jones
“Turn Them,” Sean Bones feat. Norah Jones
“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones
“Bull Rider,” Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson
“Ruler Of My Heart,” Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Norah Jones
“The Best Part,” El Madmo
“Take Off Your Cool,” OutKast feat. Norah Jones
“Life Is Better,” Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones
“Soon The New Day,” Talib Kweli feat. Norah Jones
“Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John,” Belle and Sebastian feat. Norah Jones
“Here We Go Again,” Ray Charles feat. Norah Jones
“Loretta,” Norah Jones feat. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
“Dear John,” Ryan Adams feat. Norah Jones
“Creepin’ In,” Norah Jones feat. Dolly Parton
“Court & Spark,” Herbie Hancock feat. Norah Jones
“More Than This,” Charlie Hunter feat. Norah Jones
“Blue Bayou,” Norah Jones feat. M. Ward
Not on her album, but don’t forget the fan favorite, ‘Worlitzer Prize.’
Paula Nelson’s, ‘Little City’ Album (Austin Chronicle Review)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010This cd is available on iTunes, and on www.cdbaby.com.
“It’s unlikely Paula Nelson sold her soul for good songs, but Little City just kicked up her stock. Her Nelson moniker has probably opened doors, but originals “Baby Blue” and “Sunny Days” keep them propped wide. The loping, wicked tone of “Rainy Day Friend” sounds much like something her father, Willie Nelson, would write, while “Drink” suggests that if Paula went after the Southern rock queen title, she’d have no equal.”
– Margaret Moser
Austin Chronicle
Luck Films released their music video for Paula Nelson’s song, ‘Have you Ever Seen the Rain,’ written by John Fogerty. The song appears on Paula’s new album, ‘Little City”, now available from itunes and www.cdbaby.com. Willie Nelson and brother Lukas Nelson sing on this song with Paula Nelson and her band.
Paula Nelson sings, ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain,’ (coming down)
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Luck Films released their music video for Paula Nelson’s song, ‘Have you Ever Seen the Rain,’ written by John Fogerty. The song appears on Paula’s new album, ‘Little City”, now available from itunes and www.cdbaby.com. Paula and her band were joined by her dad and her brother on the recording, and her mother even makes a cameo appearance on the video.
Enjoy!
This cd is available on iTunes, and on www.cdbaby.com.
Willie Nelson: Who’ll Buy My Memories
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Thank you to Alice, for sending me a picture of her signed cd.

People Magazine
By Charles E. Cohen
3/4/1991Willie Nelson slouches in the front seat of his tour bus recalling his boyhood in Abbott, Texas. It was cotton country, Nelson, 57, says sadly, and though life could be tough for the farmer, “at least in those days he had a banker he could shake hands with and make a deal with, and if the farmer’s word was good, then the banker’s word would be good. Those times have changed now. You can’t trust the bankers anymore. Or the accountants. You can’t trust anybody anymore.” He pauses for a moment and decides he has cast his aspersions too broadly. “I take that back. You can trust the farmers. They’re still up front.”
Nelson’s rancor toward the pinstripe set is as easy to understand as his gratitude toward his comrades-in-coveralls. Last November his seven-year dispute with the Internal Revenue Service came to a nasty end when IRS agents seized most of Nelson’s worldly possessions. At issue: $16.7 million in back taxes, penalties and interest.
At first everything seemed destined for the highest bidder: Nelson’s Pedernales Country Club and Recording Studio near Austin, Texas; the 44-acre Dripping Springs ranch, where his daughter, Lana, 36, and her four children live; 20 other properties in four states; and most of Willie’s instruments, recordings and memorabilia.
But then came help, much of it from farmers who remembered the millions Nelson had raised with his Farm Aid concerts over the years. Now, with at least some of his property protected, Nelson is on the rebound again, with an upcoming TV movie, Another Pair of Aces; a soon-to-premiere weekly show on the Outlaw Music Channel, a satellite network based in Austin; and a new album. Who’ll Buy My Memories? due out soon. ‘The support has really been fantastic,” he says. “It takes something like this to find out just how many good friends you have.” (more…)
This day in Willie Nelson History: “Highwayman” #1
Tuesday, August 17th, 20101. Highwayman
2. The Last Cowboy Song
3. Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
4. Big River
5. Committed To Parkview
6. Desperados Waiting For A Train
7. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
8. Welfare Line
9. Against The Wind
10. The Twentieth Century Is Almost OverOn August 17, 1985, the album “Highwayman” appears at the top of the Billboard chart, with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Willie and his sister Bobbie Nelson relive their earliest days of music, playing gospel together at 3 and 4 years old. Farther Along – Willie And Bobbie Nelson – The Gospel Collection, includes 18 of their favorites gospel songs. 1 out of every 20 CD’s has been personally autographed by Willie! ($12.99) —
www.TexasRoadhouse.comPrice: $12.99
Track List:
This album can be purchased from the Texas Roadhouse website
Paula Nelson, The Saxon Pub in Austin (CD Release party) 7/30/2010
Thursday, August 12th, 2010I know after you watch that video, you are going to want a copy of her new cd, with ‘Drink’ on it. You can buy the cd, or download the album from CD Baby here.
Willie Nelson sings on “Dylan Country”
Tuesday, August 10th, 201018 May 2004
1 Nashville Skyline Rag Earl Scruggs, Bob Dylan
2 Girl from the North Country Country Gentlemen
3 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right Waylon Jennings
4 It Ain’t Me Babe Johnny Cash
5 I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight Williams, Hank Jr.
6 Love Minus Zero/No Limit Buck Owens
7 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Byrds
8 If Not for You Glen Campbell
9 Subterranean Homesick Blues Tim OBrien
10 Restless Farewell Peter Ostroushko
11 Heartland Willie Nelson
12 When I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou Harris
13 Sign on the Window Jennifer Warnes
14 One Too Many Mornings Walker, Jerry Jeff
15 Boots of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith
16 Forever Young Kitty Wells
Willie Nelson: Little Darling, Whisky-Walzer
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Willie Nelson sings on new Doobie Brothers album, ‘World Gone Crazy’ (out in September)
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Willie Nelson appears on the upcoming Doobie Brothers album, set to be released in September: World Gone Crazy
1. A Brighter Day
2. Chateau
3. Nobody
4. World Gone Crazy
5. Far From Home
6. Young Man’s Game
7. Don’t Say Goodbye (featuring Michael McDonald)
8. My Baby
9. Old Juarez
10. I Know We Won (featuring Willie Nelson)
11. Law Dogs
12. Little Prayer
13. New York Dream
www.billboard.com
by: Gary Graff
The Doobie Brothers have reunited with 70s producer Ted Templeman for their first new album in a decade, “World Gone Crazy,” which is due out on Sept. 28.
Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston tells Billboard.com that the group and Templeman — who helmed the group’s first 10 albums, including “Toulouse Street,” “The Captain and Me,” “Takin’ It to the Streets” and “Minute By Minute” — have been working on the disc for the past three years “off and on, between touring and everything. We were going in the studio and then we’d be on the road, get back in the studio and then be on the road again. It was kind of like the old days, only not as hectic because we…don’t play as many shows as we used to.” The set will be released by the new House of Rock label.
Johnston describes the album as “more musically diverse than anything we’ve done in the past. We cover a kind of large area.” The title track, in fact, was inspired by New Orleans post-Katrina and incorporates Crescent City rhythms and horn charts. “I’ve got another one that’s sort of a funk shuffle type of thing,” Johnston says, “and then I’ve got, for lack of a better word, an English kind of rock ‘n’ roll tune that’s kind of like what I always think of when I think of a pub, that old body rock ‘n’ roll feel.” Band mate Patrick Simmons, according to Johnston, contributed “some pickin’ stuff” including “We Won,” which features a guest appearance by Willie Nelson.
At Templeman’s suggestion the Doobies also re-recorded “Nobody,” the lead-off track from the group’s self-titled 1971 debut album, which will be “World Gone Crazy’s” first single. “It does have a different treatment now than it used to, a different feel,” Johnston says. The Doobies have already filmed a video for “Nobody.”
Johnston says working with Templeman was also different this time around than it was earlier in the group’s career. Back then he was more of a director as well as a producer, and now that’s not really quite the case,” Johnston explains. “Everybody’s matured a great deal in songwriting and playing…so this time i was more like we produced with Ted as much as he produced us. It was kind of a collaboration, and it worked very well.”
The Doobies are planning to film a second video in August, after the group finishes its current tour with Chicago, with a headlining run planned to follow the album’s release. “It’s kind of like starting all over again,” Johnston says. “We haven’t had an album out for 10 years; the last one (‘Sibling Rivalry’) didn’t do that much, so we haven’t had one that people really know since ‘Brotherhood’ in ’91 and, before that, ‘Cycles’ that had ‘The Doctor’ on it. So it is kind of like starting all over again and getting in the new way that music is being marketed and distributed and sold these days, which has changed so dramatically. So we’ll see how we can fit into that.”
This is the not the song Willie Nelson sings with the band on. It’s got lots of great vintage Doobie Brothers footage.
See more pictures of the Doobie Brothers, and read the entire article at Billboard.com.
Paula Nelson & friends in Luckenbach (7/31/2010)
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Thanks to Cherie for sharing her slide show of her great time at the Paula Nelson & the Guilty Pleasures show last Saturday.
This fan wrote this on Paula’s website
Saw Paula and The Guilty Pleasures at Luckenbach … what a great venue and from the moment she began to sing with the band I knew this was a going to be an outstanding show! Just hanging out and enjoying a few cold Shiner Bocks and what an excellent treat to hear Paula not being aware of her prior to seeing this show.
True talent … genuine … passionate … and obviously everyone was really having fun on stage … hope to see you again and have you played the Austin City Limits show yet? … you need to! The total package and then some … you’ve got something special going …
all the best!
Joe
Have you got your copy yet? You can buy the cd, or download the album from CD Baby here.
Willie Nelson’s Country Music
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Country Music – 2010 (Rounder)
Willie Nelson
http://news.cnet.com
by Steve Guttenberg
Willie Nelson sings country music
Willie Nelson sings country music, and, and that’s pretty much all you need to know. Song selection never falters, but “Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down” is stunningly beautiful, thanks to the no-frills, utterly honest sound of Nelson’s vocals and guitar.
“Country Music” was recorded in Nashville, Tenn., and produced by T Bone Burnett. This record is an understated gem, so what you get is just the sound of Nelson, surrounded by his pick of great pickers. What’s not to like?









