The Great Divide
January 15, 2002
This is one of the greatest albums by Willie Nelson, or by anyone, really. It definitely contains some of Willie Nelson’s greatest duets, and he mixes genres brilliantly like only he can. One of my favorites, is ‘Maria’ written by Rob Thomas, who wrote three of the songs on the album. Bernie Taupin co-wrote three songs. Willie wrote the great “Great Divide”.
Maria (Shut Up And Kiss Me) (Rob Thomas)
Mendocino County Line (Leanne Womack)
Last Stand In Open Country (Kid Rock)
Won’t Catch Me Cryin’
Be There For You (Sheryl Crow)
The Great Divide
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
This Face
Don’t Fade Away (Brian McNight)
Time After Time
Recollection Phoenix
You Remain (Bonnie Raitt)
Rob Thomas, of Matchbox Twenty, did an interview with Willie Nelson; here’s a little bit of it:
Willie: So Rob, let’s start by telling folks how we met.
Rob: I met up with you at one of your shows. You do these damn three-hour sets. By the time you’re done, I’m drunk. I get on your tour bus and I can’t get anything out of my mouth, except, ‘I love you!’ In my head it’s all coherent, I want to talk about certain records, but instead I keep going, ‘You know the one with you on the cover? You know that song about the girl?’
Rob Thomas also stars in the video made for ‘Maria’, and it was selected as one of CMT’s sexiest videos. Here’s a link to it; Universal Music won’t let their videos be embedded on any other sites; they want you to go to youtube to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWp3NTUqlg