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For the truly multi-dimensional Willie Nelson
- singer, songwriter, Gypsy jazz guitarist, producer,
bandleader, family man, perennially touring musician,
Hollywood actor, entrepreneur, rancher, golfer, proud
Texan, and godfather of music's Outlaw Country movement
- it has really been ONE HELL OF A RIDE. Shotgun
Willie, whose 75th birthday is celebrated on April 30,
2008, has been making music over the course of eight
distinct decades - from the 1930s to the '00s - and
has been a recording artist for more than five of those
decades.
For the first time, in honor of his big seven-five,
the appropriately titled box set ONE HELL OF A RIDE
draws together music from the entire span of Willie's
recording career, with tracks representing a dozen different
record labels. To underscore the scope of this unprecedented
project, the box set opens with Willie's first single
recording under his own name, "When I've Sang My
Last Hillbilly Song" (cut in 1954 or '55 for a
small Texas label, but not released by the owner for
another two decades) - and closes with a brand new version
of the song recorded by Willie in 2007.
The largest U.S. box set compendium of his work to
date weighs in with 100 of Willie's personal favorite
tracks - and a magnificent 100-page full-color book
with dozens of never-before seen photographs, and full
discographical information. Liner notes include an introduction
by long-time harmonica player Mickey Raphael
and an 8,000-word liner notes essay by Texas musician
and music journalist Joe Nick Patoski (author
of the upcoming biography Willie Nelson: An Epic
Life, Little, Brown & Co.).
You know this box set is going to be an amazing treat
with songs from Willie and duets with the likes of Waylon,
Johnny, and others. So check out a sample from the box
set below and then register to win:
- Willie Nelson One Hell Of
A Ride CD box set
"Seven Spanish Angels"
duet with Ray Charles
Video
“There
You Are”
Video
For more information, check out Willie Nelson's
interweb Home!
And visit Legacy
Records for more info too!
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be received by May 30, 2008.
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