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Nelson – For The Good Times/ A Tribute To Ray Price – Legacy vinyl

by Audiophile Audition | Oct 5, 2016 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Nelson – For The Good Times/ A Tribute To Ray Price [TrackList follows] – Legacy 8898531241, 40:01 [9/16/16] stereo vinyl, ****: One country legends pays tribute to another! (Willie Nelson – acoustic guitar, lead vocals; Vince Gill – acoustic, electric guitar; Andy Reiss – electric guitar; Larry franklin – fiddle; Joe Spivey – fiddle; Kenny Sears – fiddle; Brad Albin – bass; Billy Thomas – drums; Jeff Taylor – piano, accordion; Paul Franklin – pedal steel; Mickey Raphael – harmonica; Jim Horn – saxophone, flute; James Greer – oboe; The Nashville String Machine and many others) Willie! In country music circles or nearly everywhere else, this one-name icon is universally praised and adored. At eighty-three, he remains active in recording and performing.His first brush with success came in the ‘50s when Patsy Cline recorded his composition, “Crazy”. From there he became a minor country recording artist. But in the early 1970s Willie Nelson became a flashpoint for a new genre, outlaw country. Along with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Jessi Colter, country music cut loose from the constraints of Nashville. Additionally, Nelson embraced a liberal socio-political agenda that included activism. He founded Farm Aid which exists to this […]