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Family (Willie Nelson's Band)
The Family is Willie Nelson's touring and recording group. Nelson, who did not manage through the 1960s to succeed as a singer, retired after the failure of his 1971 album ''Yesterday's Wine''. The following year, he returned from retirement rejuvenated by the burgeoning music movement of Austin, Texas. In 1973, he formed a new backing band. The new lineup consisted of some of the members of his old road band "The Record Men," with the addition of new members. The original lineup included his sister, Bobbie Nelson, Bobbie, on the piano; drummer Paul English (drummer), Paul English; harmonicist Mickey Raphael; bassist Bee Spears; and guitarist Jody Payne. The current lineup includes all the members but Jody Payne, who retired in 2008, Bee Spears, who died in 2011, and Paul English, who died in February 2020. Billy English joined in 1983 on percussion. Replacing Spears, Kevin Smith joined the band in 2012, and Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson joined in 2013 replacing Payne. Bobbie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an All-American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1953. He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. Royal was an All-American at the University of Oklahoma, where he played football from 1946 to 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Willie Nelson Family
''The Willie Nelson Family'' is a collaborative studio album by Willie Nelson, his sons Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Lukas and Micah, his daughters Paula Nelson, Paula and Amy and his sister Bobbie Nelson, accompanied by Family (Willie Nelson's band), the Family Band. The album was Bobbie's final before her death in 2022. The record includes covers of inspirational songs and reinterpretations of Nelson's classics. Lukas Nelson sings lead on the songs "All Things Must Pass" and "Keep It on the Sunnyside" and Micah Nelson sings lead on "Why Me". It was released on November 19, 2021. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Critical reception ''The Willie Nelson Family'' received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 69 out of 100 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Face The Music And Dance (album)
''Let's Face the Music and Dance'' is the 61st studio album by American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. Nelson's second album under his contract with Legacy Recordings, it was released on April 16, 2013. The album produced by Buddy Cannon featured a collection of standards that Nelson and his sister Bobbie played throughout their careers. Recording Composed of pop, jazz, rock, and country music standards, the set also included a new version of Nelson's original "Is the Better Part Over" from his 1989 album '' A Horse Called Music''. The album was recorded at Nelson's Pedernales studio in Austin, Texas, was produced by Buddy Cannon and later mixed by Butch Carr at Budro Music Repair Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. The album focuses in his musical relation with his sister, Bobbie, as the standards were played by them during their childhood and throughout their musical career. Release and reception The second album by Nelson under his contract with Legacy Recordings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeysuckle Rose (album)
''Honeysuckle Rose'' is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical drama film of the same name, which stars Willie Nelson. Tracks on the album include songs by Nelson and various artists including Kenneth Threadgill, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Gimble, Hank Cochran, Jeannie Seely and Dyan Cannon. The song " On the Road Again" was nominated for Best Original Song in the 53rd Academy Awards. Track listing Personnel *Johnny Gimble – performer *Emmylou Harris – performer *Hank Cochran – performer *Kenneth Threadgill – performer *Amy Irving – performer *Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals, producer, main performer *Chris Ethridge – bass *Jody Payne – performer *Bradley Hartman – engineer, mixing *Jeannie Seely Marilyn Jeanne Seely (born July 6, 1940) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She also has several acting credits and published a book. Seely found success with the Grammy Award-winning hit "Don't Touch Me" (1966) ... – performer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie And Family Live
''Willie and Family Live'' is a live album by country music artist Willie Nelson. It was released in 1978 as a double- LP. It was recorded live at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in April 1978. Emmylou Harris provides backup vocals on "Will the Circle be Unbroken", "Uncloudy Day" and "Amazing Grace"; Johnny Paycheck provides backup vocals on "Amazing Grace" and "Take this Job and Shove It". Track listing Transcribed from original album labels 3/15/2011 Side one: # "Whiskey River" – 3:38 # "Stay a Little Longer" – 3:24 # "Funny How Time Slips Away" – 2:45 # "Crazy" – 1:47 # "Night Life" – 3:55 # "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" – 1:44 # "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" – 3:33 # "I Can Get Off on You" – 2:06 Side two: # "If You Could Touch Her at All" – 3:00 # "Good Hearted Woman" – 2:57 # "Red Headed Stranger Medley" – 14:25 :* "Time of the Preacher" – 2:13 :* "I Couldn't Believe It Was True" – 1:03 :* "Medley: Blue Rock Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Headed Stranger
''Red Headed Stranger'' is the 18th studio album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson, released in 1975. Following the success of his recordings with Atlantic Records, coupled with the negotiating skills of his manager, Neil Reshen, Nelson signed a contract with Columbia Records, the label that gave him total creative control over his works. The concept for the album was inspired by the " Tale of the Red Headed Stranger", a song that Nelson used to play as a disc jockey on his program in Fort Worth, Texas. After signing with Columbia, he decided to record the song, and arranged the details during his return to Austin, Texas, from a trip to Colorado. It was recorded at low cost at Autumn Sound Studios in Garland, Texas. The songs featured sparse arrangements, largely limited to Nelson's guitar, piano, and drums. Nelson presented the finished material to Columbia executives, who were dubious about releasing an album that they at first thought was a demo. However, Nelson h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Nelson And Family
''Willie Nelson and Family'' is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson, released in 1971. Background Although Nelson continued to be frustrated with the production and poor sales of his albums at RCA, his live show continued to develop in the early seventies as he started acquiring the core members of his band – Bee Spears on bass, Paul English on drums, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, and his sister Bobbie on piano - which he referred to as “Family.” Nelson later recalled after first playing with Raphael he “began to see how, rather than as an occasional sit-in, he could become part of my family – a loose term that I started using to describe my band. As a depiction of people coming together to make music, I like the term 'family' more than 'band.' It’s a warmer word that suggests genuine care and love.” Nelson had also discovered his Martin N-20 classical guitar, known as “Trigger,” which further contributed to his evolving li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, sometimes referred to as POTR, is an American country rock group based in California. The band consists of Lukas Nelson (lead vocals, guitar), Anthony LoGerfo (drums, percussion), Corey McCormick (bass guitar, vocals), Logan Metz (keyboards, lap steel, guitar, harmonica, vocals), and Tato Melgar (percussion). Lukas is the son of Willie Nelson. Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real has released 6 studio albums and 4 EP's. From 2015 to 2019, Promise of the Real were Canadian musician Neil Young's regular backing band. With Young, the band has recorded two studio albums, ''The Monsanto Years'' (2015) and '' The Visitor'' (2017), a soundtrack album, ''Paradox'' (2018), and two live albums, ''Earth'' (2016) and '' Noise & Flowers'' (2022). When backing Young, the band is typically expanded to include Nelson’s younger brother, Micah Nelson. History Formation of Promise of the Real Lukas Autry Nelson moved from Paia, Hawaii to Los Angeles in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie And The Wheel
''Willie and the Wheel'' is an album from American country music artists Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel. This album was released on February 3, 2009, on the Bismeaux Records label and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. Track list #"Hesitation Blues" - 2:47 #"Sweet Jennie Lee" (Walter Donaldson) - 3:01 #"Fan It" (Frankie Jaxson, Dan Howell) - 2:46 #"I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll" (Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams) - 3:11 #"Oh! You Pretty Woman" - 2:50 #"Bring it on Down to My House" - 3:29 #" Right or Wrong" (Arthur Sizemore, Haven Gillespie, Paul Biese) - 3:10 #"Corrine Corrina" - 3:17 #" I'm Sittin' on Top of the World" - 4:45 #" Shame on You" (Spade Cooley) - 2:59 #"South" (Bennie Moten, Thamon Hayes) - 3:39 #*(with Paul Shaffer and Vince Gill) #"Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon" (Rex Griffin) - 3:39 #"I'll Have Somebody Else" (Bob Wills) - 3:31 Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8 & 9 are credited as traditional songs, arranged for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armadillo World Headquarters
Armadillo World Headquarters (The 'Dillo or Armadillo WHQ) was an influential Texas music hall and beer garden in Austin at 525 Barton Springs Road – at South First Street – just south of the Colorado River and downtown Austin. The 'Dillo flourished from 1970 to 1980. The structure that housed it, an old National Guard Armory, was demolished in 1981 and replaced by a 13-story office building. History In 1970, Austin's flagship rock music venue, the Vulcan Gas Company, closed, leaving the city's nascent and burgeoning live music scene without an incubator. One night, Eddie Wilson, manager of the local group Shiva's Headband, stepped outside a nightclub where the band was playing and noticed an old, abandoned National Guard armory. Wilson found an unlocked garage door on the building and was able to view the cavernous interior using the headlights of his automobile. He had a desire to continue the legacy of the Vulcan Gas Company, and was inspired by what he saw in the arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti–Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the ''Billboard'' all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s. He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
