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Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...

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Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western swing group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas. The band has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception, released over twenty albums, and has charted more t ...

. This album was released on February 3, 2009, on the Bismeaux Records label and was nominated for the

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Track list

Hesitation Blues "Hesitation Blues" is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as "Hesitating Blues". Because the tune is traditional, man ...

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Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...

) - 3:01 #"Fan It" (Frankie Jaxson, Dan Howell) - 2:46 #"I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll" (

Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New B ...

, 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 James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975) pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", " Breez ...

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" - 3:17 #" I'm Sittin' on Top of the World" - 4:45 #" Shame on You" (

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Bennie Moten Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchest ...

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Bob Wills James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...

) - 3:31 Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8 & 9 are credited as traditional songs, arranged for this recording by Ray Benson. Track 13 appears on the deluxe version of the album which also includes unique postcards for each track.

Chart performance

Personnel

* Dave Alexander – Trumpet * William Armstrong – Assistant Engineer *

Ray Benson Ray Benson (born Ray Benson Seifert, March 16, 1951 - October 31st 2022) i Western swing Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the Western United States, West and Southern United St ...

– Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Art Direction, Mixing * Don Cobb – Mastering * Eric Conn – Mastering * Sarah Dodds – Design * Shauna Dodds – Design *

Floyd Domino Floyd Domino is an American musician known for his work in the genre of Western swing. Biography Born a native of California, Domino was introduced to Western swing by way of the musicians who had migrated from Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930 ...

– Piano * Jonathan Doyle – Clarinet * Mindy Espy Reyes – Product Manager *

– Electric Guitar * Boo Macleod – Engineer * Elizabeth McQueen – Vocals * M.J. Mendell – Assistant Producer * David Earl Miller – Bass * Michael Mordecai – Trombone *

– Vocals * Adam Odor – Engineer, Mixing * Lisa Pollard – Photography * Vance Powell – Engineer * Dick Reeves – Art Direction, Design * Eddie Rivers – Steel Guitar * Jason Roberts – Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals * David Sanger – Drums * Peter Schwarz – Associate Producer * Sam Seifert – Acoustic Guitar, Engineer, Mixing *

– Piano * Dan Skarbek – Assistant Producer * Kevin C. Smith – Bass *

Jerry Wexler Jerry may refer to: Animals * Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National * Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jerry'' (film), a 2006 Indian fil ...

– Executive Producer * John Michael Whitby – Piano * John "Sly" Wilson – Design

External links

Willie and the Wheel's Official Website

Willie Nelson's Official Website

Asleep at the Wheel's Official Website
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