Merle Haggard recruited some of Bob Wills's old band members from the Texas Playboys in this lively tribute to the Western Swing legend. Asleep at the Wheel has always worn its affinity for Bob Wills proudly, but never more so than on its upcoming album. It doesn't seem retro one bit. Hagg sings "Brain Cloudy" like he means it (and he probably has on certain mornings). Genres: Western Swing, Country.

But strangely enough, Nelson's jazzy, behind-the-beat delivery vocals offers a new window into old standards like "Look What Thoughts Can Do" and "I Want to Be With You Always." Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. Anybody who’s into it, I’ll welcome ’em in. Irish troubadour Van Morrison wrangles "Mule Skinner Blues" into a blue-eyed soul workout.

Meanwhile, falsetto-voice Aaron Neville remains true to the spirit of "Why Should I Be Lonely," and even delivers a credible yodel! Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard join Americana standouts the Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show on ‘Still the King’ Gram Parsons was an inspirational figure in the alt-country movement. Robert Silva is an electronics and audiophile hobbyist who writes about entertainment technology and films for more than 20 years.
Albums include Never a Pal Like Mother: Vintage Songs & Photographs of the One Who's Always True, Raw Fiddle, and Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - … In fact, the album helped revive and reinvigorate Western Swing. Nick Lowe might not ring a bell with a lot of country listeners, but the English singer's songwriting shines in this batch of country(ish) covers.

Bob Wills discography and songs: Music profile for Bob Wills, born 6 March 1905. Merle Haggard recruited some of Bob Wills's old band members from the Texas Playboys in this lively tribute to the Western Swing legend. Wills put western swing on the map and the impact of that great genre is felt in honky tonk, bluegrass and rockabilly ever since. Along with Moon Mullican and Cliff Bruner, Wills' early band was one of the greatest and bluesiest western swing groups in existence.

Merle Haggard gets the red carpet treatment with this collection of covers from roots songwriters including Billy Joe Shaver, Lucinda Williams, and Dwight Yoakam. Emmylou Harris sings backup on a stomping female take on "She." This CD contains the best material from the early period of Wills' career.

Asleep at the Wheel has always worn its affinity for Bob Wills proudly, but never more so than on its upcoming album. Get all the lyrics to songs on Bob Wills and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. If you weren't a Haggard fan before, you will be. This ranging collection gives props to the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Associates Wilco, Whiskeytown, and Lucinda Williams come out for this stellar tribute album. Give me a couple of years and I’ll make that happen.” “Billy Briggs is 92 and still plays great as ever,” Wheel founder/leader Ray Benson tells “We get asked to do a lot of things we can’t make happen, but I was not gonna let us miss this one,” says “I see it being a Nat King Cole-Natalie Cole ‘Unforgettable’ kind of thing with every great contemporary rock and blues guitarist,” Benson says. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. The voices of Lefty Frizzell and Willie Nelson couldn't be more different. Robert Ellis' "All Men Are Liars" is killer. “Steve, Billy Gibbons, Jimmie Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Duke Robillard. Bob Dylan fashions a reverberating, plangent "My Blue Eyed Jane." It's hard to know where to begin with this Waylon Jennings tribute album that's leaps and bounds above the same year's

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Dwight Yoakam declares "T for Texas" with appropriate gusto. We want to hear from you! Ray Benson performs with Asleep at the Wheel at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin in October. Features Song Lyrics for Bob Wills's Bob Wills - A Collection album. Hagg sings "Brain Cloudy" like he means it (and he probably has on certain mornings). Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. Bob Dylan breaks open the barn doors of this eclectic Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard Track List for Lowe Country: A Tribute to Nick Lowe Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons Lonesome, On'ry & Mean: Tribute to Waylon Jennings 'Til Things Are Brighter: A Tribute to Johnny Cash The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Biography of Johnny Cash, American Singer-Songwriter Bob Wills was at his best when Tommy Duncan was the singer. As is the slow burn of Amanda Shires's "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass."

They each make the tunes their own, although Iris DeMent deserves special attention for her crackling version of "Big City." Frizzell's marble became the template for every future honky-tonker, including Merle Haggard and Randy Travis. In fact, the album … It doesn't seem retro one bit. Features Song Lyrics for Bob Wills's The Very Best of Bob Wills album.