Opening with Nelson's "Rainy Day Blues," featuring Raphael and Adams in deep blues counterpoint, Willie seems to take energy from the ban finding a slippery sense of time in the verses, he walks between the instrumentalists. Nelson wrote four tracks on this set, Adams wrote two, and the selection of covers - "Songbird" by Christine McVie, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's "Stella Blue," Gram Parsons' "$1,000 Wedding," and Harlan Howard's "Yours, Love" - is stellar. His easy delivery, contrasted with Adams wiry production, creates an emotionally honest, deeply moving recording with the best traits of both men shining forth. While that may read like it would be a travesty, it actually accounts for Nelson's best record since Teatro. This is Nelson singing electric rock and blues. In essence, Nelson allowed Adams to produce him using the Cardinals, and a couple of Nelson's sidemen, harmonica player Mickey Raphael and Glenn Patscha on Hammond B-3. That said, Songbird is a collaboration of a different sort, and it most resembles - in feel, not sound - the work Nelson did with Daniel Lanois on Teatro: loose, relaxed, adventuresome. You can't go wrong.The pairing of Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals with Willie Nelson may seem a tad odd, but Nelson has always had a penchant for the unusual and extraordinary from Plácido Domingo to Leon Russell, Nelson enjoys working with others in collaboration. Willie Nelson is and has always been marvelous and Adams and the Cardinals give him a sound that is both familiar and fresh. It is perfect as the closer on quite a remarkable album.
Nelson and Adams drag out the most overdone spiritual ever, "Amazing Grace" and give it a completely fresh arrangement. Each track is incredible and far ranging, from the Grateful Dead's "Stella Blue", Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", Gram Parson's "$1000 Wedding" and Harlan Howard's "Yours Love".
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The highly underrated Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac contributes the gorgeous " Songbird" and Willie nails it out of the park. Nelson claims this is the Ryan Adams project but the album is anchored around several of Nelson's memorable compositions, including "Rainy Day Blues", "We Don't Run", "Sad Songs and Waltzes" and a brand new Nelson original, the haunting, harmonica inflected "Back to Earth".Īdams contributes one of his own originals, the gospel-flavored "Blue Hotel". Three of Nelson's classic recordings come back with an immediate, bluesy production. Willie Nelson could sing your grocery list and it would be fantastic.Ī good batch of songs only makes the record better. Willie has been interpreting songs his whole life and his effortless performance is picture perfect on this album. They groove on the upbeat rock/country tracks and step back into a beautiful melancholy on the slow songs.Īdams brought a range of songs for Nelson to sing. The Cardinals give Nelson more of an electric sound, but never fail to stretch out into many moods and genres. The alt-country Adams owes his livelihood to Willie Nelson, so he works extra hard to give Nelson something memorable to work with. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals provide backup and Adams stepped into the producer's chair. With Songbird, Nelson made a few changes. His activism is inspiring, and at the age of 73 he has done just about everything there is to be done in music. His style and voice are unmatched in popular music. Beyond country music, Willie Nelson is an incredible fixture of Americana. Willie got back on the bus and went back to roaming the country like the long-haired, guitar-strumming, immortal gypsy that he is.Īs a country artist, Willie Nelson has a reserved space in the hall of heroes. The music legend treated the incident with the same humor and attitude he has treated everything else in his life. For anyone even remotely familiar with Willie Nelson this was no surprise. Officers who pulled over his tour bus ran across a couple of bags of unsavory substances. Willie Nelson got into a bit of trouble not too long ago.
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