Product Description:
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, acoustic guitar); Steve Burgh (acoustic & electric guitar); Red Lane (acoustic guitar); James Clayton Day (dobro, pedal steel, background vocals); Willie Bridges (baritone saxophone); Bobbie Nelson (piano); Jeff Gutcheon (electric piano, organ); Dan Spears, Hugh McDonald, Jack Barber (bass); Paul English, Steve Mosley, George Rains (drums); Dee Moeller (background vocals).
Producers: Arif Mardin , Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin.
Principally recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.
Prior to his major success as a founding father of outlaw country (with Waylon Jennings), Nelson recorded for Atlantic. They were a record label who, among many things, were not renowned for country music. The production by Arif Mardin (with a little help from Jerry Wexler) has definite shades of southern soul and R&B. Nelson also has a great gift of singing in an incredibly unaffected way; he sings honestly as if he is singing for himself. This remarkable talent has endeared him to millions, and although this album failed to chart, it is one to return to, like an old friend, especially Leon Russell's 'A Song For You'.
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