Album
To Lefty From Willie
1977 · Folk, World, & Country
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
To Lefty From Willie is a Folk album by Willie Nelson, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Maybe it’s just the stature of his myth, or the tragedy that suffused his life, but there are times when Hank Williams overshadows Lefty Frizzell just a little <i>too</i> much. So consider Willie Nelson’s slim but effective tribute to Frizzell—1977’s <i>To Lefty From Willie</i>—both as a testament to Frizzell’s geniu, and as a canny expenditure of the cultural capital Nelson had earned with 1975’s best-selling <i>Red Headed Stranger</i>: Nelson was famous now—very, very famous—and planned to use some of that fame directing attention to a recently departed songwriter he felt needed more recognition. “Now’s the time to expand your market, not contract it,” Nelson’s record label would tell him, according to the singer’s memoir, <i>It’s a Long Story</i>. Were it not for Frizzell, Nelson said in response, he wouldn’t have a market in the first place. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Mom And Dad's Waltz
- A2Look What Thoughts Will Do
- A3I Love You A Thousand Ways
- A4Always Late (With Your Kisses)
- A5I Want To Be With You Always
Side B
- B1She's Gone, Gone, Gone
- B2A Little Unfair
- B3I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got A Heartache To Hide)
- B4That's The Way Love Goes
- B5Railroad Lady
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- warm
- laid-back
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bee SpearsBASS
- Bobbie NelsonPIANO
- Jody PayneGUITAR
- Mickey RaphaelHARMONICA
- Paul EnglishDRUMS
- Rex LudwickDRUMS
- Rex LudwigDRUMS
- Willie NelsonGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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