Willie Nelson Part II: Phases of Nelson
It was after a Willie Nelson that I realized I should listen to more of this mans music. I knew a few of his songs, but I was not a fan of the ones I heard on the radio. I knew there was much more to his legacy then just the hits. It was the point of searching his music that I should be looking for albums. It was at the concert I also knew that if I seek out the albums the real songs are the gems of his long and very extensive body of work. Wondering where to begin I did my local library collection. We did not have much of his music but maybe it was the reason I continued looking. The album that took me to his music more was an album of guest musicians and friends. He had plenty of friends on an album called Across the Borderline . It had everyone who I liked and admired on it. People like Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, and countless others. These musicians were paying tribute to the great willie Nelson. This album was in a friends collection and he let me ...
