I was listening to a lot of Willie Nelson last summer - in particular, discovering his more
obscure 70s stuff. Additionally, I've been digging Phosphorescent's dandy Willie tribute album
To Willie for several years now. Hence, a collection of Willie Nelson covers seemed apropos. In doing so, I found out, much to my surprise, that Willie Nelson didn't write Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (it's a Fred Rose tune, btw). Still, it's such a "Willie song" (and the guy did write a ton of other great ones), I had to include Elliott Smith's version stay in the mix. Revoke my purist card, if you must (especially since Elliott screws up a verse in his live version), but it really fit nicely.
(Late update 12/4/14: Kevinpat, a friend of the blog, has graciously agreed to share a dandy 3rd compilation. See below for track listing.)
Disc One
| Reasons to Quit |
Phosphorescent |
| You Look Like The Devil |
Deadstring Brothers |
| On The Road Again |
Pickin' On Series |
| I'm a Memory |
Sara Watkins |
| The Most Unoriginal Sin |
John Hiatt |
| She's Not For You |
Mark Lanegan |
| Who Do I Know in Dallas |
Merle Haggard |
| Make Way for a Better Man |
Deke Dickerson |
| Three Days |
k.d. lang |
| Are You Sure |
Ray Price |
| Crazy |
Mandy Barnett |
| Tragedy |
Charlie Rich |
| Somebody Pick Up My Pieces |
Bettye Lavette |
| Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain |
Elliott Smith |
| Sad Songs And Waltzes |
Cake |
Disc Two
| I Still Can't
Believe You're Gone |
Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley
Cosmonauts |
| Funny How Time Slips Away |
Al Green |
| Permanently Lonely |
The Little Willies |
| I'm Building Heartaches |
Thomas Marriott |
| Undo The Wrong |
Justin Trevino |
| Hello Walls |
Jason & The Scorchers |
| A Good Hearted Woman |
George Jones |
| Man With The Blues |
Del McCoury |
| Sister's Coming Home |
Emmylou Harris |
| One Day at a Time |
The Flatlanders |
| It's Not Supposed To Be That Way |
Waylon Jennings |
| Touch Me |
Buck Owens |
| Hands on the Wheel |
The Geraldine Fibbers |
| Opportunity To Cry |
Holmes Brothers |
| Night Life [Live] |
Aretha Franklin |
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| Disc Three |
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| Valentine |
The Beautiful South |
| Heartaches of a Fool |
Charlie A'Court |
| A Moment Isn't Very Long |
Johnny Bush |
| I Never Cared for You |
Deke Dickerson |
| Still is Still Moving to Me |
Acapulco Radio |
| Bloody Mary Morning |
Supersuckers |
| Roll Me Up and Smoke Me |
Bitz 'n' Pieces Band |
| Face of a Fighter |
Texas Tea |
| Hands on the Wheel |
Norah Jones |
| You Left Me a Long Time Ago |
Miss Leslie |
| Don't Say Love (Or Nothing) |
Bobby Flores |
| The End of Understanding |
Jim and Eve Selection |
| I Gotta Get Drunk |
The Little Willies |
| Kneel at the Feet of Jesus |
George Jones |
| Family Bible |
Ricky Skaggs |
| Healing Hands of Time |
Jessi Colter |
| I Never Cared for You |
Paula Nelson |
| Good Hearted Woman |
The Everly Brothers |
| It's Not Supposed to be That Way |
Jackson Taylor and the Sinners |
| Slow Down Old World |
Richard Buckner |
| I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night |
Colin Cooper Project |
| Yesterday's Wine |
George Jones w/Merle Haggard |
| My Own Peculiar Way |
Joe Dolan |
| Lonely Little Mansion |
Patti Jerome |
| The Party's Over |
Phosphorescent |
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