Listening to a new Willie Nelson record that I got, although it's hardly "new." 1985 to be exact and like every other Willie Nelson record that I own or have heard, it's beast. Even when the songs are slow and a little mopey it's still great to listen to Uncle Willie. His voice makes up for it. Much like Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Garcia, Van Morrison and Geddy Lee, the background noise could be sheep getting raped but if any of those guys were singing along with it, especially Willie, the song would still be totally listenable and straight beast!! I usually never pass up a Willie Nelson record. Even if an albums cover art was a leper orgy but I then saw that the album was called Willie Nelson Solid Gold, I'd still buy it and probably blog about how much it ruled. Then again, if I saw an album with such a cover, I'd probably still buy even if it was a Soul Asylum record only because you gotta admire someone for ever putting that on a cover. Short blog short, Willie Nelson has the best voice in the history of music.
Merle Haggard is no slouch himself but he might not fit in with the scenarios that I wrote about above.
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