Willie Nelson

On the Road Again with… Willie! We visit with Willie Nelson on the tour bus and learn about his early gigs in Texas polka music, his teenage days as a radio host doing the early morning farm report, and the fact that even when in the driveway at home in Texas, he sleeps on the bus! Blues, country, soul, jazz,Western swing and Tejano music surround our conversation with one of America’s musical kings of the road.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia

On the Road Again Willie Nelson
Revolutions of Time, Columbia

Stay A Little Longer Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Anthology 1935-73, Rhino

Funny How Time Slips Away Joe Hinton
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers

Crazy Patsy Cline
The Nashville Sound of Owen Bradley, Decca

Hello Walls Reverend Horton Heat
Twisted Willie, Justice

Instrumental: Minor Struggle Fly-Rite Boys
Big Sandy presents the Fly-Rite Boys, Hightone

Whiskey River Willie Nelson
Revolutions of Time, Columbia

Whiskey Heaven Fats Domino
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers

Legalize It Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, Columbia

Taxman Junior Parker
Love Ain't Nothin But a Business Goin' On, Beast Retro

Georgia on My Mind Billie Holiday
The Classic Hoagy Charmichael, Smithsonian Collection

Remember Me Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia

Instrumental: Lord Have Mercy John Fahey & His Orch.
Return Of The Repressed: The JF Anthology, Rhino

INTERVIEW: Willie Nelson

Uncloudy Day The Staple Singers
Testify: The Gospel Box, Rhino

Night Life Aretha Franklin
The Delta Meets Detroit, Rhino

HOUR TWO

Georgia on My Mind Tuts Washington

Train Whistle Nightmare Joe "Cannonball"Lewis
Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s, Rounder

Train That Carried My Girl from Town Kelly Joe Phelps
Shine Eyed Zen, Rykodisc

Rooster Call Gandy Dancers
Blues Routes, Smithsonian Folkways

Day Break Express Duke Ellington
The Centennial Edition, RCA

Take the A Train Gatemouth Brown
Gate Swings, Verve

Instrumental: Dented Fender Roy Clark
Swing West! vol. 2: Guitar Slingers, Razor & Tie

Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons and EmmyLou Harris
GP/Grievous Angel, Reprise

Six Days on the Road Red Simpson
Best Of Red Simpson, Razor & Tie

My Babe Little Walter
His Best, MCA

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Dinah Washington
Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too, Capitol

Laura's Aura Combustible Edison
Impossible World, Sub Pop

Instrumental: Mack The Knife Kid Thomas and His Algiers Stompers
New Orleans: The Living Legends Kid Thomas, Riverside

Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya & Louis Armstorng
Sings Kurt Weill, Sony

Shame Randy Newman
Bad Love, Dream Works

Niña y Señora Tito Puente
50 Years of Swing, RMM

Spanish Harlem Ben E. King
Atlantic R&B 1947-74, Atlantic

End Bed: Spanish Harlem Val Bennett
Tighten Up, Trojan

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