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        Shotgun Willie

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        Shotgun Willie
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        Whiskey River
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        Sad Songs And Waltzes
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        Local Memory
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        Slow Down Old World
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        Stay All Night
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        Devil In A Sleepin' Bag
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        She's Not For You
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        Bubbles In My Beer
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        You Look Like The Devil
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        So Much To Do
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        Andrea Boston

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        06.04.11
        The funkiest of country records
        1987 | Label: Rhino Atlantic

        The moment Willie Nelson was dropped from RCA’s roster, Atlantic Records’ sharp-eared Jerry Wexler went a-courting down in Texas. While Nashville producers like Felton Jarvis and Chet Atkins knew only to cloak everything that went through their hit factories with countrypolitan sheen, Wexler knew Willie Nelson wouldn’t take to such studio polish. He signed him to Atlantic Records’ short-lived country division and brought him up to New York City to record. Most crucially, he let Willie handpick his players. The result is Shotgun Willie, the funkiest of country records. The title track, about a speed freak “biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair” gets delivered with a horn-punched slink. Elsewhere, brewhaus polka, roadhouse funk, and Django’s jazz emerge from the grooves. With this album, the true Willie began to emerge from country music’s chrysalis and crest.

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        Transferring his allegiance to Atlantic (where he would record two remarkable albums that would get him kicked off the label), Willie Nelson offered his finest record to date for his debut — possibly his finest album ever. Shotgun Willie encapsulates Willie’s world view and music, finding him at a peak as a composer, interpreter, and performer. This is laid-back, deceptively complex music, equal parts country, rock attitude, jazz musicianship, and troubadour storytelling. Nelson blurs the lines between his own tunes and covers to the point that “Whiskey River,” this record’s best-known song, seems thoroughly original, yet it was written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud. This, along with two songs apiece by Leon Russell and Bob Wills, provides context for his originals, with Shotgun Willie becoming a musical autobiography, offering not only insights into his musicality (witness how he slows down “Stay All Night [Stay a Little Longer]” to a slow shuffle) but, seemingly, into himself (most notably on the title track and the wonderful, funny travelogue “Devil in a Sleepin’ Bag”). Nelson wasn’t just at a peak of performing here — he also wrote some of his greatest songs, highlighted not just by the previously mentioned tunes but also by the lovely slow waltz “Slow Down Old World” and “Sad Songs and Waltzes.” All of it adds up to possibly the finest record in a career filled with hits and highlights. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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