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To Lefty from Willie [Expanded]

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To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson CD
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  • Artist: Willie Nelson
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2003
  • UPC: 696998925526
  • Item Number: LEG92552
  • Release date: 06/24/2003
  • 1. Mom and Dad's Waltz
  • 2. Look What Thoughts Will Do
  • 3. I Love You a Thousand Ways
  • 4. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
  • 5. I Want to Be With You Always
  • 6. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
  • 7. Little Unfair
  • 8. I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
  • 9. That's the Way Love Goes
  • 10. Railroad Lady
  • 11. If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) [#][*]
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To Lefty from Willie [Expanded] by Willie Nelson on CD


The remastered and expanded edition of To Lefty From Willie, truly one of Willie Nelson's classic recordings, is worth the cash for a number of reasons. The first is that it features as its lone bonus track an absolutely killer rendition of "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" from a different recording session. It's live in the studio and blows away the version of Willie and Family Live. Another is that the sound brings a warmth to this set that was missing from the shrill transfer of the set when it first appeared on CD. Finally, and most importantly, this remaster presents yet another opportunity for fans and those who may be discovering Nelson for the first time to become acquainted with two of the most kindred spirits in the history of country music. Nelson and Lefty Frizzell were made for each other. Frizzell composed songs that were meant to be sung. Their meanings came out in the grain of the singer's voice, and this was certainly true on his own recordings. Nelson, who arguably has the most recognizable male voice in the history of the music with the possible exception of George Jones, turns Frizzell's words into emotions before sending them out into a microphone. These narratives, broken love songs, memories, and ruminations on the blessings and hardships of life are living entities in Nelson's interpretations. "Mom and Dad's Waltz" has no false sentimentality. "I Love You a Thousand Ways" is a declaration without boasting. "Always Late With Your Kisses" is sung with a kind of stunned resignation and heartbroken longing that is taking place in the present in the protagonist's very being. "I Never Go Around Mirrors" is one of the most soothing honky tonk songs ever recorded -- especially when the subject matter is so wrenching. Nelson takes the edge off, but as a result the song becomes even sadder. The acceptance in "That's the Way Love Goes" is one where the reward for patience is still one that can be squandered with a false move and one in which that false move can never be known. The way Nelson turns the chorus in on itself and makes it a statement of undying love irregardless of the circumstances or whatever comes next underlines the uniqueness of Frizzell's lyric. The album proper ended with Nelson performing a song by Jimmy Buffett and Jerry Jeff Walker. The reason is not clear, but it feels like Frizzell might have written it, and Nelson delivers it in the same phrasing he uses for all of the Frizzell tunes. To Lefty From Willie is known as the great lost Nelson record, and though it did get to number two, it remains one of his least well-known outings but is certainly one of the best. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
  • Artist: Willie Nelson
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2003
  • UPC: 696998925526
  • Item Number: LEG92552
  • Release date: 06/24/2003
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy, Sony, Sony Music Distribution
  • Genre: Country
  • Style: Country-Pop, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Traditional Country
  • Album Type: Enhanced CD-ROM

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  • To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson CD
To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson CD