Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin' - 2003
Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin' - 2003
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Audio CD (June 24, 2003) - Number of Discs: 1 - Format: Live - Label: Lost Highway - Catalog Number: 0008817038629
Country, Pop
Lossless (Flac Image File + Cue + Log + Audiochecker Log): 365 Mb | EAC Secure Mode Rip | Mp3 (CBR 320 kbps): 134 Mb | Front & Back Cover
Audio CD (June 24, 2003) - Number of Discs: 1 - Format: Live - Label: Lost Highway - Catalog Number: 0008817038629
Country, Pop
Product Description: The great Willie Nelson tends to either thrill or sorely disappoint, depending on the kinds of projects he takes on–and his decision to be either a musician or a celebrity. This live recording, culled from his 2003 USA Network concert event, unfortunately falls into the latter category, and Nelson sounds as if he arrived just before show time and plunged in without rehearsing. On the album’s opener, "I Didn't Come Here (And I Ain't Leavin')," almost everything is wrong–the chorines, the overwhelming bigness of the production, and most troublesome, Nelson's apparent indifference. Thereafter, the program pairs him with such natural duet partners as Toby Keith and Ray Price, and such utterly unfathomable ones as Steven Tyler and Wyclef Jean, who prove, by turns, unlistenable and insufferable. While Diana Krall and Elvis Costello help give "Crazy" an odd and new kind of charm, Nelson's off-beat phrasing is just to quirky to work with Paul Simon's laconic musings ("Homeward Bound"), while the outing with Ray Charles and Leon Russell ("A Song for You") sounds like a cat-drowning ceremony. Weirdly, the best songs are those on which Nelson simply gets out of the way (John Mellencamp's bottleneck romp through "I Couldn't Believe It Was True," Kenny Chesney's soulful treatment of "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"). Thank God it's only a single disc.
Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin' - 2003
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Review: Willie Nelson Live & Kickin' delivers the goods! Sure Wyclef Jean is no Julio Iglesias on "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," but so what. His quirky interpretation is not the catastrophe others have claimed it to be.
Such quibbles about an offbeat interpretation or two do not dilute the overall charm and fun of this disc, especially Willie and Toby Keith kickin' it all out on "Beer For My horses." (If there is any justice, radio stations will replace the studio version of "Horses" with the live version heard here – the way the live "Okie from Muskogee" replaced the original studio version on the radio airwaves in 1970 and has now become the version of choice for Merle Haggard fans.)
Other stand-outs include Shania and Willie on "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain," and the offbeat coupling of Willie and Nora Jones on "Wurlitzer Prize," originally made a classic by Willie's late, great good buddy Waylon Jennings.
I thoroughly enjoyed this CD and would recommend it to anyone who loves Willie and his music – and is not afraid to hear these songs in a refreshing and different light. ~ Amazon Customer
Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin' - 2003
Track Listing/Artists:
01 - I Didn't Come Here ( And I Ain't Leavin' ) - 3:12
02 - Night Life (with Eric Clapton) - 4:33
03 - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (with Shania Twain) - 2:56
04 - Homeward Bound (with Paul Simon) - 3:58
05 - Beer For My Horses (with Toby Keith) - 3:34
06 - Crazy (with Diana Krall & Elvis Costello) - 4:36
07 - To All The Girls I've Loved Before (with Wyclef Jean) - 4:26
08 - Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) (with Norah Jones) - 2:31
09 - She Loves My Automobile (with ZZ Top) - 2:41
10 - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (with Shelby Lynne) - 4:38
11 - A Song For You (with Leon Russell & Ray Charles) - 5:22
12 - I Couldn't Believe It Was True (with John Mellencamp) - 2:54
13 - Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning (with Kenny Chesney) - 4:34
14 - Run That By Me One More Time (with Ray Price) - 2:34
15 - One Time Too Many (with Steven Tyler) - 5:30
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