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Especially in Texas, everyone and their mothers claim to be a Willie Nelson expert. But few Willie are. Lucky for us, former Texas Monthly writer and current One By Willie podcast host John Spong is here to offer Willie Nelson insights as KUTX makes its way through Willie Weekend.
It’s a chronological journey through old Willie, rare Willie, and the latest Willie. What’s not to like?
Playlist:
- Willie Nelson – “Touch Me” …and then I wrote (Liberty 1961)
- Willie Nelson – “Half a Man” Here’s Willie Nelson (Liberty 1962)
- Willie Nelson – “San Antonio Rose” Country Favorites: Willie Nelson Style (RCA 1966)
- Willie Nelson – “I’ve Seen that Look on Me a Thousand Times” Laying My Burdens Down (RCA 1970)
- Willie Nelson – “Going Home” Yesterday’s Wine (RCA 1971)
- Willie Nelson – “Medley: Mr. Record Man / Hello Walls / One Day at a Time” Live at Castle Creek, August 1976 (bootleg)
- Willie Nelson – “I’d Have to Be Crazy” The Sound in Your Mind (Columbia 1976)
- Willie Nelson – “Exactly Like You” Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Columbia 1981)
- Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard – “It’s My Lazy Day” Pancho & Lefty (Columbia 1982)
- Willie Nelson – “Me and Bobby McGee” Live from Austin, TX (New West 2006) (ACL taping 1990)
- Willie Nelson – “Getting Over You” Across the Borderline (Columbia 1993)
- Willie Nelson – “Rainbow Connection” Rainbow Connection (Island, 2001)
- Willie Nelson – “Nobody Knows Me Like You” The Border (Legacy, 2024)
- Willie Nelson – “Keep Me in Your Heart” Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy, 2024)
