Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson

by Willie Nelson

Overview

This quality Australian collection from RCA collects 20 of country legend Willie Nelson's best-known songs, including "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Poncho and Lefty," "Always on My Mind," "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," and "On the Road Again." Fans looking for a meatier overview of Nelson's long and productive career would be better off with Columbia's 41-track Essential Willie Nelson, but as far as single-disc anthologies go, this one's hard to beat. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2008
Label:	Legacy / Col / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0886972928326
Rank:	19802

Tracks

1. On the Road Again
2. To All the Girls I've Loved Before
3. Crazy
4. City of New Orleans
5. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
6. Always on My Mind
7. Me and Paul
8. A Good Hearted Woman
9. Night Life
10. Georgia on My Mind
11. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
12. Pancho and Lefty
13. Funny How Time Slips Away
14. Hello Walls
15. Highwayman
16. Blue Skies
17. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
18. Whiskey River
19. Seven Spanish Angels
20. Bloody Mary Morning

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Waylon Jennings   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Guitar,Vocals
Julio Iglesias   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
Ray Charles   Primary Artist
Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background),Guitar
Merle Haggard   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Chris Ethridge   Bass
J.R. Cobb   Guitar
Barry Beckett   Keyboards
Duke Goff   Bass
Grady Martin   Guitar,Vocals
Sherman Hayes   Bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Organ,Piano,Keyboards
Johnny Western   Guitar
Johnny Gimble   Fiddle,Guitar,Mandolin
Hershel Wigginton   Vocals (Background)
Reggie Young   Guitar,Vocals
Diane Tidwell   Vocals (Background)
Toni Wine   Vocals (Background)
Gordon Payne   Guitar,Harmonica,Vocal Harmony
Bucky Meadows   Guitar
Sherrill Parks   Vocals (Background)
Red Wootten   Bass
Dean Reynolds   Bass
Dick Shannon   Saxophone,Vibraphone
Gene Crisman   Drums
Bob Whitford   Piano
Andy Black   Vocals (Background)
John Leslie Hug   Guitar
Donald Sanders   Sax (Baritone)
Rex Ludwig   Drums
Bill McElhiney   Trumpet
Jose McElhiney   Trumpet
Al Hagy   Drums
Paul Matthew Davis   Guitar
Al Lester   Fiddle
Weldon Myrick   Guitar (Steel)
Johnny Christopher   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lewis Talley   Guitar,Vocals
Dave Zettner   Guitar
Rance Wasson   Guitar,Vocal Harmony
Lisa Silver   Vocals (Background)
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Pete Drake   Guitar (Steel)
Ralph Mooney   Guitar (Steel)
Ray Pohlman   Bass
Roy Nichols   Guitar
Ritchie Albright   Drums
Rick Yancey   Vocals (Background)
Marty Stuart   Mandolin
Jim Pierce   Piano
Mike Leech   Bass
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Roger Crabtree   Harmonica
Larry Whitmore   Guitar
Roy Harte   Drums
Herb Remington   Guitar (Steel)
Pete Bordonali   Gut String Guitar
Terry McMillan   Harmonica
Bobby Emmons   Keyboards
Bobby Wood   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Billy Strange   Guitar
Billy Sanford   Gut String Guitar
Booker T. Jones   Organ,Piano
Chips Moman   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Paul Buskirk   Guitar
Bobby Woods   Keyboards
Billy Ray Reynolds   Guitar
Dale Sellers   Guitar (Acoustic)
Bobbie Nelson   Piano
John Hughey   Pedal Steel
Chip Young   Guitar
Paul English   Drums,Piano,Percussion
Jimmy Tittle   Bass
Mickey Raphael   Harmonica
Billy Gene English   Drums
Jody Payne   Guitar,Mandolin
Becky Williams   Vocal Harmony
Louis Dean Nunley   Vocals (Background)
Bee Spears   Bass
Fred Carter, Jr.   Dobro,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String)
Don Markham   Saxophone
Gene Chrisman   Drums

Technical Credits

John Christopher   Composer
Micaela Boland   Design
Frank Ockenfels   Photography
Don Hunstein   Photography
Wayne Carson   Composer
Joseph M. Palmaccio   Mastering
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Ray Pennington   Producer
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer,Producer
Jerry Bradley   Audio Production
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Townes Van Zandt   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Producer
Chips Moman   Producer,Audio Production
Patsy Bruce   Composer
Paul Buskirk   Composer
Troy Seals   Composer
Billy Sherrill   Producer
Richard Perry   Producer
Joe Allison   Producer
Felton Jarvis   Producer
Fred Rose   Composer
Waylon Jennings   Composer,Producer