Willie Nelson - The Troublemaker [Remaster]

Artist:

Nelson, Willie

UPC:

886972361727

See Also:

Highwaymen (Country) (The) Carter Family (The) Robbins, Marty Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson/Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings - Highwaymen (Box) Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard - Last Of The Breed Willie Nelson - Seashores of Old Mexico Willie Nelson - One for the Road Willie Nelson/Asleep At The Wheel - Willie & The Wheel [Digipak] Willie Nelson/Asleep At The Wheel - Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel (Deluxe Edition) Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard/Ray Price - Live from The Last of the Breed Tour [3/3] Various Artists - Men of Country: Triple Feature Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson - VH1 Storytellers Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty

Description:

Includes four bonus tracks.
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Larry Gatlin (guitar, background vocals); James Clayton Day (steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro); Johnny Gimble (mandolin, fiddle); Doug Sahm (fiddle, background vocals); Bobbie Nelson (piano); Jeff Gutcheon (organ); Bee Spears (bass guitar); Paul English (drums); Dee Moeller, Sammi Smith, B.W. Stevenson (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.
Willie Nelson has a reputation as an outlaw, and his fabled brushes with law and order are a part of the public record, so from its title, one might suspect that 1976`s THE TROUBLEMAKER is chock-full of songs about getting into trouble. But one would be wrong. There is no "Whiskey River" here. In fact, the record`s lone rebel song is the haunting, spare title track, whose central character is "nothin` but the troublemakin` kind," and ends up nailed to a cross at Calvary.
This is a sincerely religious record. Typical song titles are: "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" and "Where the Soul Never Dies." Sin, salvation, and eternal life are recurring themes. And yet, because Nelson has a way of making anything he touches his own, this album can be enjoyed simply on its musical merits. The songs themselves--some traditional, some not--have the familiarity of psalms--country-inflected, extremely hummable psalms. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" will be familiar to many, and "Uncloudy Day" went to number four on the country and western charts, but after one listen, you`ll know the chorus to nearly all of these stirring tunes.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Uncloudy Day
2. When the Roll Is Called up Yonder
3. Whispering Hope
4. There Is a Fountain
5. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6. Troublemaker, The
7. In the Garden
8. Where the Soul Never Dies
9. Sweet Bye and Bye
10. Shall We Gather
11. Precious Memories
12. Troublemaker, The - (previously unreleased, live)
13. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - (previously unreleased, live)
14. When the Roll Is Called up Yonder - (previously unreleased, live)
15. Amazing Grace - (previously unreleased, live, live)

Album Information

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Gospel

Label:

Legacy

Producer:

Arif Mardin

Catalog Number:

92583

Original Release Year:

1976

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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