Comments on: Why doesn’t anyone talk about Willie these days? http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/ Indie Music Blog, Live Sessions, and Daily MP3 Downloads. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: oz http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-26145 oz Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:23:12 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/#comment-26145 He also released Spirit in 1996 that was incredible. It was a self-produced (I think) concept album that really showcased his guitar skills. It seemed to fly under the radar. My parents listened to Willie non-stop while I grew up, so his music brings back a lot of memories. He also released Spirit in 1996 that was incredible. It was a self-produced (I think) concept album that really showcased his guitar skills. It seemed to fly under the radar.

My parents listened to Willie non-stop while I grew up, so his music brings back a lot of memories.

]]> By: Steve Shirk http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-25909 Steve Shirk Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/#comment-25909 Yeah, Willie's great! I'll always remember sometime back in the summer of my jr. high school years, he played at some fair ground in Springfield, IL or Peoria, IL. Not sure which...it's def been awhile. Anyhow, they backed up two hey trailers to each other in the middle of a rodeo arena, put up an American Flag as a backdrop and Willie did his thing. It was one of those memories that you appreciate a little more after the fact...like 15 years after the fact. At the time I remember saying something stupid like..."what's up with his guitar, "Trigger"... it's got a hole in it? I was just learning about songs like Whiskey River..which I still love. Those were back in the days of Willie and his tax evasion troubles. Years before his "Green" tour bus. And probably right about the time he started playing with the idea of doing cross-over collaborations with other artists outside of his genre. (I could be wrong about that) But I think that he and Julio Iglesias had recently been riding high on the charts with "To All The Girls I've loved Before". Also, check out the album "Teatro" that he did with one of my favorite producer's, Daniel Lanois back in '98. Cool stuff. Yeah, Willie’s great! I’ll always remember sometime back in the summer of my jr. high school years, he played at some fair ground in Springfield, IL or Peoria, IL. Not sure which…it’s def been awhile. Anyhow, they backed up two hey trailers to each other in the middle of a rodeo arena, put up an American Flag as a backdrop and Willie did his thing. It was one of those memories that you appreciate a little more after the fact…like 15 years after the fact. At the time I remember saying something stupid like…”what’s up with his guitar, “Trigger”… it’s got a hole in it? I was just learning about songs like Whiskey River..which I still love. Those were back in the days of Willie and his tax evasion troubles. Years before his “Green” tour bus. And probably right about the time he started playing with the idea of doing cross-over collaborations with other artists outside of his genre. (I could be wrong about that) But I think that he and Julio Iglesias had recently been riding high on the charts with “To All The Girls I’ve loved Before”.

Also, check out the album “Teatro” that he did with one of my favorite producer’s, Daniel Lanois back in ’98. Cool stuff.

]]> By: Red http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-25749 Red Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:11:50 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/29/why-doesnt-anyone-talk-about-willie-these-days/#comment-25749 Willie's the best. I saw him live a few years back. He opened up for Bob Dylan on Dylan's nationwide minor league ball park tour. Wichita, Kansas. Man, what a great show. And let me tell ya, Dylan and Willie both still have it. Willie’s the best. I saw him live a few years back. He opened up for Bob Dylan on Dylan’s nationwide minor league ball park tour. Wichita, Kansas. Man, what a great show. And let me tell ya, Dylan and Willie both still have it.

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