William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Honeysuckle Rose (Soundtrack) ; Year: 1980; Genre: Country Looking forward to another four hours of driving... if that's possible. (I really hate being behind the wheel for even short distances if you could not guess). I guess my personal mood is the opposite sentiment of this seminal hit from the outlaw country/western legend that is Willie Nelson. ....yeehaw....😩   Hear On the Road Again on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: The Kinks - Animal Farm     My song pick 2 years ago today: Duran Duran - Girls on Film   My song pick 3 years ago today: Mountain - Tired Angels (to J.M.H.)   My song pick 4 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Ramble Tamble   My song pick 5 years ago today: 10cc - Art for Art's Sake   My song pick 6 years ago today: Brotherhood of Man - Save All Your Kisses For Me   My song pick 7 years ago today: Wolfmother - Enemy Is In Your Mind My song pick 8 years ago today...

From: San Antonio Rose ; Year:1980; Genre: Country Swing I've been thinking about Willie Nelson and his music recently. As far as I know I have only chosen something from his only once prior, which was when he was part of the outlaw country supergroup The Highwaymen that also included superstars: Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Chris Kristofferson.  Anyway, this is a re-recording/cover of the hit originally released by Ray Price back in 1956. For me that rhythm section doing that swing rhythm is one of the main draws for me, but by far the largest draw for me is the one and only legend Buddy Emmons doing a simply amazing lead on the pedal steel guitar.   Hear Crazy Arms on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On   My song pick 2 years ago today: Funkadelic - Some Fresh Delic   My song pick 3 years ago today: Badfinger - Name of the Game   My song pick 4 years ago today: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos My song pick 5 y...

A while ago I came across this song and was very much intrigued. The band "The Highwaymen" were a Supergroup that is made up of Country superstars: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. The song was written by the famous songwritter Jimmy Layne Webb; it deals with the subject of reincarnation and how the man in the story meets his death many times but never is gone. One interesting aspect of the song is that it really has no chorus. All of the singers sing a different verse; their vocals are excellent. I love Johnny Cash's verse in particular; it gives no closure and the man is wandering to find the end of it all and ponders becoming a highwayman again. Here is a studio recording on YouTube. Here is the music video on YouTube. Here is a live performance on YouTube. +