Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars Live CD due Nov. 5!
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The recent USA Network special "Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars" will be released as an audio CD Nov. 5 via Lost Highway Records. Broadcast May 31, the event at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium featured such guests as Sheryl Crow, matchbox twenty, John Bon Jovi, Ray Price, Norah Jones, Vince Gill, and Lee Ann Womack performing some of Nelson's best-known material and a handful of cover songs.
The 17-track disc opens with a cover of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" performed by Nelson, Crow, and Bill Evans, and also features a version of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers" by Nelson, Hank Williams III, Ryan Adams, and Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
Vocalist Rob Thomas of matchbox twenty joins Nelson on the song "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)," while the whole band backs him on "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys." Other highlights include Nelson and Aaron Neville dueting on Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" and Gill's cover of Nelson's "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain."
Here is the "Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars" track list:
"For What It's Worth" Sheryl Crow & Bill Evans
"Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" Rob Thomas
"Always on My Mind" Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora
"Don't Fade Away" Brian McKnight
"Dead Flowers" Ryan Adams, Hank Williams III & Keith Richards
"Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" Vince Gill
"The Harder They Come" Ryan Adams
"Lonestar" Norah Jones
"Whiskey River" Sheryl Crow
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" matchbox twenty
"Mendocino County Line" Lee Ann Womack
"Good Hearted Woman" Toby Keith
"Night Life" Ray Price
"Stardust" Aaron Neville
"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" Patty Griffin
"Most Unoriginal Sin" John Hiatt
"On the Road Again" Willie Nelson & The Family
The recent USA Network special "Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars" will be released as an audio CD Nov. 5 via Lost Highway Records. Broadcast May 31, the event at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium featured such guests as Sheryl Crow, matchbox twenty, John Bon Jovi, Ray Price, Norah Jones, Vince Gill, and Lee Ann Womack performing some of Nelson's best-known material and a handful of cover songs.
The 17-track disc opens with a cover of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" performed by Nelson, Crow, and Bill Evans, and also features a version of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers" by Nelson, Hank Williams III, Ryan Adams, and Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
Vocalist Rob Thomas of matchbox twenty joins Nelson on the song "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)," while the whole band backs him on "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys." Other highlights include Nelson and Aaron Neville dueting on Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" and Gill's cover of Nelson's "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain."
Here is the "Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars" track list:
"For What It's Worth" Sheryl Crow & Bill Evans
"Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" Rob Thomas
"Always on My Mind" Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora
"Don't Fade Away" Brian McKnight
"Dead Flowers" Ryan Adams, Hank Williams III & Keith Richards
"Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" Vince Gill
"The Harder They Come" Ryan Adams
"Lonestar" Norah Jones
"Whiskey River" Sheryl Crow
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" matchbox twenty
"Mendocino County Line" Lee Ann Womack
"Good Hearted Woman" Toby Keith
"Night Life" Ray Price
"Stardust" Aaron Neville
"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" Patty Griffin
"Most Unoriginal Sin" John Hiatt
"On the Road Again" Willie Nelson & The Family
