Recent blog posts about Willie Nelson from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/willienelson/ 2012-02-14T23:48:07+01:00 text/html 2012-02-14T03:09:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4058756/diamond-rugs-gimme-a-beer/
What thoughts flutter through your head when you hear "supergroup"? I would imagine it's not similar to what goes through my mind: The Highway Men , The Super Friends , "We Are The World" ... I digress. 2012 has graced us with yet another supergroup that may not be as influential as Johnny Cash plucking along side Willy Nelson, but when you mix members of Deer Tick , The Black Lips , Los Lobos , Dead Confederate , and Six Finger Satellite , you got yo' self a SUPERGroup. Diamond [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-13T19:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4058051/willie-nelson-playing-wellmont-theatre-twice-announces-other-tour-dates/
Tickets on sale Friday.]]> text/html 2012-02-13T19:22:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4058027/willie-nelson-covered-coldplay-for-chipotle-announces-more-dates-2/
Willie Nelson @ ACL Live in 2011 ( more by Tim Griffin ) Willie Nelson has a number of dates scheduled for the next few months including two in the NYC area happening on May 16 and 17 at Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ. Both shows are billed as "Willie Nelson & Family", and as you can see from one of his recent Austin shows , they truly will be family affairs. Tickets ($95.00, $75.00 & [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-13T16:44:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4057515/the-10-least-boring-moments-from-the-2012-grammys/
Barely 24 hours before this year's Grammy Awards ceremony began, Whitney Houston, a woman who'd once seemed like a cyborg engineered to win as many Grammys as possible, was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room. Houston was exactly the sort of artist who the Grammys are built to honor - enormously talented, ridiculously popular, showy in a way that people in the cheap seats could hear just fine, willing to completely ignore any youth-culture musical trends. She was Grammy royalty before her demons brought her down, and the show should've bent itself into pretzels to honor [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-06T00:09:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4039180/making-peace-with-the-wild-things-a-prayer-for-my/
Student grades are due tomorrow, but we went to church anyway - we had to sing, and anyway, after two years of semi-regular practice as a Unitarian Universalist, I have come to a place in my life where I find peace and solace in shared practice which starts and ends with love and service, togetherness and open-ended truths, and a shared commitment to social justice. Much of this is due to the particulars of our chosen worship setting. The UU church which we attend is in transition, with an interim minister who has my [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-02T12:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4032055/news-brief-lana-del-rey-1-challenges-for-new-sony/
Lana Del Rey - the new artist every critic seems to love to hate - has debuted at #1 on the iTunes charts in 15 countries including UK, Germany, France and USA. New Chief Takes on a Sony That Is a Shadow of Its Former Self. ( NY Times ) Google has filed a brief in the case of EMI vs mp3 reseller ReDigi asking the court to "deny the motion for preliminary injunction without reaching the complex [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T17:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4030003/straight-to-print-willie-nelson-signs-historic-new-deal-with/
ARTIST: [STRAIGHT TO PRINT] Willie Nelson Signs Historic New Deal With Legacy Recordings Artist Comes Home To Sony Music Entertainment With Upcoming Releases to Include New Recorded Material & New Archival Titles Personally Curated By Willie Nelson DATE: 02-01-12 WRITER: Randy Haeker of Sony Music, Legacy Division Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has entered into a historic new record deal with American legend and innovator Willie Nelson. The deal marks a label homecoming for Nelson, who, from 1975-1993, cut a phenomenal string of top-selling [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T03:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4022535/murder-songs/
In this trio of murder sings, we deal with a horse-loving psycho, a mother-loving psycho and a couple of miners for whom three was a crowd. * * * Willie Nelson The Red-Headed Stranger (1975).mp3 Ah, the follies of the blonde woman! As the song begins, we are told what the yellow-haired lady doesnt know: dont mess with the red-headed stranger and, whatever you do, dont try and steal his pony (here we must assume that Nelson [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-27T17:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4020767/blue-skies-willie-nelson/
This is from Wiilie's album Stardust.]]> text/html 2012-01-27T17:43:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4018889/blue-skies-willie-nelson/
This is from Wiilie's album Stardust.]]> text/html 2012-01-23T19:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4008512/yoko-ono-willie-nelson-debbie-harry-and-more-featured-on/
Iconic and emerging musicians are lending their voices to Occupy This Album in support of the Occupy Movement. Artists like Yoko Ono , Crosby & Nash , Michael Moore , Willie Nelson and more are joining to help and through record sales, financial support the continuation of the Occupy movement. The album is due to be released in Spring 2012. All proceeds received from the sale of the album will go directly to the Occupy movement. [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-19T21:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4005341/happy-happy-birthday-dolly/
Today is Dolly Parton's birthday. And this is a lovely duet by two of TDoL's favorites. Enjoy. Like The Days of Lore on Facebook . Follow TDoL on Twitter .]]> text/html 2012-01-17T16:36:59+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3994460/interview-sonia-leigh/
Interview // Sonia Leigh Interview with Sonia Leigh Twenty-eleven was a big and busy year for singer/songwriter, Sonia Leigh , and after speaking with her last week (interview embedded above), it doesnt sound like things are going to let up in 2012. In fact, the momentum is only growing. Sonias name starting popping up this summer, during CMA Fest. She was working the press circuit and got some valuable stage time during Zac Brown Bands set at the big LP Field show in Nashville. [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-06T20:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3971250/dada-turns-one-willie-nelson-at-billy-bobs-texas-and/
It feels kind of weird writing the words "Dada turns one," seeing as the place has been a Dallas rock and roll institution since I spent my Friday nights watching TGIF. Granted, that was only u... Continue reading "Dada Turns One, Willie Nelson at Billy Bob's Texas and This Weekend's Shows" >]]> text/html 2012-01-05T02:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3972479/in-memoriam-december-2011/
Decembers headline death probably is that of the great Cesria vora , who emerged from the tiny West African island of Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony. But as a soul fan, percussion maestro Ralph MacDonald is my headline departure of the month. He wrote some stone-cold classics and appeared on an impressive catalogue of soul and fusion albums, including those released in their heyday by Bill Withers, George Benson, Donny Hathaway, Ashford & Simpson, Brothers Johnson, Margie Joseph, Patti Austin, Grover Washington, Maynard Ferguson, The Crusaders, Michael Franks, Eric Gale, Bob James, Herbie Mann, [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-03T16:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3962918/willie-nelson-1230-1231-acl-live-at-the-moody/
Country music legend Willie Nelson played back to back shows at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin to close out 2011. Check out photos from Friday night's show and Saturday night's New Year's Eve show inside courtesy of our photographer Phil DeSimone .]]> text/html 2011-12-30T14:29:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3967291/2011-the-vinyl-countdown-and-then-some/
Well, hello there. Remember when we used to hang out? Right here? I would tell you about the music I liked. And you'd get me up to speed on everything going on in your life-that new job, your new love interest, or that new zany electro-twee trio from Brooklyn-in the comments section. I miss that. It's been a fantastical year for The Days of Lore , filled with all sorts of life-shaping events ... ahh hell, here it is in digestible list form: 1. I got married! Yes, married! Me! Married! To [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-29T13:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3955570/notable-2011-deaths-in-country-music/
Charlie LouvinIt's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainme]]> text/html 2011-12-23T14:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3947346/ct-christmas-mixtape-2011/
Fridays 'round these parts typically see gobs of remixes. Today didn't seem right posting a "Friday Remixes," partly due to the fact that this entire weekend most people will be celebrating Christmas with family, friends and loved ones. I plan on doing the bulk of my shopping today and my procrastinating has taken me as far out as possible. No matter how hard I try to fight it every year, I fall into the same trap. Saturday will be full of football from morning till nighttime. I'm in the championship game of my fantasy league, so I'll be [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-17T07:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3935509/country-christmas-yall/
Christmas and country music go together like peas and carrots. It's that time of year where Santa corrals up his steeds, puts on his spurs, and delivers presents to all of the good little cowpokes who have never heard of, much less seen, snow. Don't mind that flask of shine that Santa has stashed in his leather vest. It's hard work delivering present all over the world! And if you are an extra good little rocker, Santa may bring you a new steel gee-tar for Christmas. Yeee-Haw! Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso [...]]]>