| Product Summary | | Label: LOST HIGHWAY | | UPC: 00602517240179 | | Release Date: 3/20/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204135065 | | Item#: M3GVWL | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. My Life's Been A Pleasure ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard |  | | 2. My Mary ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 3. Back To Earth ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 4. Heartaches By The Number - (with Vince Gill) ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 5. Mom And Dad's Waltz ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 6. Some Other World ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 7. Why Me - (with Kristofferson) ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 8. Lost Highway ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 9. I Love You A Thousand Ways ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 10. Please Don't Leave Me Anymore Darlin' ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | | | 11. I Gotta Have My Baby Back ~ Willie Nelson/Ray Price/Merle Haggard | |
(P) 2007 UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2007 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Three great original country legends, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, and Merle Haggard, band together on this remarkable two-CD set. The trio performs classic songs by Gene Autry, Floyd Tillman, and Kris Kristofferson, as well as some of their own more contemporary compositions, including Nelson's "Back to Earth" and Haggard's "Sweet Jesus," in a relaxed, assured set that highlights each of these artists' timeless appeal.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Willie Nelson (gut-string guitar); Willie Nelson (vocals); Kris Kristofferson, Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Vince Gill (vocals); D. Bergen White (chant); Don Potter (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Johnny Gimble (mandolin, fiddle); Elana James (fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, vibraphone); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Gordon Mote (piano); John Hobbs (Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Eddie Bayers (drums); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); The Jordanaires (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Fred Foster; Brent Maher. | | Recording information: Blue Room Studios, Nashville, TN; Soundkitchen, Franklin, TN. | | LAST OF THE BREED partners Willie Nelson with two other legends of maverick country, Merle Haggard and Ray Price. With a collection of talent this archetypal, the title sounds less like a boast and more like a statement of fact. Price is an old-school country gentlemen hip enough to hang with the Outlaws, while Haggard and Nelson are probably the only pot-smoking hippies universally accepted by the red states. | | LAST OF THE BREED is an easy-on-the-ears honky-tonk shuffle of a record. The trio ambles through many of the classics that made them famous and, surprisingly, the weather of age suits them well--particularly Price, always the best singer of the bunch, whose robust tenor has lost a step or two over the years. The lack of power gives frail yet touching readings to, among others, his own "Heartaches By The Number," and Hank Williams's classic "Lost Highway." The latter song features the angelic Jordanaires, and is probably the least ravaged and thereby most tragic version of this oft-covered song. The listener is led to think: If these guys can get lost, then we're all in trouble. Not to be outdone by Price, Haggard brings the only new original composition to this session, the easily mournful "If I Ever Get Lucky," while ol' Willie offers his gingerly jazzy vocal phrasing and light picking touch, which hasn't sounded this assured with frontier music since THE RED-HEADED STRANGER. |
Producer: Fred Foster; Fred Foster |
Engineer: Charles Yingling; Brent Maher |
Musical Guests | | Kris Kristofferson | | Vince Gill |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | Asleep At The Wheel | | Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel [Digipak] ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel (Deluxe Editio ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | Butler, Larry | | Butler, Larry | | Butler, Larry | | Cash, Johnny | | Cash, Johnny | | Cash, Johnny | | Cash, Johnny | | Cash, Johnny | | Cash, Johnny | | Live from Austin TX ~ Cash, Johnny | | Highwaymen ~ Cash, Johnny | | Live from Austin TX ~ Cash, Johnny | | Live From Austin.Tx: Johnny Cash [Digipak] ~ Cash, Johnny | | VH1 Storytellers ~ Cash, Johnny | | Cherry, Don (Jazz) | | Cline, Patsy | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | Haggard, Merle | | LAST OF THE BREED LIVE IN CONCERT ~ Haggard, Merle | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Country Legends ~ Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Highwaymen (Country) (The) | | Jennings, Waylon | | Wanted! The Outlaws ~ Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Legendary Outlaws ~ Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | 16 Biggest Hits (Legacy) ~ Jennings, Waylon | | Heroes (BMG) ~ Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | Jennings, Waylon | | King, Jackie | | Pickin' On Willie Nelson: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ On, Pickin' | | Original Soundtrack | | Honeysuckle Rose [Remaster] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Pickin' On Willie Nelson: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ Pickin' On | | Rogers, Kenny | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Georgia On My Mind ~ Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/20/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 008530 | | Label : Lost Highway Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602517240179 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.114)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Country music with none of the modern trimmings....But it is big and rich in every other way."Entertainment Weekly (p.75)
- "[T]his veritable Mount Rushmore mostly revisits forgotten country classics, making this a particularly tasty hall-of-famer hookup." -- Grade: B Dirty Linen (p.49)
- "Together, there's a certain fraternal bond and tight-knit chemistry that allows each artist enough space to shine individually as well as to collaborate freely as egoless peers." |
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