Album Review - Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me: Songs of Cindy Walker
John Metzger
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker is Willie Nelson's finest
outing in years, and that's not just because it sounds better coming in
the wake of his fully baked flop Countryman. For all of his
genre-jumping diversions, Nelson always has been at his best when he has
applied his casual, twang-infused drawl to lonesome outlaw ballads and
whirling Western swing, and although some of his side treks have been
enjoyable, many of them have been merely adequate. On You Don't Know Me,
he gets back to his roots, literally, by tackling 13 tunes that were
penned by Cindy Walker, a relative unknown who is, nonetheless, a legend
among Texas-born songwriters. Her work has appeared within the
repertoires of classic country artists, such as Gene Autry and Ernest
Tubbs, though it was Bob Wills who utilized her material to create the
soundtrack that played at countless dance halls during the 1940s.
Considering the tremendous influence that Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
had upon Nelson's extensive canon, it isn't surprising that You Don't
Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker is one of the most effortlessly
inspired albums that the Red Headed Stranger ever has produced.
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KingCountryI@aol.com (Noah Tall)
> Nelson always has been at his best when he has applied his casual, twang-infused drawl to lonesome outlaw ballads and whirling Western swing,<
PUIH - leeze ! When has Willie Nelsom ever applied his drawl to
"whirling Western swing" ? :) LOL !!!!!!!!!!
> by tackling 13 tunes that were penned by Cindy Walker, a relative unknown <
PUH - leeze ! This is a classic country NG. Cindy Walker has NEVER been
a "relative unknown" !
> Considering the tremendous influence that Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
> had upon Nelson's extensive canon,<
Ya know, this is what REALLY makes me want to go for the barf bag !
Example # 3,571,982 of why Metzger should be delivering papers, NOT
aspiring to be writing for them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUY A VOWEL , MORON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KingCountryI@aol.com (Noah Tall)
> Album Review - Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me: Songs of Cindy Walker
>
> You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker is Willie Nelson's finest
> outing in years, <
Ya know, this one got me thinking. Except for his duet albums of the
early 80's , I'd be hard pressed to ever want to hear a solo Willie
Nelson album ever again in this lifetime, with the exception of his
Texas LP, on RCA from about 40 years ago.
While not QUITE as bad as "The Grateful Dead" , Willie Nelson is living
proof that potheads are hearing impaired ! :)