Willie Nelson. Photo: Pamela Springsteenlsom
A new album capturing Willie Nelson‘s epic 1984 performance at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Willie Nelson Live At Budokan, will be available from Legacy Recordings on Nov. 18.
Produced by Nelson’s longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael, the album has been sonically upgraded to showcase Nelson and his ensemble in Tokyo for the first time. His ensemble that night (Feb. 23, 1984) featured his sister Bobbie Nelson on piano, Paul English on drums, Grady Martin on guitar, Jody Payne on vocals and guitar, Bee Spears on bass, and Raphael on harmonica.
“I believe that music, not only country music, but I believe that music is a great communicator,” Nelson states in his notes for the release. “I think that it crosses all boundaries and I think that the people, regardless of whether they understand what I’m saying or not, they would feel what I’m saying and they will hear it in whatever language they are listening. I think that is the great thing about music.”
Live At Budokan will be available in digital, CD and DVD configurations, as well as a 2LP 12″ vinyl that will be available exclusively at independent record stores as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on Nov. 25. A broadcast edition of Willie Nelson Live At Budokan is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning Nov. 26.
Willie Nelson and Family are currently on tour with upcoming shows scheduled for New York SummerStage in Central Park, Outlaw Fest concerts, FarmAid and more. For a full list of dates, click here.
Willie Nelson Live At Budokan Track List:
1. Whiskey River (J. B. Shinn III)
2. Mona Lisa (Jay Livingston/Raymond Evans)
3. Good Hearted Woman (Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson)
4. Down Yonder (L. Wolfe Gilbert)
5. If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time (Lefty Frizzell/Jim Beck)
6. Workin’ Man Blues (Merle Haggard)
7. Help Me Make It Through The Night (Kris Kristofferson)
8. Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson/Fred Foster)
9. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Fred Rose)
10. Under The Double Eagle (Traditional arranged by Willie Nelson)
11. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
12. Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorell)
13. All Of Me (Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks)
14. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish
15. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Sharon Vaughan)
16. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Ed Bruce/Patsy Bruce)
17. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Willie Nelson)
18. On The Road Again (Willie Nelson)
19. Always On My Mind (John Christopher/Wayne Thompson/Mark James)
20. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (A.P. Carter)
21. Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line (Jimmy Bryant)
22. Who’ll Buy My Memories (Willie Nelson)
23. Till I Gain Control Again (Rodney Crowell)
24. Without A Song (Vincent Youmans/Billy Rose/Edward Eliscu)
25. Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (Bobby Emmons/Chips Moman)
26. Whiskey River (J. B. Shinn III)
27. Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line (Jimmy Bryant)
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