Shotgun Willie

Infobox Album |
Name = Shotgun Willie
Type = Album
Artist = Willie Nelson


Released = 1973
Recorded = Atlantic Studios, NY
Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville
Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre = Country
Length = 36:16
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Arif Mardin
Jerry Wexler
David Briggs
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eqjv7i4jg76r link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1679&name=Willie+Nelson link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/willienelson/albums/album/195477/review/5942932/shotgun_willie link] |
Last album = "The Words Don't Fit the Picture"
(1972)
This album = "Shotgun Willie"
(1973)
Next album = "Phases and Stages"
(1974)

"Shotgun Willie" is a 1973 album by Willie Nelson. Most of the tracks were recorded at Atlantic Records' famed New York studios under the direction of Arif Mardin, with the exception of the two Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys' covers, "Stay All Night" and "Bubbles in My Beer," which were produced by Mardin and Jerry Wexler. Additional tracks were recorded in Nashville and Memphis, with David Briggs and Mardin sharing production credit for the Nashville sessions.

LP track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson except where noted.

ide one

#"Shotgun Willie" – 2:41
#"Whiskey River" (Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud) – 4:02
#"Sad Songs and Waltzes" – 3:06
#"Local Memory" – 2:18
#"Slow Down Old World" – 2:49
#"Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" (Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan) – 2:32

ide two

#"Devil in a Sleepin' Bag" – 2:38
#"She's Not for You" – 3:12
#"Bubbles in My Beer" (Wills, Cindy Walker, Duncan) – 2:32
#"You Look Like the Devil" (Leon Russell) – 3:28
#"So Much to Do" – 3:06
#"A Song for You" (Russell) – 4:23

Personnel

* Willie Nelson – vocals, acoustic guitar
* Steve Burgh – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* James Clayton Day – dobro, pedal steel guitar, background vocals
* Bobbie Nelson – piano
* Mickey Raphael – harmonica
* Jeff Gutcheon – electric piano, organ
* Dan Spears – bass
* Paul English – drums
* Steve Mosley – drums
* Wayne Jackson – trumpet
* Andrew Love – tenor sax
* James Mitchell – baritone sax
* Jack Hale – trombone
* Dave Bromberg – electric guitar
* Dee Moeller – background vocals
* Larry Gatlin – background vocals
* Arif Mardin – string arrangement
* Doug Sahm – electric guitar, background vocals
* Waylon Jennings – acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Augie Meyers – acoustic guitar
* Johnny Gimble – fiddle
* Jessi Colter – background vocals
* Hugh McDonald – bass
* Willie Bridges – baritone sax
* Red Lane – acoustic guitar
* Jack Barber – bass
* George Rains – drums
* Donny Hathaway – string arrangement