WILLIE NELSON - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

[MrScorpio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOt0_Thx52M

[Spacemom]

1. Willie is Amazing

I have his Stardust album. It's full of songs you wouldn't expect to hear from him, and he does a beautiful job of singing them.

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard it before.

[styersc]

2. I see your Willie "Whiter Shade" and raise you Joe Cocker!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_XEZ7ihS6k

[Forkboy]

3. I raise both the Willie and Cocker (that was a 70's show, wasn't it?).....

and give you HSAS.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiV1jrjILWQ&feature=related

[av8rdave]

4. Just saw Willie live last month at Billy Bob's Fort Worth

He's great and all that, but NOBODY can top the Annie Lennox cover of that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3UMpBqzVW4

Edit for grammar.

[nomorenomore08]

5. I'm sure they're all a hell of a lot better than the Sammy Hagar version!

:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. One of my favorite artists EVER...

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... and he'll probably be another one where I say, "Damn... I wish I had seen him
when I had the chance."
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Saw him and Ray Charles (another favorite and, yes... I made the above statement
about him) together in a Willie Nelson concert that was on video.
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They were good friends, apparently... and Ray sat in for a coupla songs. Willie told
the story of how they were both chess enthusiasts and how the night before, in a
hotel room, they had played a game.
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"I whupped his ass," said Willie.
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Ray laughed and told the crowd that they were going to play again that night.
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"But this time," said Brother Ray, "... ... ... ... ... no lights!!!"
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[logosoco]

7. This is one of my all time favorite songs.

And Willie is one of my all time favorite musicians! I didn't even know he covered this songs until I was starting to rebuild my music collection (from vinyl to cd). Willie is very original, but he is also a great cover guy. Dave Matthew's "Gravedigger" and that Hallelujah song from Shrek...he can put quie the Willie style on anything.

I took (okay, dragged) my two yougest kids to see Willie and Bob Dylan in 2005. My son is a musician and I think he appreciated it (even more now that he is 18), but my daughter (15 now) still makes fun of me for taking her although I think that changed when I pointed out that Bob Dylan was in her current history book!).

Thanks for the link to the Annie Lennox version (down thread). I had never seen that one before. It is such a beautiful, flowing song...


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