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- Record Label: Bismeaux
- Release Date: Feb 3, 2009
- Summary: Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel team up to release an album of Western Swing music.
- Record Label: Bismeaux
- Genre(s): Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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They sure are spry, and Nelson is so delighted to be singing them that the band's expertise lights up.
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It was worth the wait: Nelson's laid-back croon acts as a warm dishrag over the fiddle, pedal steel, cowboy harmonies and roadhouse jazz of Western-swing revivalists Asleep at the Wheel.
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UncutA late flowering triumph. [Jul 2010, p.117]
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Decades in the making, this collection of swing classics as interpreted by Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel doesn't disappoint.
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The resulting Willie and the Wheel is exactly what one would expect from such a musical brain trust: an old-fashioned good time with expert instrumentalism. If anything, the disc could use more dirt under its fingernails, as everything comes a bit too easy.
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Willie's voice can sound a bit gruff and rough--this is as comfortable and welcoming as a familiar old leather jacket. It's no surprise that it feels good.
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Willie brings everything he’s got to bear, acquiting himself admirably in an otherwise miscalculated effort.