[Dixielandjazz] Willie Nelson reviewed -- Sony Legacy

[Robert Ringwald]

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Willie Nelson: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Sony Legacy)

by Doug Freeman

Austin Chronicle, April 12, 2013

Following last year's resurgent debut for Sony Legacy, "Heroes," Willie Nelson returns

with full Family Band intact. The set captures Nelson again transforming the American

popular songbook into his own with the ease of his distinctly languorous phrasing

and guitar work. Starting in his birth decade with Irving Berlin's title track, the

Red Headed Stranger adds a flamenco touch that darkens the edges of his gentle reassurance,

which pairs well with the midset "Twilight Time." Absent of new originals, "Face

the Music" revisits Nelson's "Is the Better Part Over," spared the cinematic strings

of the original. Bobbie Nelson's piano beautifully backs "You'll Never Know," while

instrumentals "Vous et Moi" and Django Reinhardt's "Nuages" are classic, jazzy Trigger-pulling

from the frontman. Carl Perkins' "Matchbox" ups the tempo, and the band romps of

"I'll Keep on Loving You" and closer "Shame on You" fill out the sound. An exquisitely

contemplative turn into 80.

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-Bob Ringwald
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