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Last of the Breed

by: Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517240179
Label: Lost Highway
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Lost Highway
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Sales Rank: 4507
Studio: Lost Highway



Disc 1:
  1. My Life's Been a Pleasure - Willie Nelson, Ashlock, Jesse
  2. My Mary - Willie Nelson, Hamblen, Stuart
  3. Back to Earth - Willie Nelson, Nelson, Willie
  4. Heartaches by the Number - Willie Nelson, Howard, Harlan
  5. Mom and Dad's Waltz - Willie Nelson, Frizzell, Lefty
  6. Some Other World - Willie Nelson, Tillman, Floyd
  7. Why Me Lord - Willie Nelson, Kristofferson, Kris
  8. Lost Highway - Willie Nelson, Payne, Leon
  9. I Love You a Thousand Ways - Willie Nelson, Frizzell, Lefty
  10. Please Don't Leave Me Any More Darlin' - Willie Nelson, Ashlock, Jesse
  11. I Gotta Have My Baby Back - Willie Nelson, Tillman, Floyd
Disc 2:
  1. Goin' Away Party - Willie Nelson, Walker, Cindy
  2. If I Ever Get Lucky - Willie Nelson, Haggard, Merle
  3. Sweet Memories - Willie Nelson, Newbury, Mickey
  4. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down - Willie Nelson, Howard, Harlan
  5. I Love You Because - Willie Nelson, Payne, Leon
  6. Sweet Jesus - Willie Nelson, Haggard, Merle
  7. Still Water Runs the Deepest - Willie Nelson, Ashlock, Jesse
  8. I Love You So Much It Hurts - Willie Nelson, Tillman, Floyd
  9. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Willie Nelson, Autry, Gene
  10. I'll Keep on Loving You - Willie Nelson, Tillman, Floyd
  11. Night Watch - Willie Nelson, Walker, Cindy
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Editorial Review:

Album Description:
Let's be clear: Last of the Breed is a story - actually, a novel, if not an epic - unto itself. The title sums it up pretty well: On these two discs three classic performers, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard, band together on songs they've known and loved for years.

Their contributions don't need elaboration. Each is a legend. All three hark back to a time that's in some ways gone. When you consider the lives they've lived, the world that formed them as artists, and even the landscapes they knew as they began playing in beer joints and backwater clubs long ago, then the truth of those four words, Last of the Breed, comes clear.

Look a little closer, and they take on another reference, to the songs as well as to the giants who celebrate them here. Whether drawn from deep in the tradition, back from the well of Gene Autry, Lefty Frizzell, and Floyd Tillman, or picked from the more recent catalogs, this music conveys a feeling that might be mistaken for nostalgia but is in fact a timeless eloquence.

They don't write or sing `em like this anymore.

Amazon.com:
Once an Outlaw, later a Highwayman, now an elder statesman, Willie Nelson joins forces with Merle Haggard and Ray Price (both of whom have recorded duet albums with Nelson) in a celebration of the classic country song. Everything about this is defiantly old school, from the production by veteran Fred Foster and the musical support from steel guitarist Buddy Emmons and Texas Playboy fiddler Johnny Gimble and vocal backing from the Jordanaires to songs from the likes of Harlan Howard, Leon Payne, and Lefty Frizzell. For all of the artists' generational ties, their differences are what distinguish the project: Nelson is the reediest and most conversational vocalist, Haggard the bluesiest; and Price remains the quintessential countrypolitan crooner. Whether they're harmonizing on Mickey Newbury's 'Sweet Memories' or trading verses on Howard's 'Pick Me Up on Your Way Down,' the vocal blend suggests old friends having the time of their musical lives. Guests include Vince Gill (on 'Heartaches by the Number') and Kris Kristofferson (on his Why Me Lord'), but a trio like this doesn't need much outside assistance. --Don McLeese



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Going through the motions
I had hoped for better (a lot better---if I weren't so disappointed, it probably would have been a ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Last of the Breed
An outstanding album by three men who are indeed, the "Last of the Breed".Ray Price is particularly ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Turn back the pages of time.
This CD features three country music Hall of Famers singing old country songs (with one of two newer ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - REAL Country Music! Icons!!
It is so wonderful what these three giants of Country Mucic have done. Of course we've heard a lot over ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Sweet Memories
Tho their voices may not be as supple, their singing is cowboy jazz and heartfelt melodies. Exquisite musicianship ... Read More

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