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Willie Nelson vinyl records Country Willie his own songs
Sold Date:
August 14, 2024
Start Date:
October 28, 2023
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Liberty released Nelson’s first two albums, and Here’s Willie Nelson, in 1962 and 1963 respectively, after country stars like , , and had scored huge hits with his songs. However, these albums bore little resemblance to the ones he would later become famous for, as they were augmented with the lush instrumentation that was typical of the . “The critical praise was strong,” Nelson later remembered, “but the public’s reception remained lukewarm. It was my live performances...that helped me cultivate a small but loyal following.” With the arrival of in 1963, Liberty abandoned their country division and, after a stint as a pig farmer in Ridgetop, Tennessee, Nelson was signed to RCA by . Nelson admired Atkins, but also had reservations: “I liked Chet. I had great respect for his hit-making history and, of course, his own masterful musicianship. I had a feeling, though, that like so many others on , Chet saw me as an outsider writing outsider songs and singing in an outsider style. For all practical purposes, Chet was the ultimate Nashville insider.”
