Search - Willie Nelson :: New Year's Eve In Houston 1984

Although he'd claimed in 1970, following poor record sales and a bad relationship with his then label RCA, that he was retiring from music, in 1972 Willie Nelson moved to Austin and became part of the bourgeoning hippie-country scene then exploding in the Texan capital. His popularity in Austin soared as he played his own brand of country music, marked additionally by folk and jazz influences, so Nelson decided to return to the recording business, and by February 1973, he was making his acclaimed Shotgun Willie at Atlantic Studios in New York. When Nelson, Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash formed The Highwaymen in the mid-1980s, they achieved platinum record sales and toured the world. All four Highwaymen - along with Jessi Colter and B.B. King - appeared at the 1984 New Year's Eve show now released for the first time on this 2 x CD set. Something of a spectacular and broadcast across numerous local stations throughout the southern states, this superb performance from Willie and co. set the ball rolling for what was to become an annual event in the Willie Nelson diary and one that still continues to this very day, with the 2015 event taking place on the televised Austin City Limits, with guests Kacey Musgraves and Willy's son Lukas Nelson with his group Promise Of The Real.