The new live album from Willie's 3rd USA Network Special features Willie performing with some of his closest friends and biggest legends making music today including Los Lonely Boys, Keith Richards, Merle Haggard, Toby Kei... more »th, Lucinda Williams, Al Green, Shelby Lynne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ben Harper, Kid Rock and many more!« less
The new live album from Willie's 3rd USA Network Special features Willie performing with some of his closest friends and biggest legends making music today including Los Lonely Boys, Keith Richards, Merle Haggard, Toby Keith, Lucinda Williams, Al Green, Shelby Lynne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ben Harper, Kid Rock and many more!
Barbara M. (Babe) from NEW YORK, NY Reviewed on 3/5/2007...
Willie's "friends" include such performers as Carole King, Lee Ann Womack, Merle Haggard, Keith Richards and many more. Amazing live performance CD.
Jen M. from CHICAGO HTS, IL Reviewed on 2/26/2007...
Anything Willie does rocks...add an outstanding group of artists to collaborate and it gets even better. Willie with Toby Keith, Nora, Merle, Lucinda, Los Lonely Boys, on and on.
CD Reviews
Tonight You're Mine
Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 02/16/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This live outing from Willie Nelson & friends is a good set. To a great extent, I found the announcer's introductions over the music to be irritating with repeated listenings. I'd rather just hear the music and look @ the insert to see who's playing. However, the music is great! Toby Keith & Willie smoke on the openers, "Georgia On A Fast Train" & "Ramblin' Fever" with Joe Walsh on guitar. Willie gets soulfully blusey with Al Green's somewhat over-enthusiastic exclamations on "Rainin' In My Heart." Shelby Lynn is a talented artist who does a great croon on Willie's western swing version of "Stormy Weather." Pop icon Carole King joins Willie for the classic melody "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow." This track was the reason I picked up the CD & did not disappoint as these two musical veterans blend lovingly onstage. Lee Ann Womack (whose new CD "There's More Where That Came From" is great!) does a lively job with Willie that makes it seem that they're having great fun together. Townes Van Zandt's often-covered tune "Pancho & Lefty" is given a great reading with Willie, Merle Haggard & Toby Keith. Willie joins Lucinda Williams on "Overtime," a song she recorded for her stunning "World Without Tears" CD. Their voices blend seamlessly, expressing great longing. "Comes Love" is a great standard that's been recorded from everyone from Toni Price to Peter Cincotti. Here, Rickie Lee Jones' jazzy swagger joins Willie Nelson for a spirited version of this classic standard. This live set is interesting to see how Willie blends with a diverse group of artists. Enjoy!"
The CD's kind of like Texas weather....
R. Kyle | USA | 01/10/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"If you don't like the song, just wait and the wind will change. This CD is not only a tribute to Nelson's versatility, but his friends in the music business as well. Those of you who thought he just did country---think again! He swings into reggae with Toots from Toots and the Maytalls, the blues with the Holmes Brothers, and hard-bitten folk rock in a rare cut with Lucinda Williams. Whatever type of music you like, you're going to find something here that appeals to you."
A National Treasure
Tankery | New Orleans | 11/03/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Willie is a national treasure and this one sparkles with a live performance with everyone from Al Green to Toots Hibbert. There's reggae, rock, country, you name it. Willie can do it all. I even forgive him for playing with Toby Keith. The songs are best with the quality musicians- Ben Harper, Rickie Lee Jones, Shelby Lynn, Carole King, the great Mr. Hibbert, rather tired and predictable with Keith, Los Lonely Boys. A couple tunes with Merle Haggard make the cd worth owning.
Also, I was really shocked to see Lucinda Williams on here. She rarely plays with anyone (snicker, snicker).
A good cd all in all, and the tunes come in a little above cruise control, like many of these "playing with friends" collections."
All that talent under one roof..........AMAZING!!!
Denise DIFALCO | Fort Gratiot, MI 48059 | 04/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Willie just keeps kicking out those Fantastic concerts...big names and great tunes. Keith Richards, Kid Rock, Jerry Lee Lewis...absolutely worth every penny. I play this cd every single day!!!"