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Twisted Willie: A Tribute To Willie Nelson

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I had this CD when it first came out years ago, and then lost it. I looked everywhere...even online file sharing, and could not find it anywhere. Enter Amazon.com! This is one of the best CD's ever!!! Everyone recognizes Willie's vocal style, but with this album, you really get a feel for his writing style too. This album is out of print and will be very collectable...so buy it while you can! My fav songs: L7, Presidents of the USA, and Jesse Dayton.

I'm a huge Willie Nelson fan and I love all sorts of music so this was a real treat. I bought it when it came out about a thousand years ago and it was money well spent. When I pull it out of the case, and listen to it, it never disapoints. If you get a chance to pick it up for $5 do it. You won't regret it.

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I am a huge Willie Nelson fan so I bought this cd not knowing what to expect; alternative artists doing Willie Nelson songs, i thought to myself, "What do these artist really know about Willie Nelson besides that fact that everyone has heard on the road again?" Well even if they dont know much about him, they do a good job covering his songs. The cd starts out with this powerful electric guitar riff breaking into a great rendition of Time of the preacher; Johnny Cash on vocals does the song lots of justice. L7 does a good job making Three Days pretty heavy. The rockabilly version of Shotgun Willie is one of the jewels of this disk and Tenderloin does a remarkable job. When Jerry Cantrell preforms I've seen all the world I care to See, you can hear a sencerity in his voice that put you in a mood that Willie must have been in when he wrote the lyrics. One of the original outlaws Waylon Jennings almost makes I never cared for You, his own with his unmistakable voice. Angel flying too close to the Ground is very bizarre and as much as i like Kris Kristofferson, i have never listened to it all the way thru. The worst song, which happens to be a great song by Willie, is Still is still moving to me by Jello Biafra. Just like everything that involves Jello, the band is good, but he has such a horrible voice it makes it unlistenable as his voice sounds like Katherine Hepburns'. All in all this is a good cd and i would recommend giving it a listen.

This is one of the best tribute albums I ever heard. The idea was to make a record with some renegage rock bands covering Willie Nelson songs. For the most part, the idea works very well. They managed to find songs that fit the artists pretty well (mostly using lesser known Willie Nelson songs). Some of my favorites are by L7, Supersuckers, The Presidents of the United States, Jello Biafra and the Reverend Horton Heat. But the real highlights are by elder statesmen Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Now, Johnny and Waylon may not fit into the "renegade rock band" mold, but when the results are this good, who cares? Anyway, the performances by the two old country outlaws are quite different than what you would expect from the two gentlemen. Cash is accompanied by a feedback drenched guitar on his track, and Jennings is accompanied by just an acoustic guitar. Of course, their vocals are as great as you would expect from these legends. Like I said in the beginning, this is one of the best tribute albums I ever heard.

First of all, this is a pretty dated album. Not that I cared at the time I got it. Two of my favorite bands at the time were on it (Supersuckers and Best Kissers). It's cool that they have Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings on here as well. Kelley Deal would've been better off not showing up, though.

Some of these are rocked up versions, as expected, since that's what most of these bands played at the time. I was a little disappointed that they rocked up Cash's version of "Time of the Preacher", though; Just having Johnny Cash sing that song would have been awesome with some beefed up, but not overly distorted guitars in the middle. In the case of this song, the vocalist would've carried it through, and while close to the original, it still would have been a solid outing this way.

The tracks I don't care for at all are the Steel Pole Bath Tub (I could've found at least 40 other bands that would've served up a better rendition of anything by Willie Nelson), Jello Biafra (still valid in '96?), and the aforementioned Kelley Deal (if you need that much echo/reverb to cover up how bad a singer you are, maybe don't sing?). So...not too many "bad" songs or artists.

The good are Mark Lanegan's version of "She's Not for You", Waylon's simple "I Never Cared for You" and I really dig how "Sad Songs and Waltzes" is produced. When listened to in head phones, it sounds like he's singing somewhere outside of the rest of the band, which is a cool effect.

The Supersuckers and Best Kissers songs are okay, not great. I dig Rev. Horton Heat's version of "Hello Walls" and the Gas Huffer song is done proper as well.

Nothing too fantastic here. You'd be better off hunting down the originals.

These aren't the most recognizable "Willie Nelson" songs, but the covers are mostly good. Actually I'm pretty impressed with the selection of bands on here. It's as fine as the 1989 "Neil Young" tribute album. Not every one of these are winners, but I really like the covers by "Mark Lanegen", "L7", "Jerry Cantrell", "The Reverend Horton Heat", and of course "Johnny Cash". The only real problem with this disc, like all tributes, is that it just makes you want to hear the real thing, which of course "Willie" is.

I recommend this comp. Some really good bands on here. I especially like the first track with Johnny Cash, kicks much behind.

This Cd is an all time must have! There is something here for everyone. Country fans have to love Willie or they can't be country fans. Rock fans get to hear some great songs by great bands written by the greatest song writer of all time. From ballads to driving rock, get this one you'll love it!

i cannot believe that noone reviewed this fantastic cd! it is marvelous...from L7 to kris kristofferson...it rocks! i mean that wholeheartedly!