Let's Face the Music and Dance

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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Once again repeating a pattern that's quite familiar from over the past two decades, Willie Nelson follows up his star-studded 2012 Legacy duet with Let's Face the Music and Dance, an intimate record of standards recorded with his longtime backing band, the Family. Apart from Willie's son Micah, there are no guests here -- just his sister Bobbie on piano, drummer Paul English, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Kevin Smith on bass, Jim "Moose" Brown on organ, and Billy English batting cleanup on guitar and drum -- and the album sounds as if it were cut in the living room late one night, the bandmembers easing into songs they've always loved but never played. This may ...
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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Once again repeating a pattern that's quite familiar from over the past two decades, Willie Nelson follows up his star-studded 2012 Legacy duet with Let's Face the Music and Dance, an intimate record of standards recorded with his longtime backing band, the Family. Apart from Willie's son Micah, there are no guests here -- just his sister Bobbie on piano, drummer Paul English, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Kevin Smith on bass, Jim "Moose" Brown on organ, and Billy English batting cleanup on guitar and drum -- and the album sounds as if it were cut in the living room late one night, the bandmembers easing into songs they've always loved but never played. This may include Willie's original "Is the Better Part Over," a neglected tune from the late '80s, but the emphasis is on standards from the Great American Songbook, punctuated by a bit of Western swing and rockabilly (the latter arriving via a cover of Carl Perkins' "Matchbox"). While there's no denying Willie's voice sounds a little ragged -- scars of his 79 years are readily apparent -- it doesn't distract from the lazy, loping pleasures offered here, as the focus is not on the singing but the playing, how the Family is so familiar with their individual idiosyncrasies they sound like one seamless unit, easing from solo to solo, sometimes just enjoying their ragged, relaxed groove. So, there are no surprises on Let's Face the Music and Dance but there don't need to be: it is, as always, a pleasure to hear Willie & the Family play the music they love best.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/16/2013
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • UPC: 887654258526
  • Catalog Number: 542585
  • Sales rank: 24

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Willie Nelson Primary Artist
Mickey Raphael Harmonica
Paul English Snare Drums
Bobbie Nelson Piano
Kevin Smith Upright Bass
Jim "Moose" Brown Hammond B3
Micah Nelson Percussion, Churango
Billy English Snare Drums, Gut String Guitar
Technical Credits
Willie Nelson Composer
Irving Berlin Composer
Carl Perkins Composer
Django Reinhardt Composer
Jimmy McHugh Composer
Buck Ram Composer
Jimmy Kennedy Composer
Spade Cooley Composer
Frank Loesser Composer
Fred E. Ahlert Composer
Buddy Cannon Producer
Dorothy Fields Composer
Mack Gordon Composer
Al Nevins Composer
Vincent Rose Composer
Stuart Sullivan Engineer
Roy Turk Composer
Harry Warren Composer
Morty Nevins Composer
Frank Harkins Art Direction
Steve Chadie Engineer
Claude François Composer
Michael Carr Composer
David McClister Cover Photo
Tom Hawkins Guitar Techician
Andrew Mendelson Mastering
Richard Coburn Composer
Christopher Durst Band Photo
Michel Luneau Composer
Jean Bourtayre Composer
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