Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)

by Willie Nelson

Overview

Willie Nelson celebrated his 90th birthday by holding a star-studded bash at the Hollywood Bowl for two nights in late April 2023. Available in a variety of formats -- the standard two-CD and Blu-ray, a complete digital edition, and a double-LP of highlights -- Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 Live at the Hollywood Bowl is an epic party, capturing the breadth and depth of Willie's influence on American music. The biggest stars are saved for a closing stretch with Nelson himself. Over a series of five songs, he shares the stage with Neil Young & Stephen Stills, Sheryl Crow, George Strait, Snoop Dogg, and Keith Richards, a culmination of two hours of festivities that begin with Billy Strings tearing into "Whiskey River" and Charley Crockett keeping things humming with "Yesterday's Wine." Between these superstars and upstarts lie a lot of legends, friends, and family, all sounding excited to sing these songs to an appreciative audience. A concert of this magnitude is bound to have a slow spot or two but they're overshadowed by the moments where the singer is perfectly suited to the song: Dwight Yoakam captures the rambling wit of "Me and Paul," Margo Price & Waylon Payne rip through "Georgia on a Fast Train," Lyle Lovett steers "Hello Walls" back to its honky tonk roots, Miranda Lambert highlights the melancholy undercurrent on "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," and Dave Matthews offers an extraordinary solo version of "Funny How Time Slips Away." If Willie's voice sounds a little ragged, he never seems disconnected: He plays with enthusiasm and cracks jokes, happy to still be singing his songs at the age of 90. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/2023
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0196588530722
Rank:	11510

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Whiskey River
2. Yesterday's Wine
3. Seven Spanish Angels
4. Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)
5. Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other
6. Me and Paul
7. Die When I'm High (Halfway to Heaven)
8. Georgia on a Fast Train
9. It Ain't Over Yet
10. Hello Walls
11. Hands on the Wheel
12. Midnight Rider
13. Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
14. Funny How Time Slips Away
15. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
16. City of New Orleans
17. Stardust
18. Will You Remember Mine
19. Something You Get Through

Disc 2

20. California Sober
21. Still Is Still Moving to Me
22. Down Yonder
23. Pick Up the Tempo
24. Pretty Paper
25. Time of the Preacher
26. Night Life
27. Texas Flood
28. Opportunity to Cry
29. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
30. Willie Got Me Stoned
31. Georgia on My Mind
32. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
33. Always on My Mind
34. Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
35. Far Away Places
36. Pancho & Lefty
37. Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
38. We Had It All
39. On the Road Again & Happy Birthday

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Nelson   Primary Artist
Daniel Lanois   Primary Artist
Gary Clark, Jr.   Primary Artist
Lukas Nelson   Primary Artist
Chris Stapleton   Primary Artist
Nathaniel Rateliff   Primary Artist
The Lumineers   Primary Artist
Food Stamps   Primary Artist
Lily Meola   Primary Artist
Margo Price   Primary Artist
Billy Strings   Primary Artist
Leon Bridges   Primary Artist
Tyler Childers   Primary Artist
Particle Kid   Primary Artist
Charley Crockett   Primary Artist
Orville Peck   Primary Artist
Stephen Stills   Primary Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist
Bob Weir   Primary Artist
Sheryl Crow   Primary Artist
Allison Russell   Primary Artist
Mickey Raphael   Primary Artist
Jack Johnson   Primary Artist
Beck   Primary Artist
Emmylou Harris   Primary Artist
Lyle Lovett   Primary Artist
Edie Brickell   Primary Artist
Warren Haynes   Primary Artist
Waylon Payne   Primary Artist
Rosanne Cash   Primary Artist
Rodney Crowell   Primary Artist
Neil Young   Primary Artist
Miranda Lambert   Primary Artist
Buddy Cannon   Primary Artist
Tom Jones   Primary Artist
Jamey Johnson   Primary Artist
Dave Matthews   Primary Artist
Ziggy Marley   Primary Artist
The Avett Brothers   Primary Artist
Keith Richards   Primary Artist
Booker T. Jones   Primary Artist
Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist
Dwight Yoakam   Primary Artist
Charlie Sexton   Primary Artist
Norah Jones   Primary Artist
George Strait   Primary Artist