tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post1955265052104734223..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Shotgun WillieDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-24020431138913771252011-01-30T11:17:16.813+01:002011-01-30T11:17:16.813+01:00Yeah, the song certainly has a funkiness to it, th...Yeah, the song certainly has a funkiness to it, the horns esp. Willie was busting out of the strict country/western format a long time ago. Terrible how popular country music has for the most part turned into such shit. Linda Ronstandt put out a great album not too long ago, Wille still makes decent records. Other than that? Most country I can listen is is the alt-country stuff. I hate thatDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-19867830303967506332011-01-30T05:08:17.412+01:002011-01-30T05:08:17.412+01:00Hard for me not to think that this tune was influe...Hard for me not to think that this tune was influenced by Bonnie Raitt's great album "Give it Up", that mixture of country and blues with a tinge of New Orlean's funky-ness ...<br /><br />Pretty great looking line up of songs on this Willie Nelson album, btw; I'll need to pick this one up:<br /><br />Side one<br /><br /> 1. "Shotgun Willie" – 2:41<br /> 2. &The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-75994337656039600292011-01-30T04:59:06.702+01:002011-01-30T04:59:06.702+01:00In addition to being the title track to Willie'...In addition to being the title track to Willie's '73 album, "Shotgun Willie" is also apparently the name of the self-proclaimed <a href="http://www.shotgun-willies.com/" rel="nofollow">"best strip club in Denver"</a>.The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-70077067622163723032011-01-29T17:38:38.494+01:002011-01-29T17:38:38.494+01:00Rode in the car or worked in the garage with my da...Rode in the car or worked in the garage with my dad that is.Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-82611200089592564242011-01-29T11:52:16.202+01:002011-01-29T11:52:16.202+01:00Cool tune....years of growing up listening to coun...Cool tune....years of growing up listening to country music stations whenever I rode in the car or worked in the garage and I don't recall ever hearing this one.Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.com