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Format: CD
Jun 1996
Record Label: Island Records (USA)
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 731452424228 |
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Track Listing
1. Matador
2. She Is Gone
3. Your Memory Won't Die in My Grave
4. I'm Not Trying to Forget You Anymore
5. Too Sick to Pray
6. Mariachi
7. I'm Waiting Forever
8. We Don't Run
9. I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes
10. It's a Dream Come True
11. I Thought About You, Lord
12. Spirit of E9
13. Matador
Album Notes
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Jody Payne (guitar, background vocals); Johnny Gimble (fiddle); Bobbie Nelson (piano).
Recorded at Pedernales Recording, Austin, Texas.
On his debut for Island Records, Willie Nelson returns to the song-cycle concept that served him well two decades earlier on RED HEADED STRANGER and PHASES AND STAGES. At age 63, Nelson uses the stripped-down, drumless SPIRIT to look back at his relationships with God and with women. "Matador," a beautiful, flamenco-flavored instrumental, begins and ends the record. In between, the Red Headed Stranger reminisces about all the good things the Creator has done ("I Thought About You, Lord"), and makes his peace in a direct conversation ("Too Sick To Pray"). Nelson's limber acoustic guitar resonates throughout, while sister Bobbie's distinctive piano playing is at the center of tales of lost love ("She Is Gone," "I'm Waiting Forever"). And Bobbie rambles alongside the joyous noise of long-time Nelson fiddler Johnny Gimble in another instrumental, "Spirit Of E9," a Tex-Mex-flavored waltz.
Industry Reviews
...low-key, acoustic, stripped to the rugged fundamentals of a good song and a superior voice....Nelson's singing...remains a heavy wonder in itself, and the exquisite fiddling of old Bob Wills sidekick Johnny Gimble is always something to behold...
Rolling Stone Magazine (12/26/1996)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...he offers a handful of originals which reach back to the cantinas and missions of rural Texas and an older, pre-Nashville tradition. The straightness of the delivery suits the directness of the material...
Q (08/01/1996)
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