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Track Listing
1. Whiskey River - (featuring Sheryl Crow)
2. Good Hearted Woman - (featuring Toby Keith)
3. Maria (Shut up and Kiss Me) - (featuring Rob Thomas/Bill Evans)
4. Mendocino County Line - (featuring Lee Ann Womack)
5. Always on My Mind - (featuring Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora)
6. Night Life - (featuring Ray Price)
7. Dead Flowers - (featuring Ryan Adams/Keith Richards/Hank Williams III)
8. Lonestar - (featuring Norah Jones)
9. Stardust - (featuring Aaron Neville)
10. Don't Fade Away - (featuring Brian McKnight)
11. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground - (featuring Patty Griffin)
12. For What It's Worth - (featuring Sheryl Crow/Bill Evans)
13. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys - (featuring Matchbox 20)
14. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - (featuring Vince Gill)
15. Till I Gain Control Again - (featuring Emmylou Harris)
16. Harder They Come, The - (featuring Ryan Adams)
17. On the Road Again
18. Move It on Over
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Aaron Neville, Bill Evans, Brian McKnight, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams III, Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Richards, Lee Ann Womack, Matchbox 20, Matchbox Twenty, Norah Jones, Patty Griffin, Ray Price, Richie Sambora, Rob Thomas, Ryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Toby Keith, Vince Gill | | Producer: | James Stroud | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Willie Nelson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (acoustic & steel guitars); Jody Payne (guitar, background vocals); Bill Evans (saxophone); Bobbie Nelson, (piano); Jim Cox (keyboards); Glenn Worf (bass); Chad Cromwell (drums); Sheryl Crow, Toby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Ray Price, Hank Williams III, Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Aaron Neville, Brian McNight, Patty Griffin, Matchbox Twenty, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Family, Vince Gill.
Considering STARS & GUITARS's pop idol-heavy list of guests, one might expect the album to be just a live retread of Willie Nelson's 2002 studio effort, THE GREAT DIVIDE. Fortunately, unlike that album, which attempted to fit the artist into the same pop box that helped Carlos Santana out of a career slump, this is ol' Willie's show through and through. As anyone who has seem him live knows, Nelson's onstage personality is such a powerful force of nature, no one can hope to tame it. STARS AND GUITARS shows, once again, that though Willie Nelson is capable of playing any type of music he chooses, his musical personality is so strong that most guest artists can only hobble along behind him, thanking their lucky stars for the opportunity. Notable exceptions are Willie's contemporaries Ray Price and Aaron Neville, both of whom make the reasons for their legendary status abundantly clear. Overall, the album has the relaxed feel of a jam session (as if Willie could do it any other way). Though it may not be an essential addition to Nelson's catalog, STARS & GUITARS is an interesting curio that shows how different artists deal with the enigma that is Willie Nelson.
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