Shotgun Willie

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Shotgun Willie
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	1973
Recorded	Atlantic Studios, NY Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre	Country
Length	36:16
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler David Briggs
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Willie Nelson chronology
The Words Don't Fit the Picture (1972) Shotgun Willie (1973) Phases and Stages (1974)

Shotgun Willie is a 1973 album by Willie Nelson. Most of the tracks were recorded at Atlantic Records' famed New York studios under the direction of Arif Mardin, with the exception of the two Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys' covers, "Stay All Night" and "Bubbles in My Beer," which were produced by Mardin and Jerry Wexler. Additional tracks were recorded in Nashville and Memphis, with David Briggs and Mardin sharing production credit for the Nashville sessions.

Contents 1 LP track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel

[edit] LP track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson except where noted.

[edit] Side one

1. "Shotgun Willie" – 2:41
2. "Whiskey River" (Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud) – 4:02
3. "Sad Songs and Waltzes" – 3:06
4. "Local Memory" – 2:18
5. "Slow Down Old World" – 2:49
6. "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" (Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan) – 2:32

[edit] Side two

1. "Devil in a Sleepin' Bag" – 2:38
2. "She's Not for You" – 3:12
3. "Bubbles in My Beer" (Wills, Cindy Walker, Duncan) – 2:32
4. "You Look Like the Devil" (Leon Russell) – 3:28
5. "So Much to Do" – 3:06
6. "A Song for You" (Russell) – 4:23

[edit] Personnel

• Willie Nelson – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Steve Burgh – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• James Clayton Day – dobro, pedal steel guitar, background vocals
• Bobbie Nelson – piano
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Jeff Gutcheon – electric piano, organ
• Dan Spears – bass
• Paul English – drums
• Steve Mosley – drums
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Andrew Love – tenor sax
• James Mitchell – baritone sax
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Dave Bromberg – electric guitar
• Dee Moeller – background vocals
• Larry Gatlin – background vocals
• Arif Mardin – string arrangement
• Doug Sahm – electric guitar, background vocals
• Waylon Jennings – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Augie Meyers – acoustic guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Jessi Colter – background vocals
• Hugh McDonald – bass
• Willie Bridges – baritone sax
• Red Lane – acoustic guitar
• Jack Barber – bass
• George Rains – drums
• Donny Hathaway – string arrangement