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To Lefty From Willie
Country · 1977 · 6 tracks · 28m

To Lefty From Willie

Willie Nelson

A warm, stripped-back tribute to Lefty Frizzell. Willie’s behind-the-beat delivery turns classic honky-tonk into intimate, late-night poetry.

1977 · CBS/Sony

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A warm, autumnal reverence that feels both deeply personal and universally comforting.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 28m
01
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
3:03
03
I Love You a Thousand Ways
3:00
05
I Want to Be With You Always
2:40
06
She’s Gone, Gone, Gone
2:31
07
A Little Unfair
3:44
09
That’s the Way Love Goes
3:10
Moments Worth Listening For
The effortless, conversational delivery on Mom and Dad’s Waltz that makes a cover feel like a personal diary entry.
The interplay between Willie's idiosyncratic nylon-string soloing and the gentle, rolling piano on That’s the Way Love Goes.
The way the harmonica sighs through the spaces in I Want to Be With You Always, mimicking a lonely freight train.
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How does To Lefty From Willie sound next to the rest of Willie Nelson's catalogue?

Love Romantic+1.5σ

The writing leans notably further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

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