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Last Of The Breed (Import) (CD)

By: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard/Ray Price

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DISC 1 for Last Of The Breed (Import) (CD) Album By Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard/...
1   My Life's Been A Pleasure  
2   My Mary  
3   Back To Earth  
4   Heartaches By The Number  
5   Mom And Dad's Waltz  
6   Some Other World  
7   Why Me  
8   Lost Highway  
9   I Love You A Thousand Ways  
10   Please Don't Leave Me Anymore Darlin'  
11   I Gotta Have My Baby Back  
 
DISC 2 for Last Of The Breed (Import) (CD) Album By Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard/...
1   Goin' Away Party  
2   If I Ever Get Lucky  
3   Sweet Memories  
4   Pick Me Up On Your Way Down  
5   I Love You Because  
6   Sweet Jesus  
7   Still Water Runs The Deepest  
8   I Love You So Much It Hurts  
9   That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine  
10   I'll Keep On Loving You  
11   Night Watch  
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[T]his veritable Mount Rushmore mostly revisits forgotten country classics, making this a particularly tasty hall-of-famer hookup." -- Grade: B+

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Three great original country legends, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, and Merle Haggard, band together on this remarkable two-CD set. The trio performs classic songs by Gene Autry, Floyd Tillman, and Kris Kristofferson, as well as some of their own more contemporary compositions, including Nelson's "Back to Earth" and Haggard's "Sweet Jesus," in a relaxed, assured set that highlights each of these artists' timeless appeal.

Album Description

Willie Nelson has never been a stranger to prolific output, and hanging out with Ryan Adams has only strengthened his resolve to release a ton of records. Still paying back the Feds? Perhaps. LAST OF THE BREED (his fourth platter since late 2005) partners Nelson with two other legends of maverick country, Merle Haggard and Ray Price. With a collection of talent this archetypal, the title sounds less like a boast and more like a statement of fact. Price is an old-school country gentlemen hip enough to hang with the Outlaws, while Haggard and Nelson are probably the only pot-smoking hippies universally accepted by the red states.
LAST OF THE BREED is an easy-on-the-ears honky-tonk shuffle of a record. The trio ambles through many of the classics that made them famous and, surprisingly, the weather of age suits them well--particularly Price, always the best singer of the bunch, whose robust tenor has lost a step or two over the years. The lack of power gives frail yet touching readings to, among others, his own "Heartaches By The Number," and Hank Williams's classic "Lost Highway." The latter song features the angelic Jordanaires, and is probably the least ravaged and thereby most tragic version of this oft-covered song. The listener is led to think: If these guys can get lost, then we're all in trouble. Not to be outdone by Price, Haggard brings the only new original composition to this session, the easily mournful "If I Ever Get Lucky," while ol' Willie offers his gingerly jazzy vocal phrasing and light picking touch, which hasn't sounded this assured with frontier music since THE RED-HEADED STRANGER.

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