Willie Nelson At His Finest | LIVE 1974
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Originally posted by UC5rPp4vKg6AN8qnRCZ_RkPA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHY7KCChipo
I'm sitting here thinking, 'Wow, there's Trigger with 50 years less wear and tear.' Then it dawns on me that Willie is also 50 years older. The man is an absolute icon.
Willie is just trying to be Django!
Willie is the best. I love his playing on Spirit and Teatro, and his live performance on Funny how time slips away is absolutely incredibly well put together.
One of the hallmarks of the country sound is to put the 3rd in the bass when you add the dominant 7th. They do it routinely the I to IV transition and the V to I transition. Often times the bass player will even play the leading tone instead of the I/V of the chord as they typically do. Classic 3rd hunting as you would call it Michael!
10:46 holy F all the sudden this turns into a 90s grunge song ????
I just Willie Nelson live July 25 2025 here in Alpharetta Ga he was 92 it was incredible
Trigger barking good, Willie is extremely gifted singer and guitar player. A real King ????
Both Walyon and Willie are awesome guitar players!!!
Ever seen the '79 movie The Electric Horseman with him, Redford and Fonda?
Michael, you are 100% correct on people sleeping on Willie as a lead guitarist! I had no idea. Holy shit this is amazing. All of it! Thank you sir!
I went to Willie concert at Robert Redford's Sundance place in Utah in the early 70's. My uncle bought a poster from that concert. I got Willie's autograph there. I gave the autograph to my uncle, he had both the poser and autograph framed and then gave it back to me. Fast forward 8 years. I gave that framed poster with Willie's autograph to my grandson. My grandson loves Willie. great memories from the outdoor concert in the open canyon air in the 1970's Best life ever.
Im starting to think Willy uses some theory? I never realized how good his solos are until now. And how the heck did he get his picking finger to move that fast! Really amazing song!
damn- you REALLY need to do A SONG FOR YOU from this show. I have to see you cover this. PLEASE
HOLY SHIT I had posted a while ago asking you to cover Willie in his early days. AMAZING
Always thought his playing in "Angel Fkying too Close Ground" was some of the most beautiful melody with amazing songwriting.
Michael,
I do plaster and drywall repair in Nebraska. My life is crazy. Working long hours and starting a family. Life is good but crazy. That being said, my moments of solitude and solace are given here and there with the comfort of my guitar or listening to music at work by myself. I can’t thank YOU enough for all the good recommendations throughout the last few years.
If you see this, could you please teach the breakdown of the new release of Red Clay Strays “ People Hatin “?
I would like to play this whole song in its entirety. It would soothe my soul with everything that’s goin on. You always do such a great job breaking chords and melodies down.
Thank you for everything you teach and share with the world.
All the love brother!
I started listening to Willie Nelson after my dad gave me a trucker cassette (80’s and he only had a cassette player in his semi). As an adult I’ve tried to find any classical guitar that would mimic Triggers sound and I’ve struggled to learn 3% of what he plays. It’s so simple and yet each song has a hundred hammer ons and pull offs and runs up and down. That is what makes Willie a phenomenal guitar player. Never flashy or fancy, more of a laid back player who’s never hit the stardom he’s absolutely deserved for the songs he’s written or how eloquently and understated he plays. He’s a national treasure!!
Check out Willie's version of 'Night Life', with the Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990. Includes the late great Robbie Turner on pedal steel. I think you'll like the chord progression, originally made famous by Buddy Emmons steel and Ray Price.
I'm not sure the right word for it..shocked? Amazed? Impressed?
But, in Willie's hands, Trigger can be so thunderous singing out some of those notes, but then it just whispers out some others.
The dynamics. Crazy.
He.damn.best.guitar.picker.around.wit.his.own.style.jus.love.willie.singing.n.picking.
There is only one WILLIE NELSON and we love him alot 🙂
Is this the first episode of Austin City Limits? I know it started in 74, and Willie was the first performer.
He does my favorite version of "A Song For You".
(2nd would be Donnie Hathaway)
I love that chunky sound of Trigger.
In 1973, after a stay in the hospital when I was 3, I contracted Rubella (German measels) from some unvaccinated kid in the same ward as me, where I was revived. Mom, and dad, still both very busy working, had left me with grandma a mile away. My granny was a Sweeney, and brought with her parents from Ireland was a guitar and a "mouth organ". Whilst I was in and out of hallucinatory fevers the next few days, Granny would be playing guitar and singing Willie Nelson tunes. Years later, I would learn to play sax, trumpet, a little piano, harmonica, bass, and guitars. All thanks to Granny and that natural LSD, Rubella (fevers over 105) Here I am just improvising a Celtic type folk blues on my 94 Martin Sigma DM 4. https://youtu.be/ayApkwToE2o
If you want to learn to play melodies on the guitar watch and listen to Willie Nelson!! Even pick up some good underlying bass walk up and down tones as well and some of the best licks ever!! The Master!!
Willie is an incredibly underrated guitar player. Completely has his own style and tone mixing every kind of American roots style seamlessly into his playing. His guitar hero was Django.
That same show 'Bloody Mary Morning' is killer. Also, Willie and Family Live (1978) is my No. 1 album of all time. Listen to it and you can see how no recording studio ever truly captured his magic.
Bro. I just love how much fun u have with this.
If u aren’t a professor you should be. Can I just start calling u dr. P
This was filmed around the time I first saw Willie. There hasn't been a stage of my life where I have strayed very far from his music. It made me happy to watch someone else geek out about his playing as much as I do. That voice, coupled with that guitar playing, are really special.
The note sequences, the minimal, but tasteful flourishes, and maybe above all, the well-placed rests, always draw me in. Willie creates such a beautiful melancholy vibe that makes me wish I could just continue to bathe in it and for the song to never end.
While watching this i got handed a letter saying my application to be an ascap writer got approved
I have a request. Can you react to Anthony Oliver’s Scornful Woman? It is one of the most powerful and devastating songs I have ever heard. I have listened to it and watched reaction videos obsessively. Hoping you will review it. Also his just released song Only God Can Save Us Now is incredibly emotional and unique. He is one of a kind.
Great playing!
The dad of one of my friends was listening to us pick, played foggy mountain breakdown, and we were talking about Willie and he said "you know how that guitar got the hole in it? Willie wore the damn thing out trying to learn to play it" ???? I never got to the bottom of his issue with Willie but it was one of the funniest things I ever heard him say. This reminded me of that day.
Willie usually played with steel strings on the lower pitched strings and nylon on the 3 higher pitched ones, at least back in the 1970's. Don’t know if he still does. I lived in Austin during the 70's and was fortunate to see him many times in many different venues. He was very approachable and very generous with his time. His vocal phrasing was unusual and sometimes difficult to follow when he played with people who didn’t know his style.
“Can’t believe you’re gone” – why was that said? I got scared
My father's favorite was Willie. I know the entire catalogue thanks to summer trips from my home town of Columbus, Ohio to where my Paternal Grandmother lived in St. Louis Missouri. Thank you dad.