Nacogdoches (album)

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Nacogdoches
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Studio album by
Released29 April 2004
Recorded2004
Genre Country, Jazz
Label Texas Roadhouse
Willie Nelson chronology
Run That by Me One More Time
(2003)
Nacogdoches
(2004)
It Always Will Be
(2004)

Nacogdoches is the 51st studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. The album is a collection of jazz and pop standards. It is named after the city of Nacogdoches, Texas, where the album was recorded. Three of the songs on the album, Nelson had recorded previously: "Columbus Stockade Blues" on the 1970 album Columbus Stockade Blues , "Stardust" on the 1978 Stardust , and "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" on the 1980 album Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
  2. "A Dreamer's Holiday"
  3. "Corine, Corine"
  4. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
  5. "To Each His Own"
  6. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" (Ahlert, Young)
  7. "Golden Earrings"
  8. "Columbus Stockade Blues"
  9. "I Can't Begin to Tell You"
  10. "I'll String Along with You"
  11. "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
  12. "How High the Moon"
  13. "Stardust"

The Players

The Session

Produced by Willie Nelson and Paul Buskirk
Engineer - Jim Taylor
Assistant Engineer - Dana Woods, Mike Ward, Spence Peppard
Pro Tools Engineer - Wayne Chance
Mastered by Jerry Tubb
Recorded at Encore Studio, Nacogdoches, Texas


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