To Lefty From Willie | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | January Sound Studios, Dallas, Texas | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 28:31 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Willie Nelson | |||
Willie Nelson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
To Lefty From Willie is a studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson. [4] Recorded in 1975, the album sat in the vaults of Columbia Records until 1977. It is Willie Nelson's tribute to fellow country singer Lefty Frizzell.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mom and Dad's Waltz" | Lefty Frizzell | 3:02 |
2. | "Look What Thoughts Will Do" | Frizzell, Dub Dickerson, Jim Beck | 2:42 |
3. | "I Love You a Thousand Ways" | Frizzell, Beck | 2:59 |
4. | "Always Late (with Your Kisses)" | Frizzell, Blackie Crawford | 2:25 |
5. | "I Want to Be with You Always" | Frizzell, Beck | 2:39 |
6. | "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" | Harlan Howard | 2:31 |
7. | "A Little Unfair" | Chuck Howard, Hank Cochran | 3:42 |
8. | "I Never Go Around Mirrors" | Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer | 2:34 |
9. | "That's the Way Love Goes" | Frizzell, Shafer | 3:11 |
10. | "Railroad Lady" | Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett | 2:39 |
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