Milk Cow Blues (album)

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Milk Cow Blues
Willie-Nelson-Milkcow-Blues.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2000 [1]
Genre Country, blues
Label Island
Willie Nelson chronology
Me and the Drummer
(2000)
Milk Cow Blues
(2000)
Rainbow Connection
(2001)

Milk Cow Blues is the 48th studio album from American country singer Willie Nelson, released on September 19, 2000, on the Island Records label. It features many famous blues artists, including B. B. King and Dr. John. [2] [3]

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Metacritic 59/100 link
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Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partnerLength
1."Milk Cow Blues" Kokomo Arnold Francine Reed 4:30
2."Outskirts of Town" Will Weldon Keb' Mo' 2:56
3."Black Night" Jessie Mae Robinson Dr. John 5:22
4."Funny How Time Slips Away"Willie NelsonFrancine Reed4:11
5."Rainy Day Blues"Nelson Jonny Lang 5:09
6."Crazy"Nelson Susan Tedeschi 4:16
7."The Thrill Is Gone"Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins B.B. King 4:26
8."Wake Me When It's Over"Nelson 4:12
9."Kansas City" Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Susan Tedeschi2:51
10."Fool's Paradise"David Avid, Johnny Fuller, Robert GoddinsDr. John4:17
11."Ain't Nobody's Business" Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins Jonny Lang5:08
12."Night Life"Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, NelsonB.B. King4:25
13."Sittin' on Top of the World"Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson  4:46
14."Lonely Street" Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W. S. Stevenson 4:26
15."Texas Flood" Larry Davis, Joseph Scott Kenny Wayne Shepherd 8:46

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums9
U.S. Billboard 20083
U.S. Billboard Blues Albums2

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References

  1. "Even Cowboys Get the Blues". Los Angeles Times. September 2, 2000.
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  3. "Willie Nelson". Texas Monthly. October 1, 2000.
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