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1001 Albums you must hear before you die
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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According to legend, it was at Willie Nelson's Fourth of July picnic when Waylon Jennings drunkenly promised a nobody named Billy Joe Shaver that he'd record a whole album of his songs. Apparently it wasn't until Shaver threatened physical violence on Jennings (in front of a Nashville studio full of people) that he finally made good on his promise, although Jennings had only recently been granted full artistic control by RCA. The result was a stunning achievement: 1973's Honky Tonk Heroes was the defining record of the anti-Nashville Outlaw movement--the term came after the album--and a cornerstone in country music history. Fea
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Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
Release date: 1 June 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0744659961922 UPC: 744659961922
Release date: 1 June 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0744659961922 UPC: 744659961922
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ToonHead2102 added this to a list 2 years, 9 months ago
2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1787 music items)"HONKY TONK HEROES (1973) WAYLON JENNINGS Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Omaha"; "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"; "Ain't No God in Mexico"; "We Had It All"; "You Ask Me To"; "Black Rose"; "Old Five and Dimers Like Me"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"; "Black Rose" "
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1787 music items)"HONKY TONK HEROES (1973) WAYLON JENNINGS Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Omaha"; "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"; "Ain't No God in Mexico"; "We Had It All"; "You Ask Me To"; "Black Rose"; "Old Five and Dimers Like Me"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"; "Black Rose" "