Willie and the Wheel is an album from American country music artists Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel. It was released on February 3, 2009, on Bismeaux Records and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.
Track list "Hesitation Blues" - 2:47 "Sweet Jennie Lee" (Walter Donaldson) - 3:01 "Fan It" (Frankie Jaxson, Dan Howell) - 2:46 "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll" (Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams) - 3:11 "Oh! You Pretty Woman" - 2:50 "Bring it on Down to My House" - 3:29 "Right or Wrong" (Arthur Sizemore, Haven Gillespie, Paul Biese) - 3:10 "Corrine, Corrina" - 3:17 "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World" - 4:45 "Shame on You" (Spade Cooley) - 2:59 "South" (Bennie Moten, Thamon Hayes) - 3:39 (with Paul Shaffer and Vince Gill) "Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon" (Rex Griffin) - 3:39 "I'll Have Somebody Else" (Bob Wills) - 3:31
Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8 and 9 are credited as traditional songs, arranged for this recording by Ray Benson. Track 13 appears on the deluxe version of the album which also includes unique postcards for each track.
Chart performance Chart (2009) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 13 U.S. Billboard 200 90 U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 6
Personnel Dave Alexander – Trumpet William Armstrong – Assistant Engineer Ray Benson – Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Art Direction, Mixing Don Cobb – Mastering Eric Conn – Mastering Sarah Dodds – Design Shauna Dodds – Design Floyd Domino – Piano Jonathan Doyle – Clarinet Mindy Espy Reyes – Product Manager Vince Gill – Electric Guitar Boo Macleod – Engineer Elizabeth McQueen – Vocals M.J. Mendell – Assistant Producer David Earl Miller – Bass Michael Mordecai – Trombone Willie Nelson – Vocals Adam Odor – Engineer, Mixing Lisa Pollard – Photography Vance Powell – Engineer Dick Reeves – Art Direction, Design Eddie Rivers – Steel Guitar Jason Roberts – Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals David Sanger – Drums Peter Schwarz – Associate Producer Sam Seifert – Acoustic Guitar, Engineer, Mixing Paul Shaffer – Piano Dan Skarbek – Assistant Producer Kevin C. Smith – Bass Jerry Wexler – Executive Producer John Michael Whitby – Piano John "Sly" Wilson – Design
References
External links Willie and the Wheel's Official Website Willie Nelson's Official Website Asleep at the Wheel's Official Website