One By Willie
A podcast in which notable Willie fans talk about the songs they love most.
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T Bone Burnett
Acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett (Counting Crows’ August And Everything After; the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack; dozens of others) discusses one of the darkest songs Willie ever wrote:...
T Bone Burnett
Acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett (Counting Crows’ August And Everything After; the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack; dozens of others) discusses one of the darkest songs Willie ever wrote:...

Amy Nelson
Willie’s daughter Amy Nelson was just five years old when she first heard Kermit the Frog sing “Rainbow Connection” in The Muppet Movie, and she spent the next twenty years...
Amy Nelson
Willie’s daughter Amy Nelson was just five years old when she first heard Kermit the Frog sing “Rainbow Connection” in The Muppet Movie, and she spent the next twenty years...

Don Was
Don Was, the legendary producer who recorded Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and the B-52s’ “Love Shack,” and has worked with everyone from the Rolling Stones to...
Don Was
Don Was, the legendary producer who recorded Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and the B-52s’ “Love Shack,” and has worked with everyone from the Rolling Stones to...

Steve Earle
Singer-songwriter Steve Earle was a longhaired, seventeen-year-old San Antonio kid when he first heard “Local Memory,” a deep cut off 1973’s Shotgun Willie. He calls it the song that first...
Steve Earle
Singer-songwriter Steve Earle was a longhaired, seventeen-year-old San Antonio kid when he first heard “Local Memory,” a deep cut off 1973’s Shotgun Willie. He calls it the song that first...

Wesley Schultz on ‘Pretty Paper’
Lumineers lead singer and co-songwriter Wesley Schultz first heard “Pretty Paper” when his parents played Willie’s classic, 1978 holiday album of the same name while driving around their New Jersey...
Wesley Schultz on ‘Pretty Paper’
Lumineers lead singer and co-songwriter Wesley Schultz first heard “Pretty Paper” when his parents played Willie’s classic, 1978 holiday album of the same name while driving around their New Jersey...

Lee Ann Womack on ‘Three Days’
Country music star Lee Ann Womack has been singing along to “Three Days” since she was a little girl raiding the record collection of her dad, who disc jockeyed at...
Lee Ann Womack on ‘Three Days’
Country music star Lee Ann Womack has been singing along to “Three Days” since she was a little girl raiding the record collection of her dad, who disc jockeyed at...

Sonny Throckmorton on ‘What a Way to Live’
Sonny Throckmorton is one of the greatest country songwriters who ever lived. He's the man who wrote “If We’re Not Back in Love By Monday” for Merle Haggard, “Why Not...
Sonny Throckmorton on ‘What a Way to Live’
Sonny Throckmorton is one of the greatest country songwriters who ever lived. He's the man who wrote “If We’re Not Back in Love By Monday” for Merle Haggard, “Why Not...

Wynonna Judd on ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’
Country music legend Wynonna Judd first heard “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” as a young girl splitting her time between her mom’s place in LA and her grandparents' home...
Wynonna Judd on ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’
Country music legend Wynonna Judd first heard “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” as a young girl splitting her time between her mom’s place in LA and her grandparents' home...

Jack Ingram on ‘I’d Have to Be Crazy’
The first song that country star Jack Ingram ever taught himself to play on guitar was Willie’s #11 country hit from 1976, “I’d Have to Be Crazy.” This week, Jack...
Jack Ingram on ‘I’d Have to Be Crazy’
The first song that country star Jack Ingram ever taught himself to play on guitar was Willie’s #11 country hit from 1976, “I’d Have to Be Crazy.” This week, Jack...

Alejandro Escovedo on ‘Half a Man’
Alejandro Escovedo is almost surely the only artist who has shared bills with both Willie Nelson and the Sex Pistols. On this episode, the singer-songwriter—who was a major figure in...
Alejandro Escovedo on ‘Half a Man’
Alejandro Escovedo is almost surely the only artist who has shared bills with both Willie Nelson and the Sex Pistols. On this episode, the singer-songwriter—who was a major figure in...

Lyle Lovett on ‘Hello Walls’
Lyle Lovett first heard “Hello Walls” as a kid growing up in tiny Klein, Texas. This week, the four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter talks about that song, which was Willie’s first #1...
Lyle Lovett on ‘Hello Walls’
Lyle Lovett first heard “Hello Walls” as a kid growing up in tiny Klein, Texas. This week, the four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter talks about that song, which was Willie’s first #1...

Margo Price on ‘Angel Flying Too Close to the G...
The Grammy-nominated Americana singer-songwriter takes a look at Willie's #1 country hit from 1980, "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," a topic that prompts her to do some deep...
Margo Price on ‘Angel Flying Too Close to the G...
The Grammy-nominated Americana singer-songwriter takes a look at Willie's #1 country hit from 1980, "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," a topic that prompts her to do some deep...