Pretty Paper (Remastered) Willie Nelson

• 1 Pretty Paper (Remastered) 02:22
• 2 White Christmas (Remastered) 02:44
• 3 Winter Wonderland (Remastered) 02:24
• 4 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Remastered) 02:10
• 5 Jingle Bells (Remastered) 02:09
• 6 Here Comes Santa Claus (Remastered) 01:52
• 7 Blue Christmas (Remastered) 02:38
• 8 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Remastered) 02:10
• 9 Frosty the Snowman (Remastered) 02:23
• 10 Silent Night, Holy Night (Remastered) 03:42
• 11 O Little Town of Bethlehem (Remastered) 01:27
• 12 Christmas Blues (Remastered) 03:12
• Total Runtime 29:13

Info for Pretty Paper (Remastered)

Willie gave us a new Christmas classic with the title song on this 1979 LP, which reached the pop charts that December. He also delivers utterly charming renditions of White Christmas; Jingle Bells; Silent Night; Here Comes Santa Claus; Frosty the Snowman; Blue Christmas; Winter Wonderland, and more!

"Artists almost always release Christmas albums when they have a comfortable level of sales, and when Willie Nelson was at a popular peak during the late '70s, he chose to exploit his popularity by releasing Pretty Paper. Fortunately, the album was hardly a toss-off -- it was one of the finest country holiday records ever released. It's not just because the title track became a classic, or that his choice of material is terrific (all familiar tunes, but all great) -- it's because Nelson is a great interpreter, capable of making standards like "White Christmas" and "Silent Night" fresh and unpredictable. Few other artists are willing to put their personal stamp on these standards, and that alone is enough to make Pretty Paper a holiday record to cherish." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Willie Nelson, vocals, guitar
Paul English, drums
Chris Ethridge, bass
Booker T. Jones, keyboards
Rex Ludwick, drums
Jody Payne, guitar
Mickey Raphael, harmonica
Bee Spears, bass

Digitally remastered

Willie Nelson
With a six-decade career and a catalog of more than 200 albums to his credit, the iconic Texas singer-songwriter Willie Nelsonhas earned a permanent position in pop music’s pantheon with songs combining the sophistication of Tin Pan Alley with the rough-and-tumble grit and emotional honesty of country music. He brought pop and country together on the radio in the early 1960s with unforgettable songs like “Crazy” (Patsy Cline), “Hello Walls” (Faron Young), “Funny How Time Slips Away” (Billy Walker), “Night Life” (Ray Price) and others and, by the mid-1970s, had become a superstar in his own right as a prime mover of a revolutionary and thriving outlaw country music scene. The Red Headed Stranger, Willie’s first album for Columbia Records in 1975, catapulted the artist to the front ranks of popularity, making his a name familiar in country and city households across America and around-the-world.

A seven-time Grammy Award winner, Willie Nelson has received numerous accolades including American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards and others. He is a co-founder of Farm Aid, an annual series of fundraising events which began as an all-star benefit concert in 1985 to raise money for American family farmers. He continues to lobby against horse slaughter and produces his own blend of biodiesel fuel. An old-school road-dog troubadour with new school wheels, Willie plays concerts year-round, tirelessly touring on Honeysuckle Rose III (he rode his first two buses into the ground), taking his music and fans to places that are always worth the ride.

The very first musician to perform on the premiere episode of Austin City Limits in 1974, Willie Nelson was inducted into the inaugural class of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame by fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey on Saturday, April 26, 2014. “There would be no Austin City Limits without Willie Nelson,” McConaughey told the audience assembled at the University of Texas at Austin, the original home of what is now America’s longest-running televised music program.

Willie Nelson, who turned 81 on April 29/April 30, is an American original, a sublime singer, master tunesmith and outlaw country’s most enduring archetype.

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