restoration

one of the most interesting albums in ridiculously large output of willie nelson. produced and musically supervised by young alternative-country firebrand Ryan Adams, this sounds like a Cardinals-plate with Nelson as a singer. played four nelson tees, two of Adams, and to get a few selected interesting cover versions of Fleetwood Mac to the Grateful Dead.

The bottom line is a bit reminiscent of Bob Dylan's latest boards: a young band playing ancient American folk music, accompanied by a singer who seems long since fallen out of time, voice trembling, but highly charismatic.

Highlights for me are precisely the felt cover version of Leonard Cohen's 97. "Hallelujah" - interpreted quite succinctly and dry, a charming contrast to eg the highly dramatic version of Jeff Buckley. and the bouncers, the beautiful old funeral and wedding song "Amazing Grace": they embedded from major to minor order, and thus it sounds absurd, less pathetic.

a largely of successful beseech, to restore the good old Willie. they would have a little less on pedal steel pedal pressed tears and a bit let the electric guitar gruff howl wärs many light become even more exciting.

now I wish even Willie Nelson horsepower as backing bands with Calexico, Wilco and 16.