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Willis Alan Ramsey is the sole studio release by the Texas songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey. The album's genre is hard to categorize with touches of country, country rock, folk, and folk rock. The tunes range from the reflection and regret of "The Ballad of Spider John" to a heartfelt tribute to Woody Guthrie on "Boy from Oklahoma".
- 1972
- May 1972
May 20, 2022 · Texas Monthly Senior Editor John Spong spoke with a who’s who of high-profile Willis Alan Ramsey fans about the album, and pondered the question of when and whether there will ever be a second one. Listen to this extended version of the interview above or read the transcript below.
He released the critically acclaimed album, Willis Alan Ramsey, in 1972 on the Shelter label. The album included " Muskrat Candlelight " which was covered (under the title "Muskrat Love") by America in 1973 and by Captain & Tennille in 1976.
- “Ballad of Spider John”
- “Muskrat Candlelight”
- “Satin Sheets”
- “Goodbye Old Missoula”
- “Northeast Texas Women”
- The Fabled Next Record
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Singer-songwriter, author, and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett covered “Ballad of Spider John” for his third album, 1974’s Living and Dying in ¾ Time. I first got noticed in the early seventies, after Jerry Jeff Walker made me come to Austin. I was already living in Key West but actually playing more in Texas, and Austin was just getting started. It was...
In the fall of 1976, pop sensation Captain & Tennille—the Grammy-winning husband-and-wife team of Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille—had a number four hit with their cover of “Muskrat Candlelight,” renamed “Muskrat Love” in 1973, when it was originally covered by the band America. You know, I have never met Willis. Even when “Muskrat Love” was number o...
Austin singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin, a three-time Grammy winner, covered “Satin Sheets”—along with songs by Bob Dylan, Sting, Tom Waits, and Jimmy Webb—on her 1994 album Cover Girl. In 1976 I had fallen in love with a fiddle player in Illinois, joined his band, and then we moved to Austin. Willis’s record was already four years old, and I hadn’t ...
Together with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock, singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore was a member of Lubbock’s legendary Flatlanders, a short-lived early-seventies country act that was hailed as an Americana supergroup when they re-formed in 1998. Gilmore covered “Goodbye Old Missoula” on his 2000 solo album One Endless Night. I first met Willis when he ...
Four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett splits his time between Austin and Klein, Texas. He has performed various songs off Willis Alan Ramsey in his live shows ever since discovering the album. My first musical partner in crime was a high school buddy named Bruce Lyon. He was a year older than me, and he went to [UT] after graduatin...
There’s been a lot of tears and frustration with why there’s not been another album. Everybody’s been waiting for fifty years. But I’ve got an idea. I’m always looking for cool guitars, and when I go to Los Angeles, I check in at Westwood Music. One day a couple years ago I was in there, and I was looking up on the wall and saw this old Martin D-18...
The fiftieth anniversary of Willis Alan Ramsey's self-titled debut album, released in 1972, is celebrated by five renowned singer-songwriters who share their memories of the seminal and sole record of the Austin-based artist. Learn about his life, music, and legacy from Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Alejandro Escovedo, and others.
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Willis Alan Ramsey by Willis Alan Ramsey released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Aug 11, 2020 · This self-titled album is a landmark. It was recorded on Leon Russell's Shelter label in 1972, and Russell sat in on piano. Willis Alan Ramsey is a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas Country. Covered by numerous artists who cut versions of Ramsey's songs, including Widespread Panic with "Geraldine & The Honey Bee", Jerry Jeff Walker ...
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Mar 15, 2017 · The self-titled 1972 album, produced by Leon Russell and released on Russell's label Shelter, is considered the holy grail of songwriting. Artists such as Lyle Lovett, who has long praised...
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