The Essential Willie Nelson [Columbia]

Original Release Date:  April 1, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. Night Life
• 2. Hello Walls
• 3. Crazy
• 4. Funny How Time Slips Away
• 5. I Never Cared for You
• 6. The Party's Over
• 7. Good Times
• 8. Me and Paul
• 9. Shotgun Willie
• 10. Bloody Mary Morning
• 11. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
• 12. Good Hearted Woman
• 13. If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)
• 14. Uncloudy Day
• 15. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys
• 16. Georgia on My Mind
• 17. Blue Skies
• 18. All of Me
• 19. Heartbreak Hotel
• 20. Help Me Make It Through the Night
• 21. Whiskey River [Live]
• 22. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) [Live]
• 23. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
• 24. Faded Love
• 25. On the Road Again
• 26. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
• 27. Always on My Mind
• 28. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
• 29. Pancho and Lefty
• 30. To All the Girls I've Loved Before
• 31. City of New Orleans
• 32. Seven Spanish Angels
• 33. Forgiving You Was Easy
• 34. Highwayman
• 35. Living in the Promiseland
• 36. Nothing I Can Do About It Now
• 37. Graceland
• 38. Everywhere I Go
• 39. Slow Dancing
• 40. Mendocino County Line
• 41. One Time Too Many [#]

Credits

• John Jackson: Project Director
• Ed Bruce: Composer
• Beth Nielsen Chapman: Composer
• Lefty Frizzell: Composer
• Waylon Jennings: Composer, Producer
• David Lynn Jones: Composer
• Kris Kristofferson: Composer
• Willie Nelson: Composer, Producer
• Johnnie Lee Wills: Composer
• Steve Goodman: Composer
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Composer
• Bob Dylan: Composer
• Elvis Presley: Composer
• Leon Russell: Producer
• Paul Simon: Composer, Production Assistant
• U2: Composer
• Albert Hammond: Composer
• Jimmy Webb: Composer
• Johnny Bush: Composer
• Troy Seals: Composer
• Steven Berkowitz: Mixing, A&R
• Mark James: Composer
• Jimmy Beck: Composer
• Bono: Composer
• Michael Brauer: Mixing
• Walt Breeland: Composer
• Paul Buskirk: Composer
• Johnny Christopher: Composer
• Hal David: Composer
• Tommy Duncan: Composer
• Bruce Fairbairn: Producer
• Fred Foster: Composer, Producer
• Roy Halee: Production Assistant
• Felton Jarvis: Producer
• Booker T. Jones: Producer
• Daniel Lanois: Producer
• Arif Mardin: Producer
• Chips Moman: Producer
• Gary P. Nunn: Composer
• Joseph M. Palmaccio: Mastering
• Richard Perry: Producer
• Sydney Pollack: Producer
• Sharon Rice: Composer
• Fred Rose: Composer
• Eddie Setser: Composer
• Billy Sherrill: Producer
• Richard Supa: Composer
• Bernie Taupin: Composer
• Steven Tyler: Composer
• Townes Van Zandt: Composer
• Sharon Vaughn: Composer
• Don Was: Producer
• Bob Wills: Composer
• Billy Jack Wills: Composer
• Stuart Gorrell: Composer
• Al Quaglieri: Compilation Producer
• Mae Boren Axton: Composer
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• David Gahr: Cover Photo
• Nick Shaffran: Compilation Producer
• Matt Serletic: Composer, Producer
• Risa Zaitschek Noah: Design
• Wayne Thompson: Composer
• Seymour Simons: Composer
• Gerald Marks: Composer
• Tommy Durden: Composer
• Wayne Carson Thompson: Composer
• Paul Stroud: Composer
• Patsy Bruce: Composer
• Donna Farar: Composer
• Lily Lew: Packaging Manager
• Darren Salmieri: A&R