Shotgun Willie

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Shotgun Willie is a 1973 country album by Willie Nelson that marked a creative turning point in his career and helped launch the outlaw country movement.

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Shotgun Willie (song) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music album
studio album
artist Willie Nelson
chronology Willie Nelson
surface form: Willie Nelson discography
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource music critics as a landmark album
followedBy Phases and Stages
follows The Willie Way
genre country
outlaw country
hasContributor Augie Meyers
Doug Sahm
Waylon Jennings
hasInfluenced development of outlaw country
hasPart A Song for You
Bubbles in My Beer
Devil in a Sleepin’ Bag
I Drank All of Our Precious Love Away
Local Memory
Sad Songs and Waltzes
She’s Not for You
Shotgun Willie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shotgun Willie (song)

Slow Down Old World
So Much to Do
Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
Whiskey River
You Look Like the Devil
language English
length approximately 35 minutes
mainSubject outlaw country movement
notableFor blend of traditional country and rock influences
greater artistic control for Willie Nelson
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf outlaw country movement
performer Willie Nelson
placeOfRecording Atlantic Recording Studios
New York City
producer Arif Mardin
Jerry Wexler
Tom Dowd
publicationDate 1973
recordedIn 1972
1973
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED
recordLabelImprint Atlantic Records
surface form: Atlantic Records country division
reissueFormat compact disc
digital download
streaming
significantEvent creative turning point in Willie Nelson’s career

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Willie Nelson album Shotgun Willie
Phases and Stages follows Shotgun Willie
Shotgun Willie hasPart Shotgun Willie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shotgun Willie (song)
Willie notableWork Shotgun Willie
subject surface form: Willie Nelson