Willie Nelson - One Hell Of A Ride [4xCD Box Set]

One Hell Of A Ride is a 4 CD Box set of 100 songs commemorating Willie Nelson's incredible journey by going full circle. When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song, leading off Disc One, was recorded around 1954; it is reprised as Disc Four's final track, updated in 2007.

Between those years Nelson, a Depression era kid who grew up dirt poor in Abbott, Texas, became one of the world's most recognizable figures, in the music/entertainment business or otherwise. One Hell Of A Ride is, quite simply, the most all-encompassing Nelson retrospective ever assembled.

In addition to all of its glorious music, this package also features incisive words in an essay by Nelson's biographer, Joe Nick Patoski, whose Willie Nelson: An Epic Life was published in 2008. There's also a brief reminiscence by Mickey Raphael, Nelson's longtime harmonica player, that is funny and affecting.

Finally, there is the man himself, who on April 30, 2008 turned 75. The songs herein, many of them touchstones, some lesser known gems, reflect the musical sense and sensibility of an artist for all ages, and for the ages.

Disc 1

• When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song
• No Place For Me
• Man With The Blues
• Nite Life
• Hello Walls
• Funny How Time Slips Away
• Crazy
• Half A Man
• Mr Record Man
• One In A Row
• Party's Over
• Texas In My Soul
• Good Times
• Sweet Memories
• Little Things
• Any Old Arms Won't Do
• Everybody's Talkin'
• Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
• Once More With Feeling
• I Gotta Get Drunk
• Laying My Burdens Down
• What Can You Do To Me Now
• Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
• I'm A Memory
• Family Bible
• Summer Of Roses
• Yesterday's Wine
• Me And Paul
• Words Don't Fit The Picture

Disc 2

• Good Hearted Woman w/ Waylon Jennings
• You Left A Long Long Time Ago
• She's Not For You
• You Ought To Hear me Cry
• It Should Be Easier Now
• Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys w/ Waylon Jennings
• If You Can Touch Her At All w/ Waylon Jennings
• I Can Get Off On You w/ Waylon Jennings
• Blackjack County Chain
• Johnny One Time
• Bring Me Sunshine
• I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
• Shotgun Willie
• Sad Songs And Waltzes
• Troublemaker
• Uncloudy Day
• Bloody Mary Morning
• I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
• I'd Have To Be Crazy
• If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
• Always Late (With Your Kisses)
• She's Gone Gone Gone
• I Never Go Around Mirrors
• Stardust
• Georgia On My Mind
• Song For You

Disc 3

• Whiskey River
• Till I Gain Control Again
• Stay A Little Longer
• Heartbreak Hotel
• One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
• Help Me Make It Through The Night
• Midnight Rider
• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
• Crazy Arms
• On The Road Again
• Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
• Mona Lisa
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
• Always On My Mind
• Old Friends w/ Roger Miller & Ray Price
• Pancho And Lefty w/ Merle Haggard
• Reasons To Quit w/ Merle Haggard
• In The Jailhouse Now w/ Webb Pierce
• Why Do I Have To Choose w/ Waylon Jennings
• City Of New Orleans
• To All The Girls I've Loved Before w/ Julio Iglesias
• Three Days w/ Faron Young
• Touch Me w/ Faron Young

Disc 4

• Write Your Own Songs
• Heart Of Gold
• I'm Movin' On w/ Hank Snow
• Seven Spanish Angels w/ Ray Charles
• Highwayman w/ Waylon Jennings/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson
• Living In The Promiseland
• What A Wonderful World
• Country Willie
• Graceland
• Valentine
• What Was It You Wanted
• Still Is Still Movin' To Me
• Too Sick To Pray
• Everywhere I Go
• My Own Peculiar Way
• Nuages
• Rainbow Connection
• Mendocino County Line w/ Lee Ann Womack
• Harder They Come
• Bubbles In My Beer
• When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song