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Willis Alan Ramsey (born 5 March 1951) is an American singer / songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Dallas, Texas. Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969, and was a prominent baritone in the school's Lads and Lassies Choir.
24 de jun. de 2022 · The Next Waltz. 8.73K subscribers. 9.8K views 1 year ago LOCKHART. ...more. In 1972, Willis Alan Ramsey released his highly influential self-titled album at the age of 21. There has never...
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- “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...
A tribute to the singer-songwriter's self-titled debut, released fifty years ago, by five renowned artists, including Jimmy Buffett and Lyle Lovett. Learn about Ramsey's unique style, his legendary deal with Leon Russell, and his mysterious disappearance from the music scene.
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20 de mai. de 2022 · Fifty years ago, Willis Alan Ramsey released his only album, which included songs covered by Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett and Captain & Tennille. Texas Monthly Senior Editor John Spong talks to fans and experts about the mystery and legacy of this record.
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".
Willis Alan Ramsey is an American singer/songwriter. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Dallas, Texas. He released the critically acclaimed album, Willis Alan Ramsey, in...
11 de jun. de 2022 · 12. 1.2K views 1 year ago. Willis Alan Ramsey sings 'The Ballad of Spider John' from his 1972 Shelter album - his acclaimed and only recorded album titled 'Willis Alan Ramsey'. Ramsey...
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