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Me and the Drummer (2000)

Where the lyrics of Me and the Drummer take you, and where it was really made.

Willie Nelson re-recorded his own 1960s songs with the band he played with back then, and Europe later reissued the album under a longer title.

Key places

Pedernales Recording Studio (2000)

Recording site Pedernales Recording Studio — Credited as the recording location of this album. The mark sits on the studio building, not a verified exact spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Me and the Drummer: 47th studio album by American country artist Willie Nelson
• Released June 6, 2000 by Luck Records
• Nelson revisits some of his classic songs from the sixties
• Performed with his band the Offenders
• Thirteen tracks on the original release
• All songs by Nelson except the title track, credited to Bill McDavid
• Re-released in Europe in 2001 as Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer)
• The European re-release omits "What a Way to Live"

Background

• Songs drawn from Nelson's own compositions first recorded in the 1960s
• The Offenders: the band Nelson played with in the 1960s
• Described as the first Nelson album released in the new decade

Recording

• Recorded live in the studio with The Offenders
• Recording credited to Pedernales Recording Studio in Spicewood

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Willie Hugh Nelson on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas.
• Wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band, Bohemian Polka, as a guitarist at age nine.
• Attended Baylor University for two years before dropping out to pursue music.
• Moved to Nashville in 1960 and joined Ray Price's band as a bassist.

Career

• Songs such as "Crazy" (Patsy Cline), "Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Pretty Paper" became hits for other artists.
• Debut album ...And Then I Wrote was released in 1962; joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1965.
• Helped lead the outlaw country movement after moving to Austin, Texas in 1972.
• Red Headed Stranger (1975) was a critically acclaimed concept album; the single "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became his first number one hit.
• Co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 with Neil Young and John Mellencamp.
• Acted in over 30 films, including The Electric Horseman (1979).
• Received a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance for "Ride Me Back Home" (2019).
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released June 6, 2000 by Luck Records
• Original album: 13 tracks, all by Nelson except the title track
• Title track "Me and the Drummer" credited to Bill McDavid, 5:09
• Track 2 "Home Motel", 4:07
• Track 3 "Let My Mind Wander", 5:04
• Track 4 "I'd Rather You Didn't Love Me", 3:25
• Track 5 "Something to Think About", 2:48
• Track 6 "No Tomorrow in Sight", 3:11
• Track 7 "I'm So Ashamed", 3:40
• Track 8 "A Moment Isn't Very Long", 3:19
• Track 9 "Rainy Day Blues", 3:34
• Track 10 "You Wouldn't Cross the Street to Say Goodbye", 3:26
• Track 11 "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes", 2:46
• Track 12 "Forgiving You Was Easy", 2:59
• Track 13 "What a Way to Live", 4:11
• Running time of the listed tracks adds up to 47:39
• Shortest track: "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes", 2:46
• Longest track: the title track, 5:09
• The 2001 European re-release, titled Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer), dropped "What a Way to Live"
• A Spanish-language reference lists 12 tracks, matching the re-release without "What a Way to Live"
• Discogs notes: printed and manufactured in the E.C.
• Marketed in Canada in association with OPM & EMI Distribution

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track is the only song on the album not written by Willie Nelson; it is credited to Bill McDavid.
• The European re-release dropped "What a Way to Live", the closing track of the original album.
• A Spanish-language reference describes the album as Nelson's first in the new decade.
• Discogs notes that the release was printed and manufactured in the E.C.
• In Canada the album was marketed in association with OPM & EMI Distribution.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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