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Six Hours at Pedernales (1995)

Where the lyrics of Six Hours at Pedernales take you, and where it was really made.

This Willie Nelson album was a collaboration with Step One Records co-founder Curtis Potter, and a Texas Monthly review singled out Potter's vocals and the synths while noting that Nelson's guitar Trigger was absent.

Key places

Recorded at Pedernales Recording (1995)

Recording site Pedernales Studio — The album page links the recording to Pedernales Recording in Spicewood, Texas. The point uses the town centre, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Six Hours at Pedernales: studio album by country singer Willie Nelson and Step One Records co-founder Curtis Potter
• Credited as a collaborative album between Nelson and Potter
• Released on Step One Records
• Spanish Wikipedia calls it Nelson's 45th studio album
• Italian Wikipedia gives the release year as 1994
• English metadata for this entry lists 1995, so the release year differs between sources
• Twelve tracks in total
• Nelson wrote or co-wrote several songs, including "The Party's Over" and "It Should Be Easier Now"
• Ray Pennington wrote three songs on the album

Background

• Curtis Potter is credited as a vocalist and performer
• Potter is also a co-founder of Step One Records
• Nelson's guitar and vocals are credited in the personnel list

Recording

• Recording location listed as Pedernales Recording in Spicewood, Texas
• Session players include Gene Chrisman on drums and Buddy Emmons on pedal steel guitar
• Kristin Wilkinson is credited for strings
• Other credited players include Brent Mason and Gregg Galbraith on electric guitar, and Rob Hajacos on fiddle

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

• Texas Monthly wrote that the album is full of slick swing, fat synths, and flabby snare drums.
• Texas Monthly singled out Curtis Potter's Robert Goulet-style crooning as a weak point.
• Texas Monthly said there is no sign of Nelson's guitar Trigger on the record.
• The review's criticism centers on the production and Potter's vocal style.

Reappraisal

• Texas Monthly's review is the only critical assessment recorded for this album.
• No later critical reappraisal is recorded on this page.

Records

• No chart positions, sales figures, certifications, or awards are recorded for this album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album has twelve tracks, and Ray Pennington wrote three of them.
• Willie Nelson is credited as a writer on "The Party's Over", "Are You Sure", "It Should Be Easier Now", and "My Own Peculiar Way".
• Curtis Potter is credited as a vocalist and performer, and he co-founded Step One Records.
• Spanish Wikipedia calls this Nelson's 45th studio album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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