Full Show Friday: Willie Nelson Live In Amsterdam

Last year we searched the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and posted them to the site monthly.  That was all well and good but this year RtBE is upping the ante with a show every week to celebrate Full Show Friday's.  These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...

This month we have a theme! As readers of RTBE know, Spring is special for us as Jazzfest is just around the proverbial corner.  So for all of the Full Show Friday's in April we will be spotlighting artists who are playing at this years festival.

To be honest we are completely underwhelmed by this years lineup and I doubt we stick around for any of the headliners except for the closing Sunday, so listening to these shows will do us all better then the mile long cab line. 

This week we are getting down with the one the only ...Willie Nelson!

Willie Nelson, an American icon...and weed smoker.  God Bless him, people talk about Keith Richards biography Life in such high rarefied tones...give me Willie's Road mussings any day over the those junkie stories, and I love Keef.   

Out of all the artists we showcase this month, Willie is probably the one we would stick around for the most., but probably won't. We have seen him before and loved it, here's video proof. Willie will be closing this years Gentilly Stage on the 2nd Friday of the fest.

Anyway, this is a pristine looking if lackadaisical playing show, the band seems to be semi going through the motions, perhaps Amsterdam sunk its teeth into them a bit too friskily.  As always Mickey Raphael is the real highlight during Willie's sets, well and Willie's magical voice, let's get listening...  


1. Whiskey River/Stay All Night 2. Good Hearted Woman 3. Funny How Time Slips Away 4. Crazy/Night Life 5. Help Me Make It Through Night 6. Fast Train To Georgia 7. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 8. Blue Skies 9. Georgia On My Mind 10. All Of Me 11. Stardust 12. Me And Paul 13. The Gypsy 14. If You Got The Money 15. My Bucket Has A Hole In It/Jambalaya 16. Walkin' The Floor Over You 17. Vous And Moi 18. 7 Spanish Angels 19. City Of New Orleans 20. To All The Girls I've Loved Before/Luckenback/Whiskey River (Revisited) 21. Still Is Still Movin' To Me 22. Milk Cow Blues 23. Pancho And Lefty 24. Till I Gain Control 25. Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys 26. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground 27. On The Road Again 28. Always On My Mind 29. I Never Cared For You 30. Please Don't Talk About Me When Gone 31. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms