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The cliche about children's albums by "adult" artists is that they're for grownups too. In this case, that's literally true, as Willie Nelson cannily conceived RAINBOW CONNECTION as a "family album" that moves chronologically from childhood concerns to more adult considerations (and compositions). The disc kicks off with the beloved title song, which hails from the famed kids' show SESAME ST., eventually moving through everything from the multi-generational confusion of the comic "I'm My Own Grandpa" to to the me-and-my-dog ballad "Ol' Blue."
Though this album has a homemade feel accentuated by the sparse, mostly acoustic arrangements (Nelson is often accompanied by only two other musicians), Willie adds a bit of Western Swing flavor and jazzy guitar licks to "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" and "Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon." The "adult" song cycle that ends the album includes the rounder's tragedy "Playin' Dominoes and Shootin' Dice," the classic blues "Outskirts of Town," and two songs by country troubadour Mickey Newbury. The first is "I Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was in)," on which Nelson diplomatically pretends ignorance of the tune's drug metaphors. The second is the album-closer "The Thirty-Third of August," a mature song of intense self-examination that is the perfect ending to this all-ages song cycle.
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Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Asher, ComposerLyricist - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, MainArtist - David Zettner, Producer - Matt Hubbard, Producer - Amy Nelson, Producer - Paul Edgar Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Griffin, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Moe Jaffe, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Lathem, ComposerLyricist - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - O.D. Dobbs, ComposerLyricist - Tex Woods, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Willie Weldon, ComposerLyricist - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Newbury, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Newbury, ComposerLyricist - David Zettner, Producer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - George Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lana Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Hubbard, Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Rhodes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Nelson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The cliche about children's albums by "adult" artists is that they're for grownups too. In this case, that's literally true, as Willie Nelson cannily conceived RAINBOW CONNECTION as a "family album" that moves chronologically from childhood concerns to more adult considerations (and compositions). The disc kicks off with the beloved title song, which hails from the famed kids' show SESAME ST., eventually moving through everything from the multi-generational confusion of the comic "I'm My Own Grandpa" to to the me-and-my-dog ballad "Ol' Blue."
Though this album has a homemade feel accentuated by the sparse, mostly acoustic arrangements (Nelson is often accompanied by only two other musicians), Willie adds a bit of Western Swing flavor and jazzy guitar licks to "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" and "Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon." The "adult" song cycle that ends the album includes the rounder's tragedy "Playin' Dominoes and Shootin' Dice," the classic blues "Outskirts of Town," and two songs by country troubadour Mickey Newbury. The first is "I Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was in)," on which Nelson diplomatically pretends ignorance of the tune's drug metaphors. The second is the album-closer "The Thirty-Third of August," a mature song of intense self-examination that is the perfect ending to this all-ages song cycle.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:43
- Main artists: Willie Nelson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2001 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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