“[Willie Nelson] takes out a joint and passes it to me. I usually don’t partake, but to pass up a chance to inhale with Willie would be a sin.” — Jon Bon Jovi, from “Willie Stories”

Willie Nelson stories told by B. B. King, Jon Bon Jovi, Toby Keith, James Caan, Kris Kristofferson, and others. Essays on Blind Willie Johnson, Otis Blackwell, Tommy Thompson, R.L. Burnside, Chris Bell, Ester Phillips, and many more.

Contributors include John Jeremiah Sullivan, Billy Collins, Roy Blount Jr., Katy Vine, Lauren Wilcox, and more.

CD Tracks:

1.  Why You Been Gone So Long / Johnny Darrell

2.  Total Destruction to Your Mind / Swamp Dogg

3.  1952 Vincent Black Lightning / The Del McCoury Band

4.  La Chanson d’une Fille de Quinze Ans (Song of a Fifteen Year Old Girl) / Ann Savoy and Linda Ronstadt

5.  Swan Blues / King Pleasure

6.  Run on for a Long Time / The Blind Boys of Alabama

7.  Evelyn Is Not Real / My Morning Jacket

8.  Lake Charles Boogie / Nellie Lutcher

9.  Hot Rod / The Collins Kids

10. No Headstone on My Grave / Esther Phillips

11. El Paso / The Gourds

12. Leaving Loachapoka / Marshall Chapman

13. Grits Ain’t Groceries / Little Milton

14. Killer Diller Blues / Memphis Minnie

15. Miss Maybelle / R.L. Burnside

16. God Moves on the Water / Blind Willie Johnson

17. Niki Hoeky / P.J. Proby

18. See That Coon in a Hickory Tree / The Delmore Brothers

19. Leaning on You / The Yo-Yo’s

20. You and Your Sister / Chris Bell

21. Columbus Stockade Blues / Willie Nelson

22. A Little Girl from Little Rock / Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell

23. Goodnight Moon / Will Kimbrough