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In this episode of Cover Stories, Cooper Greenberg returns to cover “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” by Willie Nelson. We talk about Willie Nelson’s legacy, significance of his concept album Red-Headed Stranger to his career, and the utilization of cover songs to tell a story. We also analyze the fundamentals of new vs old country, tortured artists channeling art from grief, legacy musicians continuing to make music after their huge hits, and much more.

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In this episode, we discuss:

What Willie Nelson means to music
Red-Headed Stranger as a concept album of country standards
“Wagon Wheel” as the “Freebird” of country music
Bo Burnham’s Inside and Whitmer Thomas’ The Golden One
Les Zeppelin Robert Plant Vs Solo Artist Robert Plant

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