the weeded troubadour of outlaw country has had plenty of high (ha!) points, and low ones for that matter, but he was never higher (welcome to pun city!) than on a three album run in the early '70s. shotgun willie and red headed stranger are widely regarded as out and out classics, as they ought to be, but in between the two (the meat in the gourmet sandwich, if you will), phases and stages still goes mostly unnoticed. sure chet filippo slobbered over it in rolling stone at the time and it's gotten some love since but this is, without a doubt, his artistic apex. never has the king of concise packed so much punch in so few words. a concept record about the end of a relationship with side a from the lady's perspective and side b from the dude's. there is no better tune in willie nelson's career than "walkin'" and the rest ain't no slouch either. stone(d) cold gourmet.
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