The Little Willies – The Little Willies

Country/Jazz

The Little Willies – The Little Willies

The Little Willies, The Little Willies, The Little Willies…it’s just kind of fun to say, don’t you think? Well, the self titled album by The Little Willies is just as fun to listen to.

In case you were wondering, The Little Willies are Lee Alexander, Jim Campilongo, Norah Jones and Dan Riser with The Ordinaries singing background vocals and special guest Jon Dryden playing organ and accordion.

The Little Willies offer up thirteen songs, four originals and nine covers that are easy to listen to and feature an eclectic mix of country, jazz and bluegrass influences.

All of the recordings on this album sound as if they were done by people with huge smiles on their faces who really love what they do. Nowhere is that more apparent on this ablum than the must listen closing track, Lou Reed. I don’t want to spoil it for you but my favorite line of the song has to be, “He was just tipping them over, he wasn’t eating them.”

Like I said…fun stuff.

Here’s the track listing with writer credits for the album:

1. Roly Poly
(Fred Rose)

2. I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
(Fred Rose, Hank Williams)

3. Love Me
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)

4. It’s Not You It’s Me
(Richard Julian, Ashley Moore)

5. Best Of All Possible Worlds
(Kris Kristofferson)

6. No Place To Fall
(Townes Van Zandt)

7. Roll On
(Lee Alexander)

8. I Gotta Get Drunk
(Willie Nelson)

9. Streets Of Baltimore
(Tompall Glaser, Harlan Howard)

10. Easy As The Rain
(Richard Julian, Jim Campilongo)

11. Tennessee Stud
(Jimmy Driftwood)

12. Night Life
(Walter M. Freeland, Paul F. Buskirk, Willie Nelson)

13. Lou Reed
(Lee Alexander, Richard Julian, Norah Jones)

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