Milk Cow Blues

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Artist: Willie Nelson
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Release Date: September 19, 2000
Total Time: 69:43
Type: Lyrics are included with the album
Genre: Country

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Willie Nelson's idiosyncratic vocal style has always been heavily influenced by the blues, just as much as it has been by country, pop, and folk, but he'd never recorded a straight blues album until 2000's Milk Cow Blues. Any longtime Nelson fan will undoubtedly be quietly thrilled with the idea of a straight blues album, and the very first notes make it seem like the record will deliver on its promise. Then Francine Reed starts singing. Yes, Milk Cow Blues is designed as a star-studded duets album, which is apparently the only way major labels think a new album from a veteran superstar will attract press attention and fan curiosity. Sometimes, the concept works, at least commercially, as proved by the stunning success of Santana's Supernatural. Here, the idea doesn't work quite as well, with the exception of the appearance of Dr. John. Nelson is in great voice here, and his three solo tracks are outstanding. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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Milk Cow Blues

Studio album by Willie Nelson

Released

September 19, 2000

Willie Nelson chronology

Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer)
(2000)

Milk Cow Blues
(2000)

Rainbow Connection
(2001)

Milk Cow Blues is an album from American country singer Willie Nelson, released on September 19, 2000 on the Island Records label. It features many famous blues artists, including B. B. King and Dr. John.

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Track listing

"Milk Cow Blues" (With Francine Reed) - 4:30
"Outskirts of Town" (With Keb' Mo') - 2:56
"Black Night" (With Dr. John) - 5:22
"Funny How Time Slips Away" (With Reed) - 4:11
"Rainy Day Blues" (With Jonny Lang) - 5:09
"Crazy" (With Susan Tedeschi) - 4:16
"The Thrill Is Gone" (With B. B. King) - 4:26
"Wake Me When It's Over" - 4:12
"Kansas City" (With Tedeschi) - 2:51
"Fool's Paradise" (With Dr. John) - 4:17
"Ain't Nobody's Business" (With Lang) - 5:08
"Night Life" (With King) - 4:25
"Sittin' on Top of the World" - 4:46
"Lonely Street" - 4:26
"Texas Flood" (With Kenny Wayne Shepherd) - 8:46

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Blues Albums	2
Canadian RPM Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	83

External links

Willie Nelson's Official Website

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Studio albums	And Then I Wrote Here's Willie Nelson Country Willie – His Own Songs Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style Make Way for Willie Nelson "The Party's Over" And Other Great Willie Nelson Songs Texas in My Soul Good Times My Own Peculiar Way Both Sides Now Laying My Burdens Down Willie Nelson and Family Yesterday's Wine The Words Don't Fit the Picture The Willie Way Shotgun Willie Phases and Stages Red Headed Stranger The Sound in Your Mind The Troublemaker To Lefty from Willie There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Stardust Sings Kristofferson Pretty Paper The Electric Horseman Honeysuckle Rose Family Bible Somewhere Over the Rainbow Always On My Mind Tougher Than Leather Without a Song City of New Orleans Angel Eyes Me & Paul Partners The Promiseland Island in the Sea What a Wonderful World A Horse Called Music Born for Trouble Any Old Arms Won't Do The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? Across the Borderline Moonlight Becomes You Healing Hands of Time Six Hours at Pedernales Just One Love Spirit How Great Thou Art Teatro Night and Day Tales Out of Luck (Me and the Drummer) Milk Cow Blues Rainbow Connection The Great Divide Nacogdoches It Always Will Be Countryman You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Songbird Moment of Forever American Classic Country Music Remember Me, Vol. 1

Live albums	Country Music Concert Willie Nelson Live Willie and Family Live All of Me – Live in Concert Willie Nelson & Friends – Stars & Guitars Live and Kickin' Live at Billy Bob's Texas Outlaws and Angels Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles

Compilation albums	Columbus Stockade Blues Country Winners The Best of Willie Nelson Spotlight on Willie Nelson Country Willie What Can You Do to Me Now The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends Willie – Before His Time Face of a Fighter Sweet Memories Always His Very Best Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Minstrel Man Everybody's Talkin' The Best of Willie Nelson 20 of the Best Collectors Series Half Nelson Love Songs Yours Always Super Hits Super Hits, Volume 2 Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993 Willie Standard Time 16 Biggest Hits Good Ol' Country Singin' All the Songs I've Loved Before: 40 Unforgettable Songs Crazy: The Demo Sessions The Essential Willie Nelson Songs 16 Biggest Hits, Volume II One Hell of a Ride Playlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson Legend: The Best of Willie Nelson Naked Willie Lost Highway

Songs	"San Antonio Rose" "Bring Me Sunshine" "Yesterday's Wine" "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" "Fire and Rain" "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" "Georgia on My Mind" "Blue Skies" "All of Me" "Whiskey River" "Sweet Memories" "September Song" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" "Midnight Rider" "On the Road Again" "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" "Mona Lisa" "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" "Always on My Mind" "Let It Be Me" "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" "Why Do I Have to Choose" "Take It to the Limit" "Without a Song" "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" "City of New Orleans" "Seven Spanish Angels" "Forgiving You Was Easy" "Living in the Promiseland" "Spanish Eyes" "Twilight Time" "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" "There You Are" "Mendocino County Line" "You Don't Know Me" "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" "Gravedigger"

Filmography	The Electric Horseman Honeysuckle Rose Thief' Barbarosa Once Upon a Texas Train Starlight Gone Fishin' Wag the Dog Half Baked The Country Bears The Dukes of Hazzard Beerfest Broken Bridges The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning Blonde Ambition Swing Vote Surfer, Dude Beer For My Horses A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Related articles	Willie Nelson filmography List of awards and nominations received by Willie Nelson Outlaw country Columbia Records Legacy Recordings Lost Highway Records National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Shirley Collie Nelson

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