Cooper Greenberg Covers Willie Nelson - CS29
Update: 2021-07-06
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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.
Cooper’s album Silver Belly will be released July 9. Be sure to check it out!
If you’re in San Antonio, see Cooper live at Sam’s Burger Joint July 9 for his album release, get tickets HERE.
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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