To start, Phases And Stages was released at a time when the concept album had been done to death; and often poorly, particularly in the rock and country genres. Willie Nelson, though, did it right.

Then, Phases and Stages, a concept album for which Willie ... It was the first of 13 number-one country albums Willie Nelson would release in the ensuing decades, along with a dozen more top ...

Is "Bluegrass" an essential Wille Nelson album when compared to ... I didn't immediately peg it as a song from Willie's 1974 "Phases and Stages" album. The "Bluegrass" band gives it a jaunty ...

Nelson grew tired of the Music City scene in the early '70s and moved to Austin, where he helped pioneer outlaw country with albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1979 he kick ...

Nelson grew tired of the Music City scene in the early '70s and moved to Austin, where he helped pioneer outlaw country with albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1979 he ...

Willie Nelson fans are about to find out ... including “Red Headed Stranger” and “Phases and Stages.” As the country music icon celebrates his 90th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl, stars ...

Willie Nelson was drawn to Austin by events like ... reinvented country music with albums like "Shotgun Willie" and "Phases and Stages." Bruce Robison, who helmed and recorded the show, is ...

so instruments like steel guitar and tic-tac bass figure more prominently on Don’t Know a Thing than any major-label Willie release since 1974’s Phases and Stages. There’s also more Trigger ...

Willie Nelson’s autobiography ... from his masterful song cycle and follow-up to “Shotgun,” “Phases And Stages.” As he sorted through many decades of his and classic country songwriting ...

Willie and Paula Nelson are back for another ... Down Old World” which dropped this past February, the 1974 Phases and Stages hit gets the same amount of familial love. The piano-punctuated ...