Willis Alan Ramsey - Ballad of Spider John descargar videos gratis

Christine Wagner

He made one astonishingly good album in the 70's then he disappears . I saw him recently at a small venue in Niwot, Colorado . Willis could have played stadiums, but he chose a private life with royalty payments, I guess.

Ma B

I had literally not heard this song for forty years until I listened to it just now and all the words came back to me as if by magic. I must have listened to it a lot back in the day! Beautiful melody and haunting lyrics. Thank you for posting!

brookdalebill

Haunting!

razor sharpe

Texas Legend ! 

加藤琢治

Splendid! I watched his picture for the first time. Thank you very much.

B PM

I recently saw Willis at The Blue Door in Oklahoma City and the show was disappointing. Just didn't play enough of his songs and the time between songs was extreme. But he was nice enough to talk with us for a long time. Our family knew Willis' family in Dallas, TX and also from a summer camp named Hy-Lake Camp in Tennessee. I can remember listening to Willis play guitar in the counselors cabin near the waterfront at Hy-Lake and he was pretty sorry. But to his credit, he stayed after it and I'm so glad he did. Way back in the 1970's our cousin gave us WAR's album as a Christmas present just because we knew him and the first few times I heard it, I didn't much care for it. But I kept listening and it began to grow on me. Now, it's one of my absolute favorite albums. He really is a craftsman and the album is so well done with one excellent song after another. 30+ years since that album came out and I still love it.

MediaCentralFilms

Nesmith does pre-date Willis in the music business this is true. But in terms of this style of music it was really Willis who put his signature on it.

Dennis W.

I think Nesmith pre-dates Willis by a few years.

Cathy Moore

Did Willis Allen Ramsey write all of these songs? Has it been almost 40 years? Why did he spend so much time in England? Did he end up marrying that pretty singer he was engaged to back in the 80's? When is his next show in Dallas? :)

gayle berry

My husband had that album that he brought back from San Antone when he played out there back in '76, but loaned it to a friend and never got it back. He still plays about half the songs on it in his live show, and people in Alabama instantly become Willis Alan fans.

Steven Swinnea

TX Connection was a thirty minute production usually with two artists. The other two songs from this show, Coyote and Sleep Walking, are posted too.

Lonnie Knight

This is priceless... is this entire show available anywhere? I opened for Willis at the Rome Inn in Austin, way back in the day. He had a profound and lasting effect on my own music.

Paul Goode

Greatness. I remember seeing him in 1974 with Michael Murphy and Jerry Jeff Walker at Trinity University in San Antonio. Thanks for posting.

dennis Tarpein

Thank you for uploading this song. I had a Friend name Randy turned me on to this song and guy. Love it

Scott Smith

available on amazon if you hurry. very rare to see any copies left.

Al Maginnes

The album was released on CD in the 90s but it may be out of print now.

Austin Bodin

Started listening to this album out of my folks collection when I was 14 or 15 in the late 90s. Has remained in my upper echelon of favorites ever since. Was lucky enough to see Willis in Austin and Oklahoma City in recent years. Any guitar-transcribing virtuosos out there? I know the chord progressions of the song, just wondering if someone has/can transcribe the actual notes he's picking. I know some of it is mostly Travis-picking, and other parts are different. If so that'd be awesome!

Geeter Smith

has this album been formatted for DVR ? want this album badly.

apolloguide

when asked years later why he didn't do another album he said, "What was wrong with the first one?"

davehoganmusic

One of the best songs ever written.

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