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Two Men with the Blues
Live album by
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis
ReleasedJuly 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)
RecordedJanuary 12–13, 2007
VenueLincoln Center, New York City
GenreJazz
Length53:26
LabelBlue Engine
ProducerDelfeayo Marsalis
Willie Nelson chronology
Moment of Forever
(2008) 		Two Men with the Blues
(2008) 		Willie and the Wheel
(2009)
Wynton Marsalis chronology
Standards and Ballads
(2008) 		Two Men with the Blues
(2008) 		He and She
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
St. Joe News-Press[2]

Two Men with the Blues is a live album by Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis.[3] It was released on July 8, 2008 by Blue Note and sold 22,000 copies in it first week of release. It was recorded on January 12–13, 2007, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bright Lights, Big City"Jimmy Reed5:20
2."Night Life"Willie Nelson5:44
3."Caldonia"Fleecie Moore3:25
4."Stardust"Hoagy Carmichael5:08
5."Basin Street Blues"Spencer Williams4:56
6."Georgia on My Mind"Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell4:40
7."Rainy Day Blues"Willie Nelson5:43
8."My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"Clarence Williams4:56
9."Ain't Nobody's Business"Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins7:27
10."That's All"Merle Travis6:08
11."Down by the Riverside" 8:12

Personnel

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Charts

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The album held the number one position in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart for four weeks.[4][5][6][7] It spent a total of 67 weeks on that chart. It peaked at number 20 on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Digital Albums charts, spending eight weeks and one week on the charts respectively.[8]

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[9] Billboard 20
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (U.S.)[9] 1
German Albums Chart IFPI 63
New Zealand Albums Chart[10] RIANZ 13

References

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  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Two Men with the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "Stjoenews.net | Two Men with the Blues". www.stjoenews.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men with the Blues Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, All About Jazz, April 30, 2008
  4. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of July 26, 2008". Billboard. July 26, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 2, 2008". Billboard. August 2, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 9, 2008". Billboard. August 9, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 16, 2008". Billboard. August 16, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  8. ^ "Two Men with the Blues - Willie..." Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  9. ^ a b U.S. Artist Chart History - Willie Nelson, Billboard
  10. ^ WILLIE NELSON / WYNTON MARSALIS - TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES (ALBUM), charts.org.nz
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