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Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

. He recorded it with Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...

's band, the Texas Troubadours and Western Swing fiddler-vocalist Wade Ray with studio musicians Jimmy Wilkerson and Hargus "Pig" Robbins. At the time of the recording, Nelson was a regular on a syndicated TV show hosted by Tubb.

In 1970, RCA issued an abridged version of this album as "Columbus Stockade Blues" (RCA Camden CAS-2444)

Track listing

1. "Columbus Stockade Blues" – (Traditional) – 1:58
2. "Seasons of My Heart" – (George Jones
   George Jones
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   , Darrell Edwards) – 2:44
3. "I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)" – (Jenny Lou Carson
   Jenny Lou Carson
   Jenny Lou Carson, , born Virginia Lucille Overstake, was an American country music singer-songwriter and the first woman to write a No. 1 country music hit...
   
   ) – 2:24
4. "My Window Faces the South" (Mitchell Parish, Abner Silver) – 1:42
5. "Go on Home" – (Hank Cochran
   Hank Cochran
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   ) – 2:14
6. "Fraulein" – (Lawton Williams) – 2:56
7. "San Antonio Rose" – (Bob Wills
   Bob Wills
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   ) – 2:07
8. "I Love You Because" (Leon Payne
   Leon Payne
   Leon Payne , "the Blind Balladeer", was a country music singer and songwriter.-Life:Leon Roger Payne was born in Alba, Texas on June 15, 1917. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight of the other eye in early childhood. He attended the Texas School for the Blind from 1924 to 1935,...
   
   ) – 2:58
9. "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" – (Hank Cochran) – 3:00
10. "Home in San Antone" – (Fred Rose
    Fred Rose (musician)
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    ) – 1:40
11. "Heartaches by the Number" – (Harlan Howard
    Harlan Howard
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    ) – 2:19
12. "Making Believe
    Making Believe
    Making Believe is a country music song written by Jimmy Work and best known for its chart-topping version in 1955 by Kitty Wells. The song is consistently on lists of all-time greatest country music songs and has been covered by scores of artists over the past fifty years, including Bob Dylan,...
    
    " – (Jimmy Work
    Jimmy Work
    Jimmy Work was an American country musician best known for the country standard "Making Believe".Work was born in Ohio but moved to Dukedom, Tennessee with his family at age two...
    
    ) – 2:53

Personnel

• Willie Nelson – Guitar, Vocals
• Buddy Charlton – Pedal Steel
• Jack Drake – Bass
• Jack Greene – Drums
• Wade Ray – Fiddle
• Leon Rhodes – Guitar
• Hargus Robbins – Piano
• Cal Smith – Rhythm Guitar
• James Wilkerson – Bass, Vibraphone