Willie and Family Live is a live album

Live album

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 by country music

Country music

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...

 artist 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...

. It was released in 1978 as a double

Double album

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-LP

Gramophone record

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. Recorded live at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in April 1978 at the height of Willie madness. Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 and Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...

 also are featured guests as backup vocal on some of the songs. Emmylou as backup vocal on "Will the Circle be Unbroken", "Uncloudy Day" and "Amazing Grace". Johnny Paycheck is on backup vocals on "Amazing Grace" and "Take this Job and Shove It".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Whiskey River" – 3:40
2. "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
   Stay A Little Longer
   "Stay a Little Longer" is a Western swing dance tune written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan. The title comes from a refrain in the chorus:*Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8230-8291-1...
   
   " – 3:24
3. "Funny How Time Slips Away" – 2:45
4. "Crazy" – 1:47
5. "Night Life" – 3:55
6. "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" – 1:44
7. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" – 3:33
8. "I Can Get Off on You" – 2:06

Side two

1. "If You Could Touch Her at All" – 3:00
2. "Good Hearted Woman" – 2:57
3. "Red Headed Stranger Medley" 14:25

Incl:

• "Time of the Preacher" - 2:13
• "I Couldn't Believe It Was True" - 1:03
• "Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger" - 2:40
• "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - 2:29
• "Red Headed Stranger" - 4:31

4. "Under the Double Eagle" - 2:43

Side three

1. "Till I Gain Control Again" – 5:59
2. "Bloody Mary Morning" – 3:33
3. "I'm a Memory" – 1:52
4. "Mr. Record Man" – 2:01
5. "Hello Walls" – 1:29
6. "One Day at a Time" – 2:05
7. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" – 2:18
8. "Amazing Grace" – 5:12

Side four

1. "Take This Job and Shove It
   Take This Job and Shove It
   "Take This Job and Shove It" is a song by David Allan Coe from his 1978 album, Family Album about the bitterness of a man who worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was famously covered by Johnny Paycheck...
   
   " – 2:52
2. "Uncloudy Day" – 3:40
3. "The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" – 1:29
4. "A Song for You" – 2:43
5. "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" – 1:56
6. "Georgia on My Mind" – 4:09
7. "I Gotta Get Drunk" – 1:22
8. "Whiskey River" – 2:42
9. "The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" – 2:12

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	32
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	35