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What Are Some Good Willie Nelson Cassette Tapes to Buy?

The other night on CBS they aired the 90th birthday of Willie Nelson tribute concert at Hollywood Bowl. It was a great show. The concert reminded me how much I heard Willie’s music growing up.

It was inspiring and when music does that, it makes me want to post something to this blog.

Willie’s 90th was so good that I, of course, started thinking about what kind of Willie Nelson cassette tapes I could buy. Here is a list of good Willie Nelson tapes for me and you to buy:

• Willie Nelson’s Greatest Hits. anywhere from $4.00 and up on Amazon. If you’re not going to go all in and buy his whole collection, Nelson’s Greatest Hits is the tape to have.
• Stardust. Starting at $7 on Amazon, one of his boldest albums as he recorded popish songs at the height of rebel country days, and managed to one of his greatest.
• Red Headed Stranger. This one is harder to get, notice the $45ish price tag.
• Shotgun Willie. Also tougher to get, could only find it on eBay.
• Phases and Stages. Another rare one I only found on eBay.
• Waylon & Willie. Just a couple of outlaws is all.

That ought to get you on the right road. Other places to buy a Willie cassette:

• Tape lots on eBay – At the moment there is this lot of five tapes, and this Willie lot too with nine tapes in it (pictured above), looks damn ass tempting. You’ll quickly get your tape collection Nelson’d with a lot.
• TapeHead City. He always has something, changes from time to time.

The man has 74 (and counting) studio albums. That means there is a Texas-sized mountain of cassettes out there to find. Good luck hunting.

Check out some video from Willie’s Birthday party at the Hollywood Bowl for inspiration:

And we are not done yet. Even in his 90s, Willie Nelson is still touring. You can look on his site for a schedule. You can also look for tickets through the links below. Even if the show you want to go to is sold out, those sites still might have tickets.

• Willie Nelson tickets on TickPick.
• Willie Nelson tickets on TicketNetwork.
• Willie tickets via Ticket Liquidator.

While we are on the subject of Willie Nelson, my affiliate partner (Backstage Merch) has some nice Willie Nelson shirts.

Okay, that is enough Willie today. You might also be into a rare Dolly Parton tape.

-Mike The Tape Player