Artist	Song
Ryan Adams	When the Stars Go Blue
from Gold (2001)
Norah Jones	Cold Cold Heart
from Come Away With Me (2002)
Toby Keith	Weed With Willie
from Shock 'n Y'all (2003)
Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World
from Sweet Old World (2010)
Wilco	What Light
from Sky Blue Sky (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Lyle Lovett	If I Had a Boat
from Pontiac (1988)
Steve Earle	My Old Friend the Blues
from Guitar Town (1988)
Shooter Jennings	It Ain't Easy
from Electric Rodeo (2006)
Dwight Yoakam	Buenas Noches Form a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
from Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (2009)
Lee Ann Womack	I Hope You Dance
from I Hope You Dance (2000)
k.d. lang	Full Moon Full of Love
from Absolute Torch and Twang (2008)
Neko Case	Porchlight
from Furnace Room Lullaby (2007)
Gillian Welch	Orphan Girl
from Revival (1996)
Shelby Lynne	Where I'm From
from I Am Shelby Lynne (2000)
The Little Willies	Roly Poly
from Handcrafted Music (2006)
The Jayhawks	Crowded In the Wings
from Hollywood Town Hall (2008)
Son Volt	Windfall
from Trace (2008)
Old 97's	Big Brown Eyes
from Wreck Your Life (1995)
Drive-By Truckers	Gravity's Gone
from A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
John Hiatt	Lipstick Sunset
from John Hiatt: Anthology (2001)
Vic Chesnutt	Supernatural
from Drunk (2004)
Amos Lee	Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
from Amos Lee (2005)
James McMurtry	Valley Road
from Saint Mary of the Woods (2006)
John Mellencamp	Check It Out
from The Lonesome Jubilee (2005)
Buckskin Stallion	W.W.W.D.
from Blue Ribbon Buzz (2004)

Comment:

Not only is Lyle Lovett the unlikeliest Texan sex symbol since . . . well, Willie, but his fluid movement between country, jazz, gospel, pop, and soul is matchless among Nelson’s musical offspring. Plus, Lovett’s “If I Had a Boat” showcases his gator-mode wit, deceptively laid-back on the surface but capable of delivering a serious bite. Shooter Jennings, Waylon’s offspring, is quite literally a second-generation outlaw, and his “It Ain’t Easy” lays a can-I-get-a-witness gospel gloss over Willie and Waylon’s hell-raising posture. And Gillian Welch, with her O-sister-where-art-thou, hillbilly-styled “Orphan Girl,” harks back to Willie’s straightforward storytelling, using nothing more complicated than a guitar and a voice or two to loft an arrow straight into its heart-shaped target. Not enough? Then feast on our buffet of musical delicacies, featuring Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang, Hoosier heartland rocker John Mellencamp, Texas alt-country faves the Old 97’s, and more — all infused with Willie’s sweet and smoky spice.

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