Analogue Productions (Atlantic Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
One of the first albums of the Outlaw Country era!
Shotgun Willie marked a new beginning for Willie Nelson’s career, and it set the stage for his subsequent albums and his emergence as one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of country music. The recording was one of the first albums of outlaw country — a new subgenre of country music and an alternative to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound, the dominant style in the genre at the time