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Tracks recorded for Monument and RCA from 1964 to 1972. NASHVILLE WAS THE ROUGHEST... is an 8-CD import box set from the Bear label which includes a 72-page hardcover book with rare photos, complete session information and a biography of Willie Nelson written by Rich Kienzle. Personnel includes: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, vibraphone, bass); Jerry Reed, Jerry Stembridge (guitar, dobro); Chet Atkins, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, Wayne Moss, Jerry Kennedy, Velma E. Williams Smith, Leon Rhodes, Grant "Cal Smith" Shofner, Thomas Grady Martin, Pete Wade, Jr., David Carroll Kirby (guitar); Jimmy Day (steel guitar, bass); Pete Drake, Buddy Charleton, Buddy Emmons, Wyldon Myrick (steel guitar); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, organ, harpsichord); Ray Stevens (piano, organ, vibraphone); Jerry Smith (piano, harpsichord); Floyd Cramer (piano, vibraphone); David Briggs (piano); Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki, Junior Huskey (bass); Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey (drums). Producers: Fred Foster, Chet Atkins, Wolf Kabitzky, Danny Davis, Felton Jarvis. Reissue producer: Richard Weize. Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Floyd Cramer (vocals, piano); Connie Smith, Jethro, Don Bowman, Dottie West, Eddy Arnold, George Hamilton IV, Hank Locklin, Hank Snow, Homer, Homer & Jethro, William Guilford Wright, Jr., Jerry Reed , Jim Ed Brown, Jimmy Dean, John D. Loudermilk, Norma Jean , Porter Wagoner, Archie Campbell, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare (vocals); Jerry Stembridge, Jerry Reed Hubbard (guitar, electric guitar, dobro); Herman Wade, Wayne Moss (guitar, electric guitar); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, vibraphone, electric bass); Chet Atkins, Velma E. Williams Smith, Dave Kirby, Dave Zettner, Harold Bradley, James Burton, Ray Edenton, Velma Smith (guitar); Jerry Glenn Kennedy, Grady Martin, Leon Rhodes, Billy Sanford (electric guitar); Peter Drake, Jimmy Day, Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); C. Robert Thompson (banjo); Howard Carpenter, Martin Kathan (violin, viola); Sheldon Kurland, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Kenneth Goldsmith , Byron Williams, Stephanie Woolf, Laurence Harvin, Lillian Vannhunt, Carole Walker, Solie Fott, Albert Coleman, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks (violin); Wade Ray, Buddy Spicher (fiddle); David VanOsdale, Marvin Chantry (viola); David Vanderkooi, Harvey Wolfe, Byron Bach (cello); Billy Puett, Skip Lane (flute); Homer Randolph (saxophone); Wayne Butler (tenor saxophone, trombone); Norman Ray (baritone saxophone); Karl Garvin, Glenn Baxter, George Tidwell (trumpet); Damon Elliott, Eberhard Ramm, Dana King (French horn); Dennis Good, Terry Williams (trombone); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, harpsichord, organ); Harold R. "Ray Stevens" Ragsdale (piano, organ, vibraphone); William Whitney Pursell, David Briggs (piano); Bergen White (celesta, vibraphone); Glen Spreen (harpsichord, organ); Ray Stevens (organ, vibraphone); Douglas Williams (vibraphone, xyl
