Milk Cow Blues (album)
2000 studio album by Willie Nelson
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Milk Cow Blues is the 48th studio album from American country singer Willie Nelson, released on September 19, 2000, on the Island Records label. It features many famous blues artists, including B. B. King and Dr. John.[2][3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100[4] |
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| Christgau’s Consumer Guide | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[7] |
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| Mojo | |
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| Rolling Stone | |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B[10] |
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| Released | September 19, 2000[1] | |||
| Genre | Country, blues | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Duet partner | Length |
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| 1. | "Milk Cow Blues" | Kokomo Arnold | Francine Reed | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Outskirts of Town" | Will Weldon | Keb' Mo' | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Black Night" | Jessie Mae Robinson | Dr. John | 5:22 |
| 4. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | Willie Nelson | Francine Reed | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Rainy Day Blues" | Nelson | Jonny Lang | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Crazy" | Nelson | Susan Tedeschi | 4:16 |
| 7. | "The Thrill Is Gone" | Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins | B.B. King | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Wake Me When It's Over" | Nelson | 4:12 | |
| 9. | "Kansas City" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | Susan Tedeschi | 2:51 |
| 10. | "Fool's Paradise" | David Avid, Johnny Fuller, Robert Goddins | Dr. John | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Ain't Nobody's Business" | Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins | Jonny Lang | 5:08 |
| 12. | "Night Life" | Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Nelson | B.B. King | 4:25 |
| 13. | "Sittin' on Top of the World" | Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson | 4:46 | |
| 14. | "Lonely Street" | Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W. S. Stevenson | 4:26 | |
| 15. | "Texas Flood" | Larry Davis, Joseph Scott | Kenny Wayne Shepherd | 8:46 |
Personnel
- Willie Nelson - guitar
- Derek O'Brien - guitar
- Jimmie Vaughan - guitar
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd - guitar
- Riley Osbourn - B-3 organ, piano
- George Rains - drums
- Mickey Raphael - harmonica
- John Blondell - bass guitar
