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<p><br></p><p>LOVE THIS JAZZY WILLIE NELSON TUNE</p><p>THANKS FOR LISTENS SWEET FRIENDS 💗</p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">"</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Night Life</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">" is a song written by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> singer-songwriter </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Willie Nelson</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. Nelson was inspired to write the song during one of his trips from his home in </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pasadena, Texas</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, to his work, singing at the </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_Ballroom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Esquire Ballroom</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> in </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Houston</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><br></p><h2><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Background and recording</span></h2><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">After his son Billy was born in 1958, struggling with financial issues, Nelson moved to Houston. On the way, Nelson stopped by the </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_Ballroom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Esquire Ballroom</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> to sell songs to house band singer </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Butler_(producer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Larry Butler</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. While working at the club, Nelson used the time during the thirty-mile commute from his home to the club to write songs. One night he was inspired after thinking of the line "When the evening sun goes down, you will find me hanging 'round." Nelson's inspiration was completed on his way back, with the line "The night life ain't no good life, but it's my life."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Nelson sold the song for $150 to Paul Buskirk in 1960, while working at his school as a guitar</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The song was rejected by Pappy Daily, who did not consider it country. Nelson, who owed Daily the recording of other songs, had sold "Night Life" for enough money to master the record at another studio. Daily threatened to sue Nelson if he pressed the song. Nelson and Buskirk took the tapes from Gold Star Studios, and song was recorded as "Nite Life," and Released through Rx Records, few copies of the single were pressed and it received limited airplay by DJ Uncle Hank Craig on </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEG-AM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">XEG</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><br></p><h2><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Later recordings</span></h2><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1960 </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Price</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> purchased the song and recorded a cover of it as the title track of his 1963 album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Life_(Ray_Price_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Night Life</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. The song became a hit for Price who started to use it as the introduction in his sho Price. The single reached number 28 on the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Singles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> chart.That same year, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doris Day</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> also recorded the song for her </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia Records</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> album, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Him_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love Him</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The original 1960 recording by Nelson was re-released as "Night Life," for the first time under his own name, on Bellaire Records in 1963,</span></p><p><br></p><p><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hirt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Al Hirt</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> included the song in his 1964 LP </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Lips_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sugar Lips</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, singing the verses and playing behind the chorus. In 1965, Nelson recorded the song for his </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Victor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCA Victor</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> release, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Willie_%E2%80%93_His_Own_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Country Willie – His Own Songs</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. The liner notes of the album stated that "Willie writes the songs...</span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">You</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> make them into hits," detailing the songs written by Nelson that were hits for other artists including Ray Price's recording of "Night Life."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1969, "Night Life" was covered by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Webb_(guitarist)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stan Webb</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, the singer with </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Shack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chicken Shack</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> and issued as the B-side to a well-received cover of "</span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Rather_Go_Blind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I'd Rather Go Blind</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">," sung by Christine Perfect (better known as </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_McVie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christine McVie</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, of </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fleetwood Mac</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> fame).</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The song was covered by several other artists including </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aretha Franklin</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B.B. King</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dottie_West" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dottie West</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ho" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don Ho</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, and </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Draper" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rusty Draper</a> </u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> It was a recurring staple of B.B. King's career, being featured on the live album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Is_King" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blues Is King</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> and a single released around the same time. Finally, on </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuces_Wild_(B.B._King_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deuces Wild</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, B.B. performed the song as a duet with Willie Nelson himself.</span></p><p><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dolly Parton</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> performed the song on television twice: on her 1970s variety show </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dolly!</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, and again on her 1980s variety show </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(1987_TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dolly</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crystal Gayle</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> performed Night Life, accompanied by B.B. King on guitar, on her first CBS TV show, The Crystal Gayle Special (1979).</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">A version recorded by Nelson and trumpeter </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Davis_(country_musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Danny Davis</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> in 1979 reached number 20 on the </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Billboard</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> Hot Country Singles chart in 1980, and number 9 on the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPM</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> Country Tracks chart.A cover by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B.J. Thomas</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Lee Roth</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> released the song as a single from his 1994 album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Filthy_Little_Mouth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Your Filthy Little Mouth</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aretha Franklin</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> released a cover on her 1998 album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Delta_Meets_Detroit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Delta Meets Detroit</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson famously performed Willie's classic song "</span></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Night Life</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">" together in 2003 at a Beacon Theatre concert celebrating </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ericclapton/videos/on-this-day-in-1933-willie-nelson-was-born-enjoy-this-performance-of-eric-and-wi/677284671695120/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> in New York City, a well-loved collaboration showcasing Clapton's guitar alongside Nelson's vocals on the bluesy tune about dreams and longing.</span></p><h2><br></h2><p><br></p>