Just One Love Explained

Just One Love
Type:	studio
Artist:	Willie Nelson
Cover:	Willie-Nelson-Just-One-Love.jpg
Released:	1995
Genre:	Country
Length:	38:13
Label:	Justice^[1]
Producer:	Grady Martin^[2]
Prev Title:	Healing Hands of Time
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Augusta
Next Year:	1995

Just One Love is a studio album by the American country singer Willie Nelson, released in 1995.^[3] ^[4] Ten of the songs are covers of pre-rock 'n' roll country and honky tonk.

Just One Love includes two duets with Kimmie Rhodes.^[5] "Eight More Miles to Louisville" is a cover of the Grandpa Jones song.^[6]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album finds Nelson "veering between simple elegance and somnambulism." The Washington Post deemed it "a superb, old-fashioned honky-tonk album."^[7]

Track listing

"Just One Love" (Kimmie Rhodes) - 4:03
"Each Night at Nine" (Floyd Tillman)- 2:21
"This Cold Cold War with You" (Floyd Tillman)- 2:52
"Better Left Forgotten" (Chip Young)- 3:05
"It's a Sin" (Fred Rose, Zeb Turner) - 2:02
"Four Walls" (George Campbell, Marvin Moore) - 4:12
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" (Merle Travis, Tex Williams) - 2:54
"I Just Drove By" (Kimmie Rhodes) - 4:12
"Cold, Cold Heart" (Hank Williams) - 3:10
"Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart)- 2:07
"Alabam" (Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas) - 2:38
"Eight More Miles to Louisville" (Louis "Grandpa" Jones)- 2:16

Personnel

Willie Nelson - Guitar, vocals
Ray Edenton - Guitar
Buddy Emmons - Bass, steel guitar
Freddy Joe Fletcher - Drums
Buddy Harman - Drums
Grandpa Jones - Banjo, vocals
Lisa Jones - Dulcime
Mike Leech - Bass
Grady Martin - Guitar, keyboards
Bobbie Nelson - Keyboards
Jody Payne - Guitar
Kimmie Rhodes - Vocals
Pete Wade - Guitar
Chip Young - Guitar
Eric Paul - Engineer

Notes and References

Web site: Robert Christgau: The Unflashiest: Willie Nelson. www.robertchristgau.com.
Web site: All 146 Willie Nelson Albums, Ranked. David. Courtney. Michael. Hall. Rich. Kienzle. Max. Marshall. Joe Nick. Patoski. John. Spong. Christian. Wallace. Texas Monthly.
Book: Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Irwin. Stambler. Grelun. Landon. July 14, 2000. Macmillan. 9780312264871 . Google Books.
Scherman . Tony . Picks & pans — Just One Love — Willie Nelson: A Classic & Unreleased Collection by Willie Nelson . People . Aug 28, 1995 . 44 . 9 . 21.
News: Davis . John T. . What people like; 'Willie Nelson looks back at 'good songs' . Austin American-Statesman . 17 Aug 1995 . 10.
Verna . Paul . Album reviews — Just One Love by Willie Nelson . Billboard . Jul 22, 1995 . 107 . 29 . 56.
News: WILLIE NELSON: OUTLAW GETS SOME JUSTICE . The Washington Post . 27 May 2022.