Captain's Quarters

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Faded Love, (1980) Didn't realize this version of the country classic, Faded Love, was from all the way back in 1980!
Nor did I realize it had some of Nashville's most famous and truly outstanding excellent sidemen.

Jody Payne (Longtime Willie Nelson guitarist, also played with Merle Haggard)

Guitar: Grady Martin (Played guitar on Marty Robbins 'El Paso', Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman', Brenda Lee's 'I'm Sorry' and more)

Steel Guitar: Buddy Emmons (played with everybody!) He won the Academy of Country Music's "Best Steel Guitarist" nine times, beginning in 1969.[2]

Drums: Paul English (played with Willie Nelson's band for decades)

Keyboards: Moises Calderon (Willie Nelson's bandleader for many years)

Bass: Dan 'Bee' Spears (Willie Nelson's bassist for four decades)

Bass: Chris Ethridge (Another excellent bassist who, like all of these guys, played with impeccable artists of interest)

Fiddle: Johnny Gimble ( A deep and varied fiddle playing career, from Bob Wills to Willie Nelson. His haunting fiddle on this track is unforgettably rich in emotion)

Harmonica: Mickey Raphael (The list of performers who he's played with is very lengthy)

All of them are gone now, except Willie Nelson, but they sure made some wonderful musical contributions during their lifetimes. It was worth the time looking them all up on Wikepedia to get a sense or their place in music history, and knowing I've heard many of them on recordings through the decades.