![]() ![]() I’ve been lucky to catch Phosphorescent on tour a few times, and I’m struck by Houck’s presence. On Here’s To Taking It Easy and Muchacho, Houck sounds energized and masterful, using country music’s past to blaze a new trail. For the next few albums, he ditched the downer folk of his early days in favor of an idiosyncratic blend of country and psychedelia. ![]() Houck’s cracked voice seems especially suited to Nelson’s own perfectly imperfect tunes, and Houck sounded radiant for the first time in his career. In 2009, Houck released an all-Willie covers album called To Willie (echoing Nelson’s own 1977 ode to Lefty Frizzell, To Lefty From Willie). Though his earlier albums under the Phosphorescent name are good, Matthew Houck really found himself through Willie Nelson.
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