Over 50 years after the release of his wildly influential self-titled album on Leon Russell's
Shelter Records, Willis Alan Ramsey returns to touring.
Ramsey's debut in 1972 earned scores of accolades from artists ranging from The Allman
Brothers to Lyle Lovett. The album was mined by many artists for their own recordings
including Jimmy Buffett's "The Ballad of Spider John", Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Goodbye Old
Missoula", Shawn Colvin's "Satin Sheets", Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Candlelight/Love",
Jerry Jeff Walker's "Northeast Texas Women", Waylon Jennings' "Satin Sheets", New Grass
Revival's "Watermelon Man", and many more.
Since that landmark first release, Ramsey has toured only occasionally, spending time instead
with his family, honing his craft in Austin, Nashville and London, educating himself in the
science of audio recording and composing new songs. His new material has received critical
acclaim, including Lyle Lovett's recordings of "Sleepwalkin", "North Dakota" and "That's
Right (You're Not From Texas"), as well as Eric Clapton's recording of "Positively".