On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)

On the Road Again is the title of a successful country songs by Willie Nelson, to this in 1979 wrote for the movie Honeysuckle Rose. While the movie was forgotten, the song was not only one of the greatest successes of Nelson, but also to a Crossoverhit in the country and pop area.

Formation

Nelson took the piece that acts as a band musician from life, in the fall of 1979 in Los Angeles. As a musician, had next to Nelson ( vocals, acoustic guitar) still Michey Raphael ( harmonica), Johnny Gimble (guitar), Jody Payne (guitar), Bee Spears ( bass), Rex Ludwick (drums ) and Paul English (drums, or percussion) with.

Awards and achievements

The piece not only reached number one on the Billboard country charts, but also rank 20 in the pop charts. It also came in seventh place on the Billboard adult contemporary charts.

In 1981, the song the Grammy Award for Best Country Song. In addition, Nelson was nominated for his vocal performance. Nelson was nominated for Best Film Song for an Oscar in the category.

Joe Nick Patoski wrote in the booklet of the compilation One Hell of a Ride that On the Road Again has become the " national anthem for Wanderlust ".

In the list of Rolling Stone 's 500 best songs of all time the title is ranked 471

Use in film and television

The piece has been used in several films and television series such as Forrest Gump, South Park and Shrek. In the episode Mr. Monk produced in 2002 and Willie Nelson of the U.S. detective series Monk Nelson plays the song with his band.