To Lefty From Willie (1977) is Nelson’s heartfelt hat-tip to primary influence Lefty Frizzell, one of the first to incorporate jazzy phrasing into country music. Willie & Family Live captures a full 1978 Lake Tahoe concert with Willie tackling gospel, standards, and a decade-spanning batch of his own songs, demonstrating his masterful technique for shaping a song to his own unique ends. San Antonio Rose (1980) is a duet album with ’60s country star Ray Price and delivers period-perfect versions of ’60s country classics, a few of which were penned by Willie himself. Released that same year, Honeysuckle Rose (1980) is the soundtrack to a film in which Willie starred, and is essentially a live album as raw and satisfying as Willie & Family Live.