Texas Monthly.

Hey there, I'm John Spong with Texas Monthly magazine, and this is One by Willie, a podcast in which I talk each week to one notable Willie Nelson fan about one Willie's song that they really love.

This week, we do something a little bit different and a whole lot special.

Amanda Shires is a big deal singer-songwriter and a hot shit country fiddle player.

Her new album is a duet record with Willie's sister, pianist Bobby Nelson,

and Amanda's going to talk to us about that album's title track, Loving You.

It's the only song Sister Bobby ever wrote, a solo piano instrumental

that Amanda says is all about love, faith, and family.

She also talks about how Bobby was one of her heroes long before they became friends and made this record as a trailblazing female and a male-dominated industry, as a musician in general, as a mom, and just as a person. So let's do it.

It's art.

So we always start with the focus on, which in this case will be a new one to just about everybody listening.

It was written and performed solely by pianist Bobby Nelson, who of course is Willie's sister, and it's called Loving You.

Can you tell us a little about loving you? When she started playing that song, I was just thinking, wow, you wrote this?

That's incredible.

And she said, I have a few words for it too.

And I'd like to, you know, get words to all of it.

And we were working on it.

And I'm a really slow writer.

Then I still have the notes and the voice memos I took of what we were doing.

But I didn't, my regret is that I didn't get to finish the words part, but I know I will one day.

But I also didn't want to rush the words part, but I know I will one day. But I also didn't

want to rush that part of it. And it stands so beautifully there on its own as an instrumental.

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