Buddy Cannon on "Something You Get Through"
One by Willie
John Spong
4.6 • 898 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week, Willie’s longtime producer and songwriting partner Buddy Cannon talks about one of the most iconic Willie songs of recent vintage, 2017’s “Something You Get Through.” The song was a cornerstone of Willie’s so-called Mortality Trilogy—a series of albums that found him in Aging Wise Man mode and passing along some hard-learned life lessons. Buddy will describe the poignant moment on Willie’s bus that provided the song’s inspiration and the unique, distinctly 21st Century method they use to write and record together...and then get into his own evolution from hardcore Willie fan in the sixties to invaluable collaborator and friend through the 2000’s.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Texas Monthly. |
| 0:10.9 | Hey there, I'm John Spong with Texas Monthly magazine, and this is One by Willie, |
| 0:16.1 | a podcast in which I talk each week to one notable Willie Nelson fan about one Willie song that they |
| 0:21.9 | really love. This week, we wrap up season three with Willie's longtime producer and writing partner |
| 0:27.7 | Buddy Cannon, who's going to talk about one of Willie's most iconic songs of recent vintage, |
| 0:33.4 | something you get through. Buddy was, of course, a huge figure in Nashville well before he started working with Willie in 2011, |
| 0:41.2 | known at that point chiefly as Kenny Chesney's record producer, |
| 0:44.8 | but also for having written huge hits himself, |
| 0:47.4 | like Vern Gosden set him up Joe and George Straits give it away. |
| 0:51.5 | But Willie fans will know him best for the way he combined those talents when he got with Willie, |
| 0:56.0 | co-writing dozens of new songs with him, and producing just about everything Willie's done for the past |
| 1:00.8 | decade. Among those efforts is, of course, the so-called Mortality Trilogy, which was made up of God's |
| 1:07.0 | Problem Child, Last Man Standing, and Ride Me Back Home, three records that showcase |
| 1:12.5 | Willie in the role of aging wise man, contemplating his advancing years, looking back at what he's |
| 1:18.1 | learned in life, and wondering what might come next. Something you get through is, of course, |
| 1:23.4 | one of the linchpin recordings of that project, and he gets Buddy talking about the unique way they work together |
| 1:28.7 | how he first became a huge Willie fan |
| 1:31.2 | and a hint there |
| 1:32.7 | it involves a short-sighted radio DJ |
| 1:35.7 | and a near car crash |
| 1:37.6 | and how Buddy, despite all his other accomplishments, |
| 1:41.1 | considers the collaboration with Willie |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Spong, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Spong and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.