yesterday wine yesterday wine concept album country singer early stages contract nelson significant hits recordings reached mid chart positions nelson lost money song writing royalties financing unsuccessful tours generate significant profits addition problems career nelson problems personal life divorced wife ranch tennessee burned moving new ranch texas nelson called producer upcoming scheduled recording sessions time nelson written new material returned nashville wrote new songs use old repertoire new concept songs recorded days concept album story imperfect man moment born day death originally released singles yesterday wine paul peaked number billboard hot country singles release failed reach charts nelson frustrated failure decided retire music having released contract later musical style returned music background recording fall nelson moved leadership signing contract year years nelson significant hits november march singles reached consistently row number party number week chart run cover bring sunshine number march nelson major success royalties invested tours produce significant profits addition problems career nelson divorced december ranch tennessee burned interpreted incident signal change moved ranch near texas married early single memory reached contacted nelson recording album nelson written material sessions time arrived nashville april living new ranch nelson read bible prophet works episcopal priest work inspired readings nelson decided work new material wrote songs combining new ones previous material repertoire family bible create concept album recorded yesterday wine sessions backed studio session players beginning sessions finishing concept album describes life man called imperfect man beginning day death story begins dialog characters asks know second replies yes great confusion earth power concluded following perfect man visited earth voice heard voice imperfect man manifest selected likely candidate statement followed let man medley nelson depicts birth character god man song followed god eyes depicting character learning act good family bible character describes memories nostalgia childhood times family reading family bible understand depicts character praying watching blind child listening children playing finding unable understand god allowed happen god replies imperfect man reason blind eyes question command stanza character expresses fear lord reluctance question world medley difficult times remember good times describes character bad times recovery remembering good times summer roses depicts character falling love prime life followed anticipation beginning end december day character announces looks like december day looks like come end way yesterday wine finds character drinking bar talking regulars life reflecting aging paul remembers circumstances lived friend past times album ends home character watches funeral release reception released songs yesterday wine paul singles song yesterday wine peaked number promotion album complicated marketing department changes spirituality mundane behavior album appear chart failing satisfy expectations contract nelson decided retire number failures nelson later wrote autobiography think best albums yesterday wine regarded way far waste promotion money nelson returned music following year style influenced music critic robert_christgau wrote great nashville bowled singing finds concept match songs best yesterday wine paul religious themes tends limit general relevance wrote allmusic summer roses december day title track songs detail sense longing loss changing seasons narrator life numbers stand outside album context family bible paul title track particularly fine examples nelson yesterday wine provides insight development art prolific period new_york_times later described yesterday wine best nelson nashville albums saying organized manner epic poem cut metaphor journey life nashville fully conceived concept album knew soon disappeared quietly utterly rolling_stone wrote wine bold conceptual departures country hits plus filler norm rock guitar riffs modern nelson absorbed innovations bob_dylan singer songwriters distinct style narrative concepts don hold hangs ambitious albums tunes book listener guide country music compared album nelson later recordings columbia_records beautiful records columbia way wanted previous record label landmark recordings company songs yesterday wine known nelson compositions minor track listing tracks composed personnel chart positions singles
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