Willie Nelson has announced the release of his 77th solo studio album, Oh What A Beautiful World, set to arrive on April twenty fifth. Marking his 154th album common, this assignment centers at the songs of Texas singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, persevering with Nelson’s tradition of dedicating entire albums to a unmarried songwriter’s paintings.
Nelson, 91, and Crowell share an extended records, their paths crossing frequently for the reason that mid-1960s whilst Crowell first encountered Nelson’s tune at the radio and at Houston shows. Nelson to start with recorded a Crowell tune in 1983 and revisited his catalog as currently as 2024’s The Border.
Produced by using Nelson’s longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, the album features 12 tracks handpicked from Crowell’s 50-yr profession, backed by using a group of Nashville musicians accompanying Nelson’s vocals and guitar paintings on his iconic Trigger.
The title tune, “Oh What A Beautiful World,” is a duet among Nelson and Crowell, now to be had to circulation. The album spans early songs like 1976’s “Banks Of The Old Bandera” (recorded by means of Jerry Jeff Walker) and 1981’s “Shame On The Moon” (a Bob Seger hit), to Nineties cuts inclusive of “What Kind Of Love” (co-written with Will Jennings from a Roy Orbison melody) and “Stuff That Works” (co-written with Guy Clark). It also includes 2000s tracks written for Keith Urban and Tim McGraw, 4 choices from Crowell’s 2010s albums, and a song released as lately as 2021.
Tracklist:
What Kind Of Love
Banks Of The Old Bandera
The Fly Boy & The Kid
Forty Miles From Nowhere
I Wouldn’t Be Me Without You
Making Memories Of Us
Oh What A Beautiful World (with Rodney Crowell)
Open Season On My Heart
Shame On The Moon
She’s Back In Town
Still Learning How To Fly
Stuff That Works
