Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle (Vinyl) - By: Willie Nelson - Model Number: 19802960511

Description

Workin™ Man: Willie Sings Merle is Willie Nelson™s 78th solo studio album and 155th album overall.

It features Willie's new interpretations of classic songs written by Merle Haggard, the latest in Nelson™s storied history of focusing entire albums on a single songwriter™s or artist™s work. Nelson and Haggard were longtime friends and collaborators who released three collaborative albums together: 1983™s Pancho and Lefty, 2007™s Last Of The Breed (alongside Ray Price) and 2015™s Django and Jimmie.

Eleven of Willie™s favorite Merle compositions were handpicked for the album. Nelson™s new performances include songs from various parts of the legend™s career, from tracks off of Merle™s first #1 Country album,
1966™s Swinging Doors (Swinging Doors,� Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down�) and late 60s career defining hits (Mama Tried,� Okie From Muskogee�) to 70s classics (the heart-breaking holiday track If We Make It Through December,� the southern-rock tinged Ramblin™ Fever� and Merle™s #1 honky-tonk classic from 1980 I Think I™ll Just Stay Here And Drink.� Produced by the artist with longtime collaborator Mickey Raphael, the album was recorded at Nelson™s Pedernales Studios in Austin and features the final recordings he did alongside longtime Family band members Sister Bobbie� Nelson and Paul English.

Constants in Nelson™s personal and professional world longer than anyone, Sister Bobbie on piano and English on drums are joined by Raphael on harmonica, Kevin Smith on bass and Paul™s brother Billy English on drums and percussion

Label
Sony Nashville

Tracks & Genre

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