It's "A Beautiful Time" for Willie
"I'll Love You Till the Day I Die," the first single and video from "A Beautiful Time," premieres today. The track, Nelson's studio performance of a new Rodney Crowell/Chris Stapleton composition, shows the album's focus on pop-country songwriting.
"A Beautiful Time" introduces a variety of newly-written pop-country songs including five new Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions and covers of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song" and The Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends."
Produced by Nelson's longtime musical collaborator Cannon (who's co-written six of the new songs), the release includes Jim "Moose" Brown (B-3 organ, Wurlitzer), Fred Eltringham (drums), Barry Bales (upright bass), Bob Terry (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar), James Mitchell (electric guitar) and Mickey Raphael (harmonica). Melonie Cannon, who is Buddy's daughter, sings backup on five of the tracks.
In 2021, Legacy Recordings released two new Nelson albums - "That's Life" and "The Willie Nelson Family." "That's Life," an homage to Frank Sinatra topped both Billboard's Jazz Albums chart and the Traditional Jazz Albums chart and is currently in the running for the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy.
The track listing is:
1. I'll Love You Till The Day I Die (Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton)
2. My Heart Was A Dancer (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
3. Energy Follows Thought (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
4. Dreamin' Again (Jack Wesley Routh and Douglas Graham)
5. I Don't Go To Funerals (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
6. A Beautiful Time (Shawn Camp)
7. We're Not Happy (Till You're Not Happy) (Shawn Camp and Charles R. Humphrey III)
8. Dusty Bottles (Jim "Moose" Brown, Scotty Emerick and Don Sampson)
9. Me And My Partner (Ken Lambert)
10. Tower Of Song (Leonard Cohen)
11. Live Every Day (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
12. Don't Touch Me There (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
13. With A Little Help From My Friends (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
14. Leave You With A Smile (Buddy Cannon, Bobby Terry and Matt Rossi)
More news for Willie Nelson
- 07/01/22: Nelson announces book on friendship with drummer
- 05/06/22: Nelson postpones shows due to COVID
- 04/29/22: Lambert, Nelson, Janson release new music
- 03/21/22: Nelson's Outlaw Music is on the road again
- 03/10/22: Bobbie Nelson, Willie's pianist and sister, passes away
- 09/23/21: Nelson Family makes music
- 05/24/21: Nelson goes back on the road with Outlaw Music Festival
- 05/15/21: Cody plans double disc, releases song with Willie
CD reviews for Willie Nelson
They say if you love what you do, you'll never have to work a day in your life. Just ask 89-year-old Willie Nelson. Within recent history, he's been releasing records at a clip far younger people can only envy, at over an album a year. A tribute album to Frank Sinatra? Absolutely. Traditional hymns? Sure. Another tribute album to Frank Sinatra? You can't make this stuff up.
Beginning with the 2017 "God's Problem Child" record, Willie started musically pondering the meaning of life. ...
Willie Nelson's decades-old explorations into the Great American Songbook continue with his second Frank Sinatra tribute in less than three years - the solid and satisfying "That's Life."
As with its 2018 predecessor "My Way," Nelson once again joined forces with the production team of Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. Like that previous outing, Rollings' "That's Life" arrangements don't go far afield from those found on the tracks popularized by Sinatra. ...
It's been obvious for some time now that Willie Nelson is essentially super human. At the age of 87, he's as active as ever, a wizened presence, spiritual icon and guiding light for all those that adore country music and Americana. His prowess and proficiency remain undiminished, and the multiple albums he releases on a regular basis attest to the fact that he's not ready to retire any time soon...or ever even as far as that goes.
While many of Nelson's recent works ...
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