Houser, Shaver tribute top new releases
"Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver" drops today via New West Records and Pedernales Records. The 12-song set was co-produced by Charlie Sexton and Freddy Fletcher and features renditions of Shaver songs recorded by Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ryan Bingham and Nikki Lane, Steve Earle, Edie Brickell, Rodney Crowell, Margo Price (featuring Joshua Hedley), Allison Russell and Amanda Shires. Nelson sings "Georgia on a Fast Train" and "Live Forever," the latter with Lucinda Williams.
Blake Shelton gets in the holiday spirit with "Cheers, It's Christmas (Super Deluxe)." Now consisting of 20 songs, the disc contains three new songs including "Up On The House Top," "Holly Jolly Christmas," and "Cheer For The Elves," a previously released Gwen Stefani original track.
Craig Morgan releases "God, Family, Country (Deluxe Edition)." The disc contains 14 tracks, four of them new. "How You Make A Man," penned by Megan Conner, Skip Black, Michael Walton, is Morgan's newest single.
More news
- 11/22/24: Houser is "Still That Cowboy" (thank you Miranda Lambert)
- 08/09/24: Houser will "Rub a Little Dirt On It"
- 04/19/24: Houser has his "Country Back"
- 08/16/22: Shaver will "Live Forever"
- 06/23/22: Houser unveils "Note to Self"
- 05/06/22: Houser is "Still That Cowboy"
- 03/11/22: Houser sends out "Note to Self"
- 08/27/21: Shaver/Friedman tour CD sees light of day
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