Nelson reaches "The Border"
Nelson released the title track, a cover of Rodney Crowell's song, today. Co-written by Rodney Crowell and Allen Shamblin for Crowell's 2019 "Texas album," a thematic tribute to the Lone Star State which featured Nelson, "The Border" describes the inner life and outer reality of a border guard ("I work on the border, I see what I see").
"The Border" premieres 10 newly recorded studio performances including four new Willie Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions - "Once Upon a Yesterday," "What If I'm Out of My Mind," "Kiss Me When You're Through" and "How Much Does It Cost"--and "Hank's Guitar," a new song co-written by Cannon and Bobby Tomberlin.
Nelson also included cuts from Larry Cordle and Erin Enderlin ("I Wrote This Song for You"), Crowell and Will Jennings ("Many a Long and Lonesome Highway"), Shawn Camp and Monty Holmes ("Made in Texas") and Mike Reid ("Nobody Knows Me Like You").
Produced by longtime musical collaborator Cannon, "The Border "showcases Nelson (lead vocals, Trigger) accompanied by Mickey Raphael (harmonica), Bobby Terry (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar), James Mitchell (electric guitar), Jim "Moose" Brown (Wurlitzer, B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer), Fred Eltringham (drums, percussion) and Barry Bales (upright bass); backing vocals are by Cannon, and his daughter, Melonie Cannon. "The Border" features cover art depicting the Big Bend border area between Texas and Mexico.
Tour dates are:
1. The Border
2. Once Upon a Yesterday
3. What If I'm Out of My Mind
4. When I Wrote This Song for You
5. Kiss Me When You're Through
6. Many a Long and Lonesome Highway
7. Hank's Guitar
Made in Texas
9. Nobody Knows Me Like You
10. How Much Does It Cost
Nelson and friends are enjoying this year's Luck Reunion concert today with Tyler Childers, John Oates, Old Crow Medicine Show and Red Clay Strays. Nelson will play the 2024 Stagecoach Country Music Festival at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Cal. on April 27.
Willie Nelson & Family will be on the road from June through September co-headlining the Outlaw Music Festival Tour 2024. The lineup also features Willie, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp and Billy Strings.
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