The border / Willie Nelson.
Material type:
MusicPublisher: [New York, New York] : Legacy, [2024]Copyright date: ℗2024 ©2024Description: 1 audio disc (35 min.) ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Buddy Cannon.
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Northport Library | CD | COUNTRY Nelson, Willie | Processing | 33111010024467 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Technically, The Border is the sequel to A Beautiful Time, the 2022 album that found Willie Nelson once again ruminating upon a road long traveled. Nelson's latter-day albums with producer Buddy Cannon often concerned mortality, a quality that lends a natural gravity. That trait isn't quite absent on The Border -- Willie's 75th album, appearing after a pair of winning covers records released in the wake of A Beautiful Time -- yet it is subdued. When Nelson ponders "Once Upon a Yesterday," he's thinking of old songs and departed friends, more grateful that it happened than sad that those days are gone. Similarly, when he's wondering "How Much Does It Cost" to be free, he sounds bemused, not rueful. That levity extends through the jazzily jaunty "What If I'm Out of My Mind," joining the aforementioned tunes among the handful of Nelson/Cannon originals on the record ("Kiss Me When You're Through" is the other). Nelson cedes the weightier material to Rodney Crowell, whose "The Border" and "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" open the respective sides of The Border, creating the impression that this album is a bit contemplative. That's not the case. Thanks to the fanciful "Hank's Guitar" and the sly shuffle "Made in Texas" -- an amiable slice of Western swing with nods to Bob Wills, Lone Star beer, and the immortal joke "You can always tell a Texan/But you can't tell him much" -- the album carries a lightness that's emphasized by its brisk running time. That might mean The Border, unlike A Beautiful Time, doesn't quite feel like a final chapter but rather a welcome coda restating Nelson's strengths with casual ease. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recorded East Iris Studios, Nashville, TN.
Willie Nelson, vocals, guitar (Trigger) ; with additional musicians.
Produced by Buddy Cannon.
Compact disc.
Title from disc label.
The Border is legendary country artist Willie Nelson's 75th solo studio record of new material. Produced by Willie's longtime collaborator, Buddy Cannon, The Border features four newly penned tracks by the pair combined with a half dozen tunes from some of their favorite songwriters including two co-written by Rodney Crowell plus Shawn Camp, Mike Reid and Bobby Tomberlin. Backed by some of Nashville's finest musicians, the album is another instant classic to follow up their last album of new material, A Beautiful Time which won Best Country Album at the 2023 Grammys.
The border -- Once upon a yesterday -- What if I'm out of my mind -- I wrote this song for you -- Kiss me when you're through -- Many a long and lonesome highway -- Hank's guitar -- Made in Texas -- Nobody knows me like you -- How much does it cost.