{"product_id":"willie-nelson-workin-man-willie-sings-merle-cd","title":"Willie Nelson - Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eWILLIE NELSON - WORKIN' MAN: WILLIE SINGS MERLE - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorkin' Man Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilver Wings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTonight the Bottle Let Me Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday I Started Loving You Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwinging Doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOkie from Muskogee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMama Tried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomewhere Between\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf We Make It Through December\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamblin' Fever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198029605020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sony Legacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.7.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Revival Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53235260424352,"sku":"198029605020","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/5899\/5360\/files\/4455742-3447960.jpg?v=1770371402","url":"https:\/\/vinylrevivalrecordstore.com\/products\/willie-nelson-workin-man-willie-sings-merle-cd","provider":"Vinyl Revival Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}