Willie Nelson - Workin' Man Blues (Official Lyric Video)

Willie Nelson - Workin' Man Blues (Official Lyric Video) with tags willie nelson, workin' man blues

This is the first single from Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, Willie’s 78th solo studio album and 155th album overall. Out November 7, the album features his new interpretations of classic songs written by Merle Haggard, the latest in Willie’s storied history of focusing entire albums on a single songwriter’s or artist’s work. The two were longtime friends and collaborators and eleven of Willie hand-picked 11 of his favorite Merle compositions for the album including 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 Willie with longtime collaborator Mickey Raphael, the album was recorded at Nelson’s Pedernales Studios in Austin and features the final recordings longtime Family band members “Sister Bobbie” Nelson and Paul English did with Willie. 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, Paul’s brother Billy English on drums and percussion and, of course, Willie on vocals and Trigger.