Willie Nelson Set to Release "Band of Brothers" on June 17th

By Timothy Yap Jun 07, 2014 07:58 PM EDT

Less than a year since the release of his duet album with some of the finest ladies in music (including Dolly Parton, Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert and others), Willie Nelson is poised to release "Band of Brothers" on June 17th on Legacy Recordings. Produced by Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire), the album was recorded by Nelson during October 2013 and March 2014. The sessions took place at Nashville's Sound Emporium Studios with additional recordings at Pedernales Studio in Austin, Texas and The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida.

Nine of the fourteen tracks of the album consist in newly written compositions by Nelson, the most included in one of his album releases since 1996's Spirit. The album includes covers of Vince Gill's "Whenever You Come Around", Gordie Sampson's "Songwriter" and a duet with Jamey Johnson of Billy Joe Shaver's "The Git Go". The video for the first single, "The Wall" was premiered on May 6, 2014 by Rolling Stone,while the single itself was made available for download on the same day. The single "Bring It On" was later premiered on June 3 by ESPN Music.

Here is the track list: .1. "Bring it On" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 2:54 2. "Guitar on the Corner" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 3:56 3. "The Wall" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 3:29 4. "Whenever You Come Around" Vince Gill, Pete Wasner 4:13 5. "Wives and Girlfriends" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 3:02 6. "I Thought I Left You" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 3:02 7. "Send Me a Picture" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 3:59 8. "Used to Her" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 2:47 9. "The Git Go (Featuring Jamey Johnson)" Billy Joe Shaver, Gary Nicholson4:08 10. "Band of Brothers" Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon 2:51 11. "Hard to Be an Outlaw" Billy Joe Shaver 3:09 12. "Crazy Like Me" Dennis Morgan, Shawn Camp, Billy Burnette3:17 13. "The Songwriters" Gordie Sampson, Bill Anderson 3:16 14. "I've Got a Lot of Traveling to Do" Dennis Morgan 3:18

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