{"id":2003746,"date":"2025-09-07T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2003746"},"modified":"2025-09-07T09:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:32:21","slug":"willie-nelson-pays-tribute-to-merle-haggard-on-new-album-workin-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/willie-nelson-pays-tribute-to-merle-haggard-on-new-album-workin-man-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson Pays Tribute to Merle Haggard on New Album &#8216;Workin&#8217; Man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/willie-nelson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_willie-nelson\" data-tag=\"willie-nelson\">Willie Nelson<\/a> will interpret the songs of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/merle-haggard\/\" id=\"auto-tag_merle-haggard\" data-tag=\"merle-haggard\">Merle Haggard<\/a> on the country legend\u2019s upcoming 78th solo studio album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Workin\u2019 Man: Willie Sings Merle<\/em>, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new renditions of Haggard classics like \u201cTonight The Bottle Let Me Down,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/why-okie-from-muskogee-was-merle-haggards-contradictory-masterpiece-191078\/\">Okie From Muskogee<\/a>,\u201d \u201cMama Tried,\u201d and \u201cWorkin\u2019 Man Blues,\u201d a Number One country single in 1969 that also serves as the opening track and first single from the LP.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Willie Nelson - Workin&#039; Man Blues (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_B64Z-rUWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe album was recorded at Nelson\u2019s Pedernales Studios in Austin and marked the final recordings that Nelson made with a pair of members in his longtime Family band: drummer Paul English (who died in 2020) and Willie\u2019s late sister and pianist Bobbie Nelson, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/bobbie-nelson-willie-nelson-family-band-dead-obit-1319861\/\">who died in 2022 at the age of 91<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNelson has previously dedicated entire albums to the songbooks of artists like Rodney Crowell, Harlan Howard, Ray Price, and Frank Sinatra, and even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country-lists\/best-willie-nelson-song-collaborations-1088692\/\">collaborated<\/a> on three albums with his longtime friend Haggard: 1983\u2019s\u00a0<em>Pancho and Lefty<\/em>, 2007\u2019s\u00a0<em>Last Of The Breed<\/em>\u00a0(with Ray Price) and 2015\u2019s\u00a0<em>Django and Jimmie, <\/em>the latter of which was released just a year before Haggard\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/feature\/merle-haggard-country-legend-dead-at-79-202176\/\">2016 death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEven at the ripe old age of 92, Nelson remains a prolific artist, releasing studio albums on an annual \u2014 and in the case of this year, biannual \u2014 rate: Back in April, Nelson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/willie-nelson-rodney-crowell-songs-new-album-1235294637\/\">shared his <em>Oh What a Beautiful World<\/em>,<\/a> featuring a dozen tracks penned by Rodney Crowell. Counting studio, live, and collaborative albums, Workin\u2019 Man marks Nelson\u2019s 155th LP in a recording career that dates back to 1962.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHaggard, meanwhile, is the focus of a new Ethan Hawke-directed documentary titled <em>Highway 99: A Double Album<\/em> that recently premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong><em>Workin\u2019 Man: Willie Sings Merle <\/em>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t1. Workin\u2019 Man Blues<br \/>2. Silver Wings<br \/>3. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down<br \/>4. Today I Started Loving You Again<br \/>5. Swinging Doors<br \/>6. Okie From Muskogee<br \/>7. Mama Tried<br \/>8. I Think I\u2019ll Just Stay Here And Drink<br \/>9. Somewhere Between<br \/>10. If We Make It Through December<br \/>11. Ramblin\u2019 Fever<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend\u2019s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin\u2019 Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new renditions of Haggard classics like \u201cTonight The Bottle Let Me Down,\u201d \u201cOkie From Muskogee,\u201d \u201cMama Tried,\u201d and \u201cWorkin\u2019 Man Blues,\u201d a Number One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2003747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[358387,22640],"class_list":["post-2003746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-merle-haggard","tag-willie-nelson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Willie-Nelson-Pays-Tribute-to-Merle-Haggard-on-New-Album.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}