{"id":2336920,"date":"2026-03-19T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2336920"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:22:40","slug":"willie-nelsons-new-album-dream-chaser-features-a-song-he-wrote-with-bob-dylan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/willie-nelsons-new-album-dream-chaser-features-a-song-he-wrote-with-bob-dylan\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson&#8217;s new album &#8216;Dream Chaser&#8217; features a song he wrote with Bob Dylan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/willie-nelson\">Willie Nelson<\/a>\u2018s upcoming album \u2018Dream Chaser\u2019 features a new collaboration with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bob-dylan\">Bob Dylan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The US singer-songwriter is due to release the 10-song record on May 29, following on from last year\u2019s \u2018Workin\u2019 Man\u2019 (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/willienelson.komi.io\/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn18dNzro2XCy8iRQ1xNZUmJ7WEJyV1s-IGmOfu5ZUALTU6RG95ariD-pVas4_aem_smtj-xLXJE0-CFls7V-HOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>). He has already shared the title track, which is an acoustic country ballad.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has also teamed up with his friend Dylan on a cut titled \u2018I Can\u2019t Read Your Mind\u2019. The pair have toured extensively together in the past, including at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/willie-nelson-and-bob-dylan-reunite-for-2025-summer-outlaw-music-festival-tour-3834246\">the Outlaw Music Festival Tour in 2025<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/willie-nelson-misses-start-of-us-tour-with-bob-dylan-on-doctors-orders-3767880\">2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the two artists have rarely shared a credit on a song. The last time they did so was on \u2018Heartland\u2019 from Nelson\u2019s 1993 album \u2018Across The Borderline\u2019, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/willie-nelsons-dream-chaser-bob-dylan-1235533046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Willie Nelson - Dream Chaser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiEn2cyefP4?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<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWB8iQQjnb-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/willie-nelson-is-92-and-feeling-lucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>GQ<\/em><\/a> last December, Nelson explained: \u201c[We] were talking a while back about writing a song together. [Dylan] had an idea of \u2018<em>I can\u2019t read your mind<\/em>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started with, \u2018<em>I can\u2019t read your mind. The letters are too small<\/em>\u2018. I handed that over to Buddy [Cannon, producer], and he took it and turned it into a good song. That\u2019s pretty rare with Bob.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bob-dylan-attempts-to-describe-ancient-viking-soul-willie-nelson-how-would-you-define-the-indefinable-3919970\">Dylan offered a unique description of Nelson for an article on the country legend<\/a>, describing him as an \u201cancient Viking soul\u201d among other things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you say about a guy who plays an old, battered guitar that he treats like it\u2019s the last loyal dog in the universe?\u201d he wrote, adding: \u201cCowboy apparition, writes songs with holes that you can crawl through to escape from something. Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"adw-300 adh-250\"><strong>The tracklist for Willie Nelson\u2019s \u2018Dream Chaser\u2019 is:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. \u2018Dream Chaser\u2019 (Written by Buddy Cannon, Bobby Tomberlin &amp; Willie Nelson)<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Fly Away\u2019 (Written by Buddy Cannon &amp; Bobby Whitlock)<\/strong><br \/><strong>3. \u2018We\u2019d Make A Good Movie\u2019 (Written by Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon &amp; Bobby Tomberlin)<\/strong><br \/><strong>4. \u2018I Can\u2019t Read Your Mind\u2019 (Written by Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon &amp; Bob Dylan)<\/strong><br \/><strong>5. \u2018Whiskey Wants Me To\u2019 (Written by Buddy Cannon &amp; Bobby Tomberlin)<\/strong><br \/><strong>6. \u2018Wonder What I\u2019m Gonna Do\u2019 (Written by Willie Nelson &amp; Buddy Cannon)<\/strong><br \/><strong>7. \u2018After All\u2019 (Written by Willie Nelson &amp; Buddy Cannon)<\/strong><br \/><strong>8. \u2018Love Overdue\u2019 (Written by Mickey Raphael, Donald W. Poythress &amp; Anna Lisa Graham)<\/strong><br \/><strong>9. \u2018I Don\u2019t Think I\u2019ve Cried Today\u2019 (Written by Buddy Cannon, Bobby Tomberlin &amp; Willie Nelson)<\/strong><br \/><strong>10. \u2018Developing My Pictures\u2019 (Written by Earl Montgomery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nelson is set to perform at Luck Reunion in Texas this week along with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/st-vincent\">St. Vincent<\/a>, Booker T. Jones, Trampled By Turtles and more. He\u2019ll also embark on a US headline tour this spring.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bob-dylan-announces-2025-rough-and-rowdy-ways-uk-and-ireland-tour-3877413\">Dylan brought his \u2018Rough And Rowdy Ways\u2019 tour back to the UK and Ireland late last year<\/a>, and is playing a run of shows in the US this year.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, it was reported that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bob-dylan-is-back-in-the-studio-3883772\">the musician had been working on new material\u00a0<\/a>with \u201cmembers of his band\u201d in Albany, New York.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2025 edition of Outlaw Music Festival Tour, which was founded by Nelson, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-bob-dylan-cover-the-pogues-a-rainy-night-in-soho-and-play-mr-tambourine-man-for-the-first-time-in-15-years-3862740\">Dylan covered The Pogues\u2019 \u2018A Rainy Night in Soho\u2019 for the first time, and broke out the first live rendition of \u2018Mr. Tambourine Man\u2019 in 15 years<\/a>. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bob-dylan-brings-out-billy-strings-for-all-along-the-watchtower-performance-3864918\">invited Billy Strings to perform \u2018All Along the Watchtower\u2019 with him<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Nelson\u2018s upcoming album \u2018Dream Chaser\u2019 features a new collaboration with Bob Dylan. The US singer-songwriter is due to release the 10-song record on May 29, following on from last year\u2019s \u2018Workin\u2019 Man\u2019 (pre-order\/pre-save here). He has already shared the title track, which is an acoustic country ballad. 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