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Willie Nelson—Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle [2025]
★★★★
A good portion of Willie Nelson’s 155th album, a tribute to his old running buddy Merle Haggard, may have been kicking around for a while. The Mickey Raphael co-production has Bobbie Nelson and Paul English, who have both passed in the last five years, plus Willie often sounds livelier here than he did on Oh What A Beautiful World,