Willie Nelson – I Don’t Know A Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlen Howard (CD)
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Harlan Howard famously called country music "three chords and the truth," and few artists have lived that definition more completely than Willie Nelson. These two Texas-bred lifers occupied parallel lanes for decades, Howard churning out hits from Nashville's Tin Pan Alley while Nelson eventually rewrote the rules of what a country record could sound like. Hearing Willie inhabit these songs now, well into his ninth decade, carries the weight of a lifetime spent inside the tradition Howard helped build.
Amongst the nearly 150 albums that Willie Nelson has released, he has a number of amazing full-album tributes to songwriters from Kris Kristofferson and George Gershwin to Ray Price and Cindy Walker.
Adding to that list is a new studio album dedicated to songwriting legend Harlen Howard, who has scores of country hits, including a number that crossed over to pop and even R&B charts. A member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, Howard wrote hits for Ray Charles (“Busted”), Buck Owens (“I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”), Conway Twitty (the title track), Bobby Bare (“The Streets Of Baltimore”), and so many more.
Produced by longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon and featuring a murderers’ row of crack Nashville musicians, I Don’t Know A Thing About Love is an amazing addition to Willie’s unparalleled catalog.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Tiger By The Tail
2. The Chokin' Kind
3. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)
4. Life Turned Her That Way
5. I Don't Know A Thing About Love
6. Streets Of Baltimore
7. Busted
8. She Called Me Baby
9. Too Many Rivers
10. Beautiful Annabel Lee
UPC: 196588003622
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 3.3.23
Format: CD