Willie Nelson to Release Reggae Album
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James Joyner | Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
Willie Nelson to Release Reggae Album (AP)
Country music icon Willie Nelson is trying something a little different. Nelson, 72, will release a long-awaited reggae album, “Countryman” in July.
He shot video in Jamaica this month for a cover of Jimmy Cliff’s reggae classic “The Harder They Come” and Johnny and June Carter Cash’s country music classic “I’m a Worried Man.” “Willie started the project 10 years ago when he first came to Jamaica, but it’s only been completed now,” Mike Cacia, who worked on the album videos, said Thursday. Nelson, 72, began production on “Countryman” in 1995. The project was shelved when the country star switched labels, and revived in 2004 after he signed on with Nashville-Tenn.-based Lost Highway Records.
Well, he’s certainly got the hair for it.
This could simultaneously be the best reggae album of all time and the worst Willie Nelson album of all time.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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