Willie Nelson
released a new album of country covers,
Remember Me, Vol. 1, on
Monday (Nov. 21) on R&J Records. The track list stretches from the mid-1940s, including
Bob
Wills & His Texas Playboys' "Roly Poly" and Tex Williams' "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette"), to 1989 with
Vern Gosdin's "That Just About Does It." However, most of the material originates from the
1950s, including classics from
Tennessee Ernie Ford,
George
Jones,
Webb Pierce,
Ray Price,
Hank
Snow,
Ernest Tubb and
Porter Wagoner, along
with Rosemary Clooney's 1954 pop hit, "This Old House." Nelson also covers
Kris Kristofferson's
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" (1970) and
Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You
Again" (1970) and "Ramblin' Fever" (1977). A second volume is expected next year. Nelson teamed with producer James Stroud
for the project.
