Album: Countryman by Willie Nelson (2005)
Genre: Reggae | Style: Country | Mood: Bittersweet
Record Label: Lost Highway Records
Format: Album

Description: Countryman is the fifty-third studio album by Willie Nelson. Ten years in the making since 1995, Nelson's first ever reggae album merges the gospel and spirit found in both country and reggae. It was released on CD format on August 2, 2005 by the Lost Highway label. Nelson made two videos for this album "The Harder They Come" and "I'm a Worried Man".  Both videos were filmed in Jamaica.

Artist Background: Willie Hugh Nelson (Born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to th... Part of the Abbott, Texas music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Country movement.

Related Artists: Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson

Music Scene: Part of the Abbott, Texas music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Reggae, Country, Bittersweet, 2000s, Album, Lost Highway Records


Countryman is the fifty-third studio album by Willie Nelson. Ten years in the making since 1995, Nelson's first ever reggae album merges the gospel and spirit found in both country and reggae. It was released on CD format on August 2, 2005 by the Lost Highway label. Nelson made two videos for this album "The Harder They Come" and "I'm a Worried Man".  Both videos were filmed in Jamaica.

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