Album: Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle by Willie Nelson (2025)
Genre: Country | Mood: Bittersweet
Record Label: Legacy
Format: Album

Description: Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle is the 78th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. It was released on November 7, 2025, through Legacy Recordings. Produced by Nelson and Mickey Raphael, the album contains eleven songs by Nelson's frequent collaborator Merle Haggard.
Nelson had recorded four studio duet albums with Haggard, from the 1983 Pancho & Lefty (which yielded a #1 hit with the title track) to Haggard's final studio album Django and Jimmie in 2015. This album includes Nelson's last recordings with Bobbie Nelson and Paul English, both long-serving members of his Family Band.

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

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

Tags: Country, Bittersweet, 2020s, Album, Legacy


Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle is the 78th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. It was released on November 7, 2025, through Legacy Recordings. Produced by Nelson and Mickey Raphael, the album contains eleven songs by Nelson's frequent collaborator Merle Haggard.
Nelson had recorded four studio duet albums with Haggard, from the 1983 Pancho & Lefty (which yielded a #1 hit with the title track) to Haggard's final studio album Django and Jimmie in 2015. This album includes Nelson's last recordings with Bobbie Nelson and Paul English, both long-serving members of his Family Band.

Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle

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