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Article: Willie Nelson takes reggae turn with 'Countryman'; He says the songs were recorded about 10 years ago in Los Angeles
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2005
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Willie Nelson is so prolific that sometimes
even he forgets he has another record coming out.
At a recent show in Nashville with Bob Dylan, Nelson performed a
long list of hits, but not a single song from his long-awaited reggae
album, "Countryman," which came out last week.
"I keep forgetting," Nelson said a few days later by telephone
from the road, which he's called home for most of the last 30 years.
"The set is so short."
Nelson began work on the album in 1995 for Island Records, but the
project was shelved after Island founder Chris Blackwell left the
company. It languished until Nelson moved to Lost Highway Records.
Produced by Don Was, who's worked with the Rolling ...