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An album of all-new recordings, Willie Nelsons Gods Problem Child adds 13 new songs to the legendary artists repertoire, including seven recently written by Willie and Buddy Cannon, his longtime collaborator and producer. The album is Willies first to debut all-new songs since Band of Brothers (his fourth Legacy release) reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart and No. 5 on the Billboard 200 in 2014. An album that reflects on mortality while marveling at the beauty and absurdity of it all, Gods Problem Child finds Willie at one of the creative peaks of his career, writing and singing with the seasoned wit and wisdom that can only come from the kind of life hes living.
The album opens with Willies performance of Little House On The Hill, a song written by Lyndel Rhodes, Cannons 92-year-old mother. The albums title track, penned by Jamey Johnson and Tony Joe White, includes vocals by both writers and old friend and musical cohort Leon Russell (on what may be Russells very last recording). The Willie penned Still Not Dead, pokes fun at the many exaggerated reports of his demise hes heard over the years while Delete and Fast-Forward is his unabashed analysis of the 2016 United States elections and how to deal with the aftermath.
In keeping with the albums subtext of memory and mortality, Gods Problem Child closes with He Wont Ever Be Gone, a song written by Gary Nicholson that pays tribute to Willies outlaw country comrade, Merle Haggard. Haggards last album was 2015s Django and Jimmie, a musical collaboration with Nelson.
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