On Friday, February 21st, 86 year old music icon Willie Nelson dropped the title track for his upcoming album titled “First Rose of Spring”, which is slated to drop on April 24th.
The track dropped on Friday doesn’t carry the sweet promise of spring itself in its somber half-singing/half-talking tone, but the vow between a husband and wife until death do they part. “The last time he saw her/ He knew everything had changed/ He said goodbye and let the tears fall like rain/ On the first rose of spring,” the closing refrain goes.
Nelson recorded two freshly minted songs he co-wrote with legendary country music producer Buddy Cannon called “Blue Star” and “Love Just Laughed.” For the rest of the LP, he polished off some goodies by putting his own spin on Toby Keith’s “Don’t Let the Old Man In,” Chris Stapleton’s “Our Song,” and more accumulating to 11 tracks.
Listen to “First Rose of Spring” here and check out the rest of the album’s track list below.
First Rose of Spring Album Track List:
1. “First Rose of Spring” (Randy Houser, Allen Shamblin & Mark Beeson)
2. “Blue Star” (Willie Nelson & Buddy Cannon)
3. “I’ll Break Out Again Tonight” (Sanger “Whitey” Shafer & Doodle Owens)
4. “Don’t Let the Old Man In” (Toby Keith)
5. “Just Bummin’ Around” (Pete Graves)
6. “Our Song” (Chris Stapleton)
7. “We Are the Cowboys” (Billy Joe Shaver)
8. “Stealing Home” (Marla Cannon-Goodman, Casey Beathard & Don Sampson)
9. “I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised” (Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers & Mack Vickery)
10. “Love Just Laughed” (Willie Nelson & Buddy Cannon)
11. “Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encore)” (Charles Aznavour & Herbert Kretzmer)
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