{"product_id":"willie-nelson-oh-what-a-beautiful-world","title":"Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWillie Nelson spends Oh What a Beautiful World inside the songbook of his old friend Rodney Crowell, and the pairing feels like two Texas storytellers swapping tales on the porch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2025, the album gathers twelve songs written or co-written by Crowell, each one hand-picked by Nelson himself. He had been singing Crowell's songs for decades but had never devoted a whole record to them until now. Longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon produced in Nashville, keeping the arrangements uncluttered so that voice and lyrics stay front and center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the choices will surprise listeners who never knew Crowell wrote them. Shame on the Moon, a hit for Bob Seger, becomes a weathered, wise meditation in Willie's hands, and Making Memories of Us glows with plainspoken tenderness. What Kind of Love, co-written with Roy Orbison and Will Jennings, carries a gentle, aching beauty. On the title track Crowell joins in on vocals, and the two voices fit together like old leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMickey Raphael's harmonica and the battered tone of Nelson's guitar Trigger add the familiar textures, while the band plays with an easy, unhurried grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his nineties, Nelson still sounds curious and wonderfully present, and this is one of the loveliest records of his late career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757927203106,"sku":"198028872713","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Willie_Nelson-Oh_What_a_Beautiful_World.jpg?v=1794293942","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/willie-nelson-oh-what-a-beautiful-world","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}