On July 3, 2020, “Legacy Recordings” label released “First Rose of Spring”, the seventieth Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in 2019 at “The Tracking Room”, UMG Studios”, “Blackbird Studios” and “The Tone Dock” Nashville, “Pedernales Studios” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon.
Personnel:
- Willie Nelson – Trigger, vocals
- Buddy Cannon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Catherine Marx – piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes
- Mickey Raphael – harmonica
- Kevin “Swine” Grantt – upright bass
- Larry Paxton – upright bass
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Sari Reist – strings
- Kristin Wilkinson – strings
- David Davidson – strings
- Connie Ellisor – strings
- Alicia Enstrom – strings
- Anthony La Marchina – strings
- Dave Angell – strings
- Monisa Angell – strings
- Jerry Bifano – strings
- Karen Winkelmann – strings
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
- Melodie Cannon – backing vocals
- Ward Davis – backing vocals
- Tony Castle – recording, mixing
- Steve Chadie – recording
- Kevin Boettger – engineer assistant
- Michelle Freetley – engineer assistant
- Matt Leigh – assistant engineer
- Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
- Nick Molino – engineer assistant
- Bryce Roberts – engineer assistant
- Bobby Terry – engineer assistant
- Andrew Mendelson – mastering
- Luke Armentrout – mastering assistant
- Bobbi Giel – mastering assistant
- Andrew Darby – mastering assistant
- Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
- Steven Lamb – copyist
- Micah Nelson – artwork
- Alexandra Dascalu Nelson – back cover photo
Track listing:
- First Rose of Spring – Randy Houser, Allen Shamblin, Mark Beeson
- Blue Star – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
- I’ll Break Out Again – Sanger D. Shafer, A. L. “Doodle” Owens
- Don’t let the Old Man In – Toby Keith
- Just Burnin’ Around – Pete Graves
- Our Song – Chris Stapleton
- We Are the Cowboys – Billy Joe Shaver
- Stealing Home – Maria Cannon-Goodman, Casey Beathard, Don Sampson
- I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised – Wayne Kemp, Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery
- Love Just Laughed – Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon
- Yesterday When I Was Young – Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer
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