Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are teaming up again to release a new album on June 2nd! The album will be titled Django and Jimmie and will feature 14 tracks.
“Me and Merle got a new album coming out called Django and Jimmie and the title track is about Django Reinhardt and Jimmie Rodgers,” said Willie Nelson. “Both of those guys were very influential in both of our careers.”
According to Merle Haggard, there’s “new songs, a couple of classics and Willie sang like he was a teenager.”
Among the 14 recordings on Django and Jimmie, Nelson and Haggard each pay musical tribute to the other through heartfelt solo performances: Willie singing Merle’s “Somewhere Between” and Merle covering Willie’s “Family Bible.”
Willie sums up the duo’s new collaboration simply saying, “It’s good music, I got a good feeling about it.”
Here’s the track listing!
- 1. Django and Jimmie – written by Jimmy Melton and Jeff Prince
- 2. It‘s All Going To Pot – written by Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson and Larry Shell
- 3. Unfair Weather Friend – written by Marla Cannon-Goodman and Ward Davis
- 4. Missing Ol‘ Johnny Cash – written by Merle Haggard
- 5. Live This Long – written by Shawn Camp and Marv Green
- 6. Alice In Hulaland – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
- 7. Don‘t Think Twice, It‘s Alright – written by Bob Dylan
- 8. Family Bible – written by Walter M. Breeland, Paul F. Buskirk, and Claude Gray
- 9. It‘s Only Money – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
- 10. Swinging Doors – written by Merle Haggard
- 11. Where Dreams Come To Die – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
- 12. Somewhere Between – written by Merle Haggard
- 13. Driving The Herd – written by Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon
- 14. The Only Man Wilder Than Me – written by Merle Haggard