God’s Problem Child, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard country charts and Number Ten on the all-genre Billboard 200, shows Nelson at 84 is undimmed. It’s another comfortable fit for Nelson, with lyrics that follow that great metaphorical country and gospel tradition, Johnny Cash’s moving “Are All the Children In” being an earlier example. The album opens with “Little House on the Hill,” a sweet country-gospel tune written by producer Cannon’s 92-year-old mother, Lyndel Rhodes. “If I died I wasn’t dead to stay, and I woke up still not dead again today.” “The internet said I had passed away,” Nelson sings in his half-sung, have spoken manner. Nelson responds to exaggerated reports of his own death with the funny “Still Not Dead.” The lyrics likely will inspire cheers among the Nelson fans who already cheer lines they love during his concerts. “God’s Problem Child” is also an all-star collaboration, written by Tony Joe White and Jamey Johnson, sung by Nelson, Johnson and Nelson’s recently passed on friend, Leon Russell. The plan was as follows: I was to leave London to Australia, because we were supposed to prepare the recording of Powerage. The manager of the band told me I had the job. He finds meaning in the song and claims it for himself. The first tracks I played were 'Live Wire' and 'Problem Child' and a few old blues songs if I remember well. Download Both Sides (Live) song and listen Both Sides (Live) MP3 song offline. The minor-key yet still optimistic “God’s Problem Child,” another song Nelson didn’t write, is one of many examples of his talent for interpretation. Listen to Both Sides (Live) MP3 Song by Boss celly from the album The Problem Child (Live) free online on Gaana.

“And it wouldn’t be all it is without Merle.” Haggard’s guitarist son, Ben, and Alison Krauss are among the album’s guest stars. “When it comes to country music, he’s the world,” Nelson sings. They include “He Won’t Ever Be Gone,” a tribute to Nelson’s friend and fellow country outlaw, the late Merle Haggard. The selections they didn’t write compliment the original material beautifully. Nelson and his longtime producer, Buddy Cannon, co-write seven of the 13 songs. God’s Problem Child assembles songs about life, love, mortality and carrying on amidst adversity. Like any great album, it works as a complete statement about where the artist is in his life.

Willie Nelson released his latest album, the wise and warm God’s Problem Child, on April 28, the day before his 84th birthday. Performed by Lesley Gore (as Leslie Gore) Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc.

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