Countryman

by Willie Nelson

Overview

Countryman was first brainstormed by Don Was and Chris Blackwell way back in 1995 and was originally intended for release on Blackwell's Island Records. Work began in 1996 with Don Was producing, but the project almost immediately fell victim to label monkey business, and sat on Nelson's back burner for nearly a decade, until Lost Highway hired producer Richard Feldman to come in and finish it. Nelson does a credible job on the two Jimmy Cliff tunes on Countryman, turning in strong, eerie, and atmospheric versions of "Sitting in Limbo" and "The Harder They Come," and he shines on his own 1960s song "Darkness on the Face of the Earth," which features a cute (sorry, no other word will do) little dub tail. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2017
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0600753724897
Rank:	65215

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Toots Hibbert   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
Mikey Hyde   Keyboards
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson   Percussion
Pam Hall   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Lieba Thomas   Vocals (Background)
Donald Ray Mitchell   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Sir Harry Bowens   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Sweet Pea Atkinson   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Paul "Pablo" Stennett   Guitar (Bass)
Dan Bosworth   Guitar
Richard Feldman   Guitar
Norris Webb   Keyboards
Stephen Stewart   Keyboards
Mickey Raphael   Harmonica
Wayne Jobson   Guitar
Randy Jacobs   Guitar
Robby Turner   Guitar (Steel),Dobro
Santa Davis   Drums

Technical Credits

Richard Feldman   Audio Production,Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Rik Pekkonen   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Don Was   Audio Production,Producer
Stephen Stewart   Engineer
Johnny Cash   Composer
June Carter Cash   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Craig Allen   Design,Art Direction
Kim Buie   Executive Producer
Jim Herrington   Photography
Guilly Bright   Composer
Tom Weir   Mixing
Willie Nelson   Composer
Ray Price   Composer
Wayne Jobson   Production Coordination
Jimmy Cliff   Composer