Willie Nelson, T Bone Burnett And Nashville’s Finest Shine On Reissued Grammy-Nominated Classic ‘Country Music’

Willie Nelson’s Grammy-nominated 2010 album ‘Country Music,’ produced by T Bone Burnett, is now reissued via Craft Recordings and the newly relaunched HighTone Records. The album arrives as a 2-LP set in a gatefold jacket, with limited-edition pressings including Sky Blue Swirl vinyl at Barnes & Noble and Opaque Grass Green at Books-A-Million, alongside CD and hi-res digital formats. It marks the second release under the revitalized HighTone Records, which returned in 2025 with the first ever vinyl pressing of Tulare Dust: A Songwriter’s Tribute to Merle Haggard.

Recorded in Nashville, ‘Country Music’ finds Nelson interpreting 15 country standards that shaped him, from Hank Williams’ “House of Gold” and Ernest Tubb’s “Seaman’s Blues” to Merle Travis’ “Dark as a Dungeon” and his own 1959 single “Man With the Blues.” Burnett brought a rustic, stripped-down sound to the sessions, enlisting Buddy Miller on guitar, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Russell Pahl on pedal steel, and Stuart Duncan on fiddle. “They’re all really good songs that I grew up singing,” Nelson told CMT of the track listing, adding to The Boot that the material “speaks to you in a lot of ways and you feel it move you. You cry or laugh; when you have those kinds of emotions, when a song brings them out, it’s pretty safe to say this is a great song.”

The album debuted at number four on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and number 20 on the Billboard 200 upon its original release, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album. At 92, Nelson shows no sign of slowing down, having released two solo studio albums in 2025 alone, ‘Oh What a Beautiful World’ in April and ‘Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle’ in November. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the National Agricultural Hall of Fame, among many other honors, Nelson remains one of the most decorated and tireless figures in American music.

Willie Nelson ‘Country Music’ Track Listing:

  1. Man With The Blues
  2. Seaman’s Blues
  3. Dark As A Dungeon
  4. Gotta Walk Alone
  5. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
  6. My Baby’s Gone
  7. Freight Train Boogie
  8. Satisfied Mind
  9. You Done Me Wrong
  10. Pistol Packin’ Mama
  11. Ocean Of Diamonds
  12. Drinking Champagne
  13. I Am A Pilgrim
  14. House Of Gold
  15. Nobody’s Fault But Mine