Willie Nelson has written a song — sometimes two, three or four — for every occasion, mood and moment. There’s Wistful Willie. Defiant Willie. Repentant Willie. Preacher Willie. Populist Willie. Vengeful Willie.
With “Band of Brothers,” Nelson the songwriter returns in all his wonderful guises on the first album of mostly new material he’s penned himself since 1996’s “Spirit,” the best album of the latter half of his 60-year career. Nelson wrote nine of the 14 songs on “Band of Brothers” with album producer Buddy Cannon, and each song is a perfect projection of its writer’s best qualities.
Nelson is 81 now, and defiant moments sound a little more world-weary, his regrets a bit more painful. But his sense of humor and philosopher’s personality remain undiminished.
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