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WILLIE NELSON

The Border LEGACY

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ITis already beyond serious argument that the string of tremendous albums issued by Nelson during his eighties established a formidable benchmark in the admittedly little-contested field of octogenarian discographies. Having blown out 90 candles in April 2023, Nelson is now setting a daunting standard for future nonagenarians who fancy taking him on.

Just as last year’s was a deft reworking of a dozen of his own classics to make them sound even more like traditional standards than they already did, further demonstrates

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