Willie Nelson’s next album, December Day (due out December 2), will feature his sister Bobbie and 18 tracks of the brother and sister duo.
“As long as I can remember, Willie and Bobbie, who ride together on Willie’s bus, spend some of their traveling time jamming on their favorite songs,” band member Mickey Raphael writes in the liner notes. “Bobbie has a travel size keyboard on the bus and Willie’s guitar, Trigger is always by his side. This is where the idea for ‘December Day’ was born.
‘Why not record our favorite songs like we play them for ourselves?,’ Bobbie asked.
“When it comes to a brother-sister collaboration with the longevity of Willie and Bobbie, there is beauty in keeping things simple,” he continues. “‘Less is more’ is the underlying theme. We’ve heard these songs before but not like this. The spontaneity born out of familiarity is what this record, ‘December Day,’ is all about.”
Bobbie has been part of Nelson’s Family Band since its inception in 1973. She and her brother chose all of the songs on the record, which includes some songs he wrote along with classics like Irving Berlin’s ‘Always.’
