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It Always Will Be (2004)

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The Midnight Rider cover on this album was released as a single, yet it never entered the charts.

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It Always Will Be: 52nd studio album by country singer Willie Nelson
Released 26 October 2004 on Lost Highway Records (per the Spanish Wikipedia page)
Fourteen tracks; the track lengths add up to about 51 minutes 55 seconds
Title track runs 4:11
Longest track "Dreams Come True" at 4:35; shortest "My Broken Heart Belongs to You" at 2:26
Nelson wrote most songs; other tracks credit outside writers

"Midnight Rider" is a cover of an Allman Brothers Band song, recorded as a duet with Toby Keith
"Dreams Come True" is a duet with Norah Jones
"Over Time" is a duet with Lucinda Williams, who also wrote the song
"Be That As It May" is a duet with Paula Nelson, who wrote the song
"Tired" was co-written by Chuck Cannon and Toby Keith
"Picture in a Frame" credits Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan as writers

Willie Nelson plays guitar and sings
Mickey Raphael plays harmonica
Dan Dugmore and Paul Franklin play pedal steel
Eddie Bayers and Shannon Forrest play drums
Michael Rhodes and Glenn Worf play bass
Matt Rollings and Clayton Ivey play piano and keyboards
Four horn players are credited: Chris Dunn, Jim Horn, Sam Levine and Steve Patrick
Wes Hightower, Amy James and Liana Manis sing backing vocals

1	It Always Will Be	4:12
2	Picture in a Frame	3:39
3	The Way You See Me	4:21
4	Be That as It May	3:29
5	You Were It	4:28
6	Big Booty	3:03
7	I Didn't Come Here (And I Ain't Leavin')	3:11
8	My Broken Heart Belongs to You	2:26
9	Dreams Come True	4:36
10	Overtime	3:45
11	Tired	4:19
12	Love's the One and Only Thing	3:35
13	Texas	3:56
14	Midnight Rider	3:00

Born Willie Hugh Nelson on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas.
Wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band, Bohemian Polka, as a guitarist at age nine.
Attended Baylor University for two years before dropping out to pursue music.
Moved to Nashville in 1960 and joined Ray Price's band as a bassist.

Songs such as "Crazy" (Patsy Cline), "Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Pretty Paper" became hits for other artists.
Debut album ...And Then I Wrote was released in 1962; joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1965.
Helped lead the outlaw country movement after moving to Austin, Texas in 1972.
Red Headed Stranger (1975) was a critically acclaimed concept album; the single "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became his first number one hit.
Co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 with Neil Young and John Mellencamp.
Acted in over 30 films, including The Electric Horseman (1979).
Received a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance for "Ride Me Back Home" (2019).
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998.

The cover of "Midnight Rider" was released as a single, but did not chart
Release date: 26 October 2004
Label: Lost Highway Records
The Spanish Wikipedia page describes the album as including covers of songs by the Allman Brothers Band, Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams, plus a duet of "Midnight Rider" with Toby Keith and songs by Nelson himself
The album's own chart table is empty in the source

The album's cover of "Midnight Rider" is sung as a duet with Toby Keith
Norah Jones sings a duet on "Dreams Come True"
Paula Nelson sings a duet on "Be That As It May"
Lucinda Williams sings a duet on "Over Time" and also wrote the song
The Spanish Wikipedia page lists the album's cover versions by Allman Brothers Band, Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams