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Ride Me Back Home (2019)

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Nelson recorded the title track for his own advocacy for horses, and that song became the title track that earned him his ninth Grammy.

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Ride Me Back Home: 69th solo studio album by American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson
Released June 21, 2019 by Legacy Recordings
Title track won the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance, Nelson's ninth Grammy
Most of the material consists of original writings by producer Buddy Cannon and Nelson

Nelson announced the album in an interview on Sirius XM Satellite Radio aired April 13, 2019
Title track written by Sonny Throckmorton
Nelson decided to record the title track for his own advocacy for horses
On Cannon's suggestion, a revisited version of "Stay Away from Lonely Places" from 1972's The Words Don't Fit the Picture was included
First single, the title track, released April 26, 2019
The album completes Nelson's "Mortality Trilogy", complementing God's Problem Child and Last Man Standing

1	Ride Me Back Home	3:36
2	Come On Time	2:55
3	My Favorite Picture of You	3:55
4	Seven Year Itch	3:23
5	Immigrant Eyes	4:34
6	Stay Away From Lonely Places	3:59
7	Just the Way You Are	4:35
8	One More Song to Write	3:56
9	Nobody’s Listening	4:51
10	It’s Hard to Be Humble	3:47
11	Maybe I Should’ve Been Listening	3:51

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.

Debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums with 19,000 album equivalent units
Released by Legacy Recordings on June 21, 2019
Spanish Wikipedia notes the title track gave Nelson his ninth Grammy, in the category of best solo country performance

Billboard Top Country Albums: debut at No. 2
Album equivalent units in the first chart week: 19,000
United States sales: 58,900 copies as of March 2020, about nine months after release
Grammy Award: title track won Best Country Solo Performance, Nelson's ninth Grammy

Nelson's advocacy for horses was the reason he chose to record the title track, which Sonny Throckmorton wrote.
"Stay Away from Lonely Places" on the album is a revisited version of a song first released on 1972's The Words Don't Fit the Picture.
The track list includes Guy Clark's "My Favorite Picture of You" and Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are".
The Italian track list credits the title track to Lucinda Hinton, Joe Manual, Debby Throckmorton and Sonny Throckmorton.
"It's Hard to Be Humble" is performed with Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson.