Label
	Mercury Records Ltd (London)
	Release
	2007
	Artist
	Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price
	Rating

Being a huge fan of Willie, Ray and Merle already I went and bought this the moment it was released. On it’s own merits the album is very enjoyable to listen to, particularly the first disk which in my opinion has a much better range of songs. All three artists sound great together and, unsurprisingly the songs sound pretty much like a cross between Willie & Ray’s ‘Run That By Me One More Time’ album, and Willie & Merle’s ‘Pancho & Lefty’ album. It’s great to hear from Ray Price too, who in a commercial environment is highly underrated. Willie Nelson described him in his book as the best country singer of all time.

Merle Haggard said that this album is dance country music, so if you like pure country music you’ll probably notice the perhaps over-reliance on the harmonica and steel guitar on most of the songs. It’s not this type of music that made these musicians into the legends they are today. The inclusion of Kristofferson on Why Me Lord is a nice touch and makes you wonder why he wasn’t involved more in the music of this album. I’d definately consider him a ‘last of the breed’.

The album is full of country classic covers from the likes of Cindy Walker, Lefty Frizzel and Mickey Newbury, as well as updated versions of some of Merle, Willie and Ray’s songs. Like I said, on it’s individual merits this is a very enjoyable, cool, high quality album with a wealth of tracks (20 of which feature Willie) and I’d reccommend it to pretty much anyone - even non-country listeners will enjoy it.