Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

Willie Nelson’s new album will be a tribute to a fellow music legend — “Okie From Muskogee” artist Merle Haggard.

“Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle” will be released via Legacy Recordings in all configurations Friday, Nov. 7. The album will be available digitally, on CD and as a single LP black vinyl release and may be pre-ordered at willienelson.lnk.to/merle .

The album announcement comes on the heels of the premiere of “ Highway 99: A Double Album ,” a career-spanning documentary on Haggard directed by Ethan Hawke, a filmmaker and actor who is starring in the soon-to-debut and shot-in-Tulsa series “The Lowdown.” The documentary recently premiered at Telluride Film Festival and garnered rave reviews. Nelson was a prominent interview subject

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