can we just leave you to write your own 'ryan adams plays with willie' headline?

You'd have thought that Willie Nelson would have wanted to steer clear of the collaboration field, after The Highwaymen project effectively killed off mainstream support for his solo career; and to be honest, you'd imagine that anyone would avoid working with Ryan Adams unless ordered to by the court.

However, it looks like Nelson-Adams is going to happen (sounding pleasingly like a near-defunct East Anglian brewery) with Adams producing Nelson's new album and providing his backing band The Cardinals to provide Nelson's rhythm section.

We're sure it all went well once they got past the "I wanted to work with you because I admire you Canadian rock guys..." joke.

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