Don Henley‘s new solo album, called Cass County, will feature a host of country music stars including Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Ashley Monroe, Dolly Parton, Lucinda Williams, and Trisha Yearwood.
Henley told Rolling Stone, “This is a natural progression for me. It’s not me trying to do the ‘Don Henley country album.’ It’s who I am and where I come from. . . The great majority (of recording) was done right here in Nashville and I can truthfully say that I enjoyed making this record more than any record I’ve made in my career. And a lot of the reason is because of the people who participated. There’s some amazing musicians here and the best thing about it is, most of them are funny. So it was a real pleasure.”
The Cass County, Texas native joked that having such a crop of A-list collaborators actually left him panicked. He said, “I woke up the other day and I said, ‘Oh my God. I really screwed up because when I play live, these people aren’t going to show up.’ I chose people that I respect musically. People whose work I respect, whose voices I like, who are all great, authentic singers who can really sing when called upon to sing. Some of them are friends of mine and some of them I had never met before. I was flattered and flabbergasted when all of them said, ‘Yeah.'”
So far, there is no release date for Cass County.
(The Pulse of Radio)
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