Dream Chaser

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<b>A founder of modern country celebrates 93 years young—plus a Dylan co-write.</b> Frankly, every album Willie Nelson has released after turning 80 is as much a celebration of Willie Nelson’s continued existence as the music itself. Some are outstanding (<i>Last Man Standing</i>, <i>A Beautiful Time</i>), and even the so-so ones are welcome opportunities to return to Nelson’s perennial moods and themes: time passes, feelings fade, and ain’t it all just a miracle still. Produced and largely co-written by Buddy Cannon, who has worked closely with Nelson since the 2010s, <i>Dream Chaser</i> is a mostly reflective, midtempo album with at least a few exceptional moments: <b>“Developing My Pictures”</b> (a wonderful song barely touched since George Jones sang it in the 1960s), the alcoholic’s surrender of <b>“Fly Away,”</b> and the Bob Dylan co-write <b>“I Can’t Read Your Mind,”</b> which opens with the obvious, genius “I don’t know how to read your mind/The letters are too small.” The 2020s have already been Nelson’s most productive album-making decade since the ’70s and ’80s, and it’s only halfway through. He’s just breathing.

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