Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Steve Earle, More Join Ray Wylie Hubbard On ‘Co-Starring Too’

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Texas Songwriter Hall of Famer, Ray Wylie Hubbard, has rounded up some more compadres on a second all-star collaboration project, Co-Starring Too, due out March 18 via Big Machine Records. The project follows 2020’s Co-Starring, which included Don Was, Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Dunn, Peter Rowan, Larkin Poe and Aaron Lee Tasjan, among others.

The new encore mash-up features guests Willie Nelson, John 5, Steve Earle, James McMurtry, Ringo Starr, Lzzy Hale, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Wynonna Judd, and more. For his second rave-up he pulled in Nelson on “Stone Blind Horses” and Earle on “Hellbent Horses,” while collaborating with Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers and Cross Canadian Ragweed founder Cody Canada on “Till My Wheels Fall Off.”

Texas songwriters Hayes Carll, James McMurtry and Dalton Domino join Hubbard on “Fancy Boys” while Charlie Sexton, Gurf Morlix, Jaimee Harris and Judd lend a hand on “Pretty Reckless.” Hardcore rockers Hale and John5 tackle“Naturally Wild” next to firebrand roots writer Eliza Gilkyson and son Lucas Hubbard alongside Starr, Steve Lukather (Toto) and Wilson on “Ride or Die.”

“As a man of many friends,” Hubbard says, “there were so very many people I just couldn’t get on the one project.  So many people I wanted to do things with, but I just couldn’t. It stuck with me, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought, ‘Why not make Co-Starring Too?’ Beyond the pun, it’s something I thought we could do, and do with the same kind of quality.” He continues, “When you’re lucky enough to have this kind of collaborative power, you’d be a fool to not tap in. And when you’ve got Scott Borchetta and the Big Machine behind you, saying, ‘Whoever you’d like… What do you want to do…?’ Well, I’d be a fool to not make another one of these records. They’re too fun, and because of the pandemic, it lets a lot of people stay creative when it’s hard to get out on the road.”

Co-Starring Too Track List:
1. Stone Blind Horses (ft. Willie Nelson)
2. Groove (ft. Kevin Russell and the Shiny Soul Sisters)
3. Only a Fool (ft. The Bluebonnets)
3. Hellbent for Leather (ft. Steve Earle)
4. Naturally Wild (ft. Lzzy Hale and John 5)
5. Fancy Boys (ft. Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, Dalton Domino)
6. Texas Wild Side (ft. The Last Bandoleros)
7. Till My Wheels Fall Off (ft. Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Cody Canada)
8. Pretty Reckless (ft. Wynonna Judd, Jaimee Harris, Charlie Sexton, and Gurf Morlix)
9. Ride or Die (ft. Ringo Starr, Lucas Hubbard, Steve Lukather, Eliza Gilkyson, Ann Wilson)
10. Desperate Man (ft. Band of Heathens)
 Produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard and Julian Raymond

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