Willie Nelson’s 156th Album Includes a Bob Dylan Co-Write

Willie Nelson has released at least one album almost every year since his 1962 debut ...And Then I Wrote, and he’s not about to stop now. The country legend has announced Dream Chaser, his 156th studio LP, which includes a surprise co-write with none other than friend, collaborator, and occasional tourmate Bob Dylan. The project drops May 29 via Legacy Records. The full tracklist, lead single, and album art can be found below.

Dylan and Nelson previously recorded the song "Heartland" together, on the latter’s 1993 album Across the Borderline. In a 2025 New Yorker profile of Nelson, Dylan had this to say about Nelson:

“It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything. How can you make sense of him? How would you define the indefinable or the unfathomable? What is there to say? Ancient Viking Soul? Master Builder of the Impossible? Patron poet of people who never quite fit in and don’t much care to? Moonshine Philosopher? Tumbleweed singer with a PhD? Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity? What do you say about a guy who plays an old, battered guitar that he treats like it’s the last loyal dog in the universe? Cowboy apparition, writes songs with holes that you can crawl through to escape from something. Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long. I guess you can say all that. But it really doesn’t tell you a lot or explain anything about Willie. Personally speaking I’ve always known him to be kind, generous, tolerant and understanding of human feebleness, a benefactor, a father and a friend. He’s like the invisible air. He’s high and low. He’s in harmony with nature. And that’s what makes him Willie.”

Before Dream Chaser drops, Nelson will kick off a quick US tour on April 22.

Read our review of Nelson’s 2025 album Oh What a Beautiful World.

Dream Chaser:
01 Dream Chaser (Written by Buddy Cannon, Bobby Tomberlin & Willie Nelson)
02 Fly Away (Written by Buddy Cannon & Bobby Whitlock)
03 We’d Make A Good Movie (Written by Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon & Bobby Tomberlin)
04 I Can’t Read Your Mind (Written by Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon & Bob Dylan)
05 Whiskey Wants Me To (Written by Buddy Cannon & Bobby Tomberlin)
06 Wonder What I’m Gonna Do (Written by Willie Nelson & Buddy Cannon)
07 After All (Written by Willie Nelson & Buddy Cannon)
08 Love Overdue (Written by Mickey Raphael, Donald W. Poythress & Anna Lisa Graham)
09 I Don’t Think I’ve Cried Today (Written by Buddy Cannon, Bobby Tomberlin & Willie Nelson)
10 Developing My Pictures (Written by Earl Montgomery)