“It Ain’t You” From Ray Benson and Willie Nelson (Song of the Day)

Ray Benson Willie Nelson

Bismeaux Records earlier this year released a second solo album from Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel. The new album, A Little Piece, features the song “It Ain’t You” with Willie Nelson.

TwangNation explains that Benson and Nelson have been friends for more than forty years, going back to when Nelson advised Benson to move to Austin in 1973. Benson explains that he could not believe that nobody had yet covered the song written by Waylon Jennings and Gary Nicholson. He asked Nelson to record it with him because, “The song is about growing old and yet feeling and acting young…it felt so appropriate for us to do.”

The video of the beautiful song captures images of Nelson and Benson through the years. Check it out.

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