{"id":68189,"date":"2017-12-17T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=68189"},"modified":"2021-01-01T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T14:25:33","slug":"lee-ann-womack-willie-nelson-join-on-christmas-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/17\/lee-ann-womack-willie-nelson-join-on-christmas-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Ann Womack Willie Nelson sing Christmas Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68190\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/willienelsonleeannwomack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/willienelsonleeannwomack.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/willienelsonleeannwomack-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Lee Ann Womack and Willie Nelson Join Forces On Christmas Classic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The holidays are here, whether you like it or not, so cue the Christmas music!\u00a0Lee Ann Womack\u00a0and\u00a0Willie Nelsonhave released\u00a0a rendition of the holiday classic &#8220;Baby, It&#8217;s Cold Outside,&#8221; and\u00a0if it doesn&#8217;t give you the warm and fuzzies, nothing will.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37950 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/leeannwomack.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/leeannwomack.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/leeannwomack-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The\u00a0cover \u2014 available for streaming via Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;All Is Bright&#8221; Holiday playlist starting Nov. 24 \u2014\u00a0offers Womack&#8217;s pristine vocals, complemented by Nelson&#8217;s signature singing style. As Womack tries her best to escape during a snow storm, asserting that\u00a0<em>&#8220;I really can&#8217;t stay<\/em>,&#8221; Nelson begs her not to leave as, &#8220;<em>it&#8217;s cold outside<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun to take a standard song and figure out a way to make it your own,\u201d Womack\u00a0tells\u00a0<em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0the duet. \u201cThe fact that Willie and I are both Texans and fans of Western swing made this treatment a no-brainer. It also made it one of the most fun projects I\u2019ve ever been a part of!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Womack is no stranger to Christmas songs \u2014 she released her first holiday-themed album\u00a0<em>The Season for Romance<\/em>\u00a0in 2002 \u2014 the singer says she&#8217;s dreamed of collaborating with Nelson on a holiday track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to have a Christmas record with Willie,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve always wanted to record something that wasn\u2019t just oozing with clich\u00e9d Christmas sounds. So I just let him know my idea and we went from there.\u201d\u00a0 Those hoping to catch Womack on the road in the coming months are in luck as she recently extended her All\u00a0the Trouble Tour into 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TasteOfCountry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Ann Womack and Willie Nelson Join Forces On Christmas Classic The holidays are here, whether you like it or not, so cue the Christmas music!\u00a0Lee Ann Womack\u00a0and\u00a0Willie Nelsonhave released\u00a0a rendition of the holiday classic &#8220;Baby, It&#8217;s Cold Outside,&#8221; and\u00a0if it doesn&#8217;t give you the warm and fuzzies, nothing will. The\u00a0cover \u2014 available for streaming via Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;All Is Bright&#8221; Holiday playlist starting Nov. 24 \u2014\u00a0offers Womack&#8217;s pristine vocals, complemented by Nelson&#8217;s signature singing style. 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