Bobbie Nelson and Amanda Shires

• Loving You [ATO, 2023] A

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Loving You [ATO, 2023]
Sister Bobbie, who died at 91 in March, for decades a stalwart of Willie's band on piano and a font of music on his tour bus, picked all 10 songs on this tribute cum last will and testament, with the self-composed instrumental title track, which leads into a closer called "Over the Rainbow," conceived as its anchor--in part, organizer-fiddler-vocalist Shires says, because it encapsulated Bobbie as "a believer, a mother, an artist, a lover, a sister, a grandmother, and a friend." Those who think of Shires as a rocker, which she can be at will, may be surprised by the fluting delicacy with which she delivers such chestnuts you believed stuck in their shell as "Always on My Mind," "Summertime," "Dream a Little Dream of Me," and "La Paloma." Like the two Tony Bennett-Lady Gaga ventures, this is another way to hear such gems fresh. A