Steve Earle’s 16^th album sees him with his long time band the Dukes (guitarist Chris Masterson, fiddler Eleanor Whitmore, bassist Kelley Looney and new bandmates -- drummer Brad Pemberton and pedal steel player Ricky Ray Jackson). It is notable, too, for co-vocalists Willie Nelson (So You Wannabe An Outlaw), Miranda Lambert (This Is How It Ends) and Johnny Bush (Walkin’ In LA).  Earle calls the album a tribute to Waylon Jennings. It just may be the Americana album of the year. The title cut with Willie sharing the vocals is a highlight, but not the only one. The album is top to bottom highlights. Lookin’ For A Woman (“won’t do me like you”) and Firebreak Line are rousers; News From Colorado, co-written with Allison Moorer and Emily Earle, is a sweet ballad with a bitter taste (“Brother stole another car they’re holdin’ him downtown/Sister’s tellin’ everyone he’s in the Army now/Mama only says the things that Saddy says she should/And news from Colorado’s never good”); and If Mama Coulda Seen Me, written for the TV show Nashville, is a rocker featuring fiddle and guitar. Fixin’ To Die reminds of a dark Beatles song with a country accent and a Dead Man Walking theme. This Is How It Ends co-written with Miranda Lambert is the most radio friendly song on the collection. The theme is a familiar one as they sing, “Turn around at how far we come from/Two hearts beatin’ like a single drum/You said you would never lie and I promised I’d never run…Guess I shoulda seen it comin’ from the start/Comes to love the fallin’ is the easy part.” The Girl on the Mountain is another gorgeous ballad, You Broke My Heart is a medium tempo swinger that brings back the fifties, and Walkin’ In LA, with Johnny Bush, is a pedal steel-driven piece that keeps it in the fifties. Sunset Highway is another radio-ready tune that could have worked on Earle’s debut album 30 years ago. He sings, “Tell the boys that I wish ‘em the best/But nothin’ ever lasts forever I guess/I’m rollin’ down a sunset highway.” The closer, Goodbye Michelangelo, is a sweet ballad dedicated to his musical mentor Guy Clark. Not a clinker in the bunch, the recommended tunes are This Is How It Ends, Sunset Highway and the title song.