Tami Neilson & Willie Nelson New Single ‘Too Many Mamas’ Out Now 

Today, Tami Neilson joins forces with Willie Nelson to release “Too Many Mamas,” the pair’s second duet, following up their 2022 single “Beyond the Stars.” During a tornado-enforced break while on tour with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, Tami Neilson, alongside songwriters Kate Wilson and Sarah Lentini recorded a demo of this response song to “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” and just a couple days later, Tami found herself with Willie at his Pendernales recording studio laying down the track. On working with Tami, Willie Nelson says, “Tami writes the way she sings – full of heart and truth and hard-won experience. She’s one hell of a storyteller and part of our tribe.”

The song casts the powerhouse voice of Tami Neilson as a protagonist with a bone to pick with Willie Nelson: Too many mamas listened to Willie when he and Waylon Jennings sang “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” back in ’78, and now there isn’t a cowboy to be found from here to the city. Turns out, the ol’ Red Headed Stranger has a confession to make: he and Waylon just wanted to keep all the pretty women to themselves. So now what’s a girl to do?!

LISTEN: “TOO MANY MAMAS”

More on Tami Neilson:

Tami Neilson is an acclaimed Canadian-born, New Zealand-based country and soul artist whom Saving Country Music has called “A full-tilt badass monster of music”, and “One of the greatest singers on this entire planet, irrespective of genre or geographic region”.

Tami’s most recent album, Neon Cowgirl, released in July 2025, was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize and earned Tami her eighth Aotearoa Music Award for Best Country Music Artist. That same year, she received the inaugural Country Music Honour in recognition of her contribution to country music in New Zealand. The landmark presentation featured video tributes from Willie Nelson, Ashley McBryde, and other notable artists.

2025 also saw Tami make her debut at the legendary Grand Ole Opry, and she’s graced their stage a handful of times since. She then toured with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan on the Outlaws Festival circuit, and she took part in two PBS specials filmed at The Ryman Auditorium in honor of country music icons Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette, bringing the house down each time.

In 2026, Tami was nominated for the CMA Jeff Walker Global Country Artist of the Year.

“Too Many Mamas” is Tami’s second duet with Willie Nelson. Her first, the ballad “Beyond the Stars”, from her 2022 album Kingmaker, remains a fan favourite to this day.

Tour Dates:

Oct. 22 – Richmond, VA – The National *

Oct. 23 – Wilkes-barre, PA – F. M. Kirby Center *

Oct. 24 – Lansdowne, PA – Lansdowne Theater *

Oct. 29 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry House

Nov. 5 – Van Wert, OH – Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio *

Nov. 6 – New Philadelphia, OH – Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas *

Nov. 7 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center *

* Supporting Ashley McBryde