By The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Willie Nelson is so prolific that sometimes even he forgets he has another record coming out.

At a recent Nashville show with Bob Dylan, Nelson performed a long list of hits, but not a single song from his new long-awaited reggae album.

“I keep forgetting,” Nelson said a few days later by telephone from the road, which he’s called home for most of the last 30 years. “The set is so short.”

Nelson’s reggae album, “Countryman,” is due out Tuesday, and, at least sporadically, he’s been working some of the songs into his shows.

He began work on the album in 1995 for Island Records, but the project was shelved after Universal bought Polygram, and Island founder Chris Blackwell left the company. It languished until Nelson moved to Lost Highway Records.

Produced by Don Was, who has worked with the Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt, the album includes reggae versions of Nelson songs such as “Darkness On the Face of the Earth” and “One in a Row.”

At 72, Nelson continues to record and perform at a breakneck pace. He believes his best record is still ahead of him.

“I feel like we’re doing one now that’s going to be better than anything else we’ve ever done,” he said.

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DETROIT (AP) – R&B artist Brian McKnight will perform the national anthem before the All-Star game at Comerica Park on Tuesday.

The Canadian All-Star Choir, a combination of three choirs from Windsor, Ontario, located across the Detroit River from the city, will perform the Canadian national anthem before the game.

Members of the Grammy-winning Winans gospel family will join McKnight to perform “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch, organizers said Saturday.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Skateboarder Danny Way rolled down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph and jumped across the Great Wall of China on Saturday, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid.

Way botched the landing on his first attempt but then successfully completed the jump across the 61-foot gap four times, adding 360 degree spins on his last three tries, according to sponsor Quiksilver Inc.

“I was aware of the dangers and my heart was pumping in my chest the whole time, but I managed to pull it off with the help of my team, and I’m honored to have my visions embraced by the people of China,” Way said.

Several thousand people, including China’s ministers of extreme sports and culture, gathered at the Ju Yong Guan Gate, about a 40-minute drive from Beijing.

Way made the jump on an adaptation of the so-called mega ramp, a gigantic structure that he helped create near his home in the Southern California desert. He set a skateboard jump world record for distance (79 feet) on a mega ramp at last summer’s X Games, and in 2003, he set the height record of 23 1/2 feet at the desert ramp.