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Although recognized as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Willie Nelson is a master interpreter who can make any song his own, which is why his covers albums, like 2024's poignantly rustic Last Leaf on the Tree, are often his most affecting. Produced and recorded with his son Micah Nelson, the album finds the 91-year-old Nelson easing into a handful of thoughtfully curated songs by artists from across the musical spectrum. It's an intimate vibe he's been conjuring on and off for much of his career, following each big studio album, like 2024's The Border, with a more pared-down recording of standards and cover tunes. As a singer, Nelson brings an immense gravitas and pathos to these performances with his trademark light vocal warble, punctuated by just a hint of aged grit. It's a style that grabs you from the start with his sun-dappled reading of the Tom Waits title track, a song whose lyrics underscore the overall feeling of looking back on one's life while also cherishing each small moment. Equally poetic moments follow, as his take on Beck's "Lost Cause," Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderon's "Keep Me in Your Heart," and his transcendent rendition of the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" There's an earthy, live-in-studio quality to the album as Micah frames his father in woody acoustic guitars, piano, pedal steel, and, as on "Color of Sound" (one of the three originals that pop up at the end of the album), the haunting Andean lute. There are also vital contributions by several close associates, including founding Doors drummer John Densmore, guitarist Daniel Lanois, harmonica player Mickey Raphael, and percussionist Magatte Snow. With Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson and Micah have crafted a relaxed album of subtle virtuosity, as if every song could be the last.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Tom Waits, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - JOHN DENSMORE, Percussion - Kathleen Brennan, Composer, Lyricist - KEVIN SMITH, Double Bass - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Cello, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - JOHN DENSMORE, Percussion - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Nikita Sorokin, Violin - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Sydney Lyndella Ward, Composer, Lyricist
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Cello, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Background Vocal - Beck David Hansen, Composer, Lyricist - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
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Willie Nelson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Nina Simone, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Clapping - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gendel, Alto Saxophone - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Clapping - Magatte Sow, Drums - Jeremy Steinberger, Clapping
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Jorge Calderón, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Warren Zevon, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Dulcimer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Nikita Sorokin, Violin - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - JOHN DENSMORE, Percussion - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
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Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Tom Waits, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Cello, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica, Jaw Harp - Neil Young, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Nikita Sorokin, Fiddle - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
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Michael Ivins, Composer, Lyricist - Steven Drozd, Composer, Lyricist - Wayne Coyne, Composer, Lyricist - Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - JOHN DENSMORE, Percussion - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Cello, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Background Vocal - David Fridmann, Composer, Lyricist - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Nikita Sorokin, Violin - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Clapping, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gendel, Alto Saxophone - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer - Neil Young, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Cello, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Surdo, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gendel, Alto Saxophone - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Aroyn Davis, Bass
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gendel, Recorder - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Lead Vocalist - Mickey Raphael, Engineer, Harmonica - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - Brando Marius, Engineer - Daniel Lanois, Pedal Steel Guitar - Steve Chadie, Recording Engineer - Micah Nelson, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Mellotron, Background Vocal - Jambo, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Steinberger, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Although recognized as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Willie Nelson is a master interpreter who can make any song his own, which is why his covers albums, like 2024's poignantly rustic Last Leaf on the Tree, are often his most affecting. Produced and recorded with his son Micah Nelson, the album finds the 91-year-old Nelson easing into a handful of thoughtfully curated songs by artists from across the musical spectrum. It's an intimate vibe he's been conjuring on and off for much of his career, following each big studio album, like 2024's The Border, with a more pared-down recording of standards and cover tunes. As a singer, Nelson brings an immense gravitas and pathos to these performances with his trademark light vocal warble, punctuated by just a hint of aged grit. It's a style that grabs you from the start with his sun-dappled reading of the Tom Waits title track, a song whose lyrics underscore the overall feeling of looking back on one's life while also cherishing each small moment. Equally poetic moments follow, as his take on Beck's "Lost Cause," Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderon's "Keep Me in Your Heart," and his transcendent rendition of the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" There's an earthy, live-in-studio quality to the album as Micah frames his father in woody acoustic guitars, piano, pedal steel, and, as on "Color of Sound" (one of the three originals that pop up at the end of the album), the haunting Andean lute. There are also vital contributions by several close associates, including founding Doors drummer John Densmore, guitarist Daniel Lanois, harmonica player Mickey Raphael, and percussionist Magatte Snow. With Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson and Micah have crafted a relaxed album of subtle virtuosity, as if every song could be the last.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:23
- Main artists: Willie Nelson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment
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