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Willie Nelson Releasing ‘Last Leaf on the Tree’ Covers LP With Tracks Written By Beck, Tom Waits, Flaming Lips, Neil Young & More

Willie Nelson will release 'Last Leaf on the Tree' covers LP in November, with originals and songs written by Beck, Tom Waits, Flaming Lips & more.

The Legacy Recordings LP features a mix of the country icon’s interpretations of songs by Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Beck, the Flaming Lips, Neil Young, and Nina Simone, among others, as well as a handful of tracks written by the singer and his son, Micah Nelson, who also produced the album. ?” Another track that fits the theme of the fading of the light was chosen by Nelson’s longtime harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, jazz giant Nina Simone’s 1967 song “Come Ye.” In addition to the Nelsons and Raphael, the album also features guest musicians Daniel Lanois on pedal steel, former Doors drummer John Densmore and Senegalese percussionist Magatte Sow.

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