Willie Nelson adds another record to his discography of over 150 albums.
On Thursday, August 15, the legendary country star announced his latest album, The last leaf on the tree, which will be published on November 1.
The upcoming album will be Nelson’s 76th solo studio album and his 153rd album overall.
But it also marks the first time his son Micah, 34, will produce for Nelson, 91. Micah has already performed with his father and joined him on family oriented albums: Willie and the Boys (2017) and The Willie Nelson Family (2021).
On Thursday, August 15, Nelson dropped the first track from the album in the spotlight. He performed his cover of “Last Leaf” by Tom Waits.
The single was first released in 2011 As bad as mein collaboration with Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards. But in his final performance of “Last Leaf,” Nelson sings solo and also performs Waits’ “House Where Nobody Lives” on The last leaf on the tree.
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Willie Nelson’s “Last Leaf on the Tree” album.
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She will also perform “If It Wasn’t Broken” by Sydney folk singer Lyndella Ward, also known as Sunny War. Ward said in a press release that Nelson’s cover was “the sweetest and best thing that ever happened [her] as a writer and musician.” She added: “I was playing that song on the Venice Beach boardwalk and at the time I had no idea Willie Nelson would ever hear it.” (The album was also recorded in Venice, California at Micah’s recording studio, the Hen House.)
Meanwhile, guest musicians on the upcoming album include Raphael Lanois on pedal steel, and ex-Doors drummer John Densmore and Magatte Sow on percussion.
On the 13-track album, Nelson wrote two songs, “The Ghost” and “Color of Sound”, the latter of which he co-wrote with Micah. The third song, “Wheels”, was also written by Micah.
Micah said in a press release that he and his father brought the 91-year-old closer to “the finality of life in recent years” in the new album. “There are little side missions,” Micah said, “but that’s become the main line – facing death with grace.”
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Willie Nelson performs in Raleigh, North Carolina in September 2022.
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The album will be available digitally, on CD and LP vinyl — including an exclusive limited-edition lithographed version — all of which are available for pre-order here .
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The last leaf on the tree it will be published on November 1st
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