Willie Nelson

 

Artist:  Willie Nelson
Birth Name:  Willie Hugh Nelson
Born:  April 29, 1933
Origin:  Abbott, Texas, USA.
Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Willie Nelson is an American Country Music Singer, Songwriter and Actor.  He was the one of the key of Outlaw Country that developed from the conservative restrictions of the Nashville Sound, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser in album Wanted! The Outlaw, especially he joined the Country Supergroup The Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.  His music styles uses a variety including Country, Folk, Rock, Blues, Pop and Jazz and he is the Icon in Country Music, influencing the New Country, New Tradition and Alternative Country in 1980s and 1990s.  He was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1933, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988, he was also inducted to the National Agricultural Hall Of Fame in 2011.

Title:  Last Leaf On The Tree (2024)

Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop

Label:  Legacy

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Last Leaf (3:14)

 2.  If It Wasn't Broken (3:23)

 3.  Lost Cause (3:32)

 4.  Come Ye (3:34)

 5.  Keep Me In Your Heart (3:35)

 6.  Robbed Blind (4:03)

 7.  House Where Nobody Lives (4:10)

 8.  Are You Ready For The Country? (3:46)

 9.  Do You Realize?? (3:11)

10. Wheels (3:25)

11. Broken Arrow (6:40)

12. Color Of Sound (3:39)

13. The Ghost (5:11)

Personnel:

Willie Nelson:  Lead Vocals, Trigger

Micah Nelson:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1-9, 11-13, Piano on Tracks:  1-3, 7, 11, Surdo on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, Percussion on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, Cello on Tracks:  1, 3, 7, 9, 11, Steel Guitar on Tracks:  1, 6, Background Vocals on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-11, 13, Bass, Drums  on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-9, 13, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  3, 4-7, 9, 11, 13, Clapping on Tracks:  4, 8, 10, Dulcimer on Track 5, Synthesizer on Tracks:  6, 10, Slide Guitar on Track 8, Mellotron on Track 13

Mickey Raphael:  Harmonica on Tracks:  1-9, 13, Jaw Harp on Track 8

Kevin Smith:  Double Bass on Track 1

Aroyn Davis:  Bass on Track 11

Daniel Lanois:  Pedal Steel Guitar  on Track 13

Magatte Sow:  Drums on Track 4

Sam Gendel;  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  4, 10, 11

Nikita Sorokin:  Violin on Tracks:  2, 5, 9, Fiddle on Track 8

Hariah Steinberger:   Clapping on Track 4

Jeremy Steinberger:   Clapping on Track 4

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Last Leaf (3:14)

 2.  If It Wasn't Broken (3:23)

 3.  Lost Cause (3:32)

 4.  Come Ye (3:34)

Side B:

 1.  Keep Me In Your Heart (3:35)

 2.  Robbed Blind (4:03)

 3.  House Where Nobody Lives (4:10)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Are You Ready For The Country? (3:46)

 2.  Do You Realize?? (3:11)

 3.  Wheels (3:25)

Side D:

 1.  Broken Arrow (6:40)

 2.  Color Of Sound (3:39)

 3.  The Ghost (5:11)

Last Leaf On The Tree is the 76th studio album by Willie Nelson, released on November 1, 2024 by Legacy Recordings, featuring Covers of Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Keith Richard, Nina Simone, Tom Waits Beck, The Flaming Lips, Sunny War.  The Album reached No. 2 on UK Country Albums Chart.