Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 4

Micah Nelson details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, Willie Nelson. The result is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Last Leaf on the Tree⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA], a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar, Micah's experimental touch, and collaborators and songwriters from both of their generations. Producer: Paul Chuffo at Joyride Media. Host: Talia Schlanger (World Cafe / Q). This series-concluding episode kicks off with legendary drummer John Densmore (The Doors) channeling the spirits of the animals that skin his drums on "Broken Arrow" by Neil Young, who also comments on how much this version out-trippies his Buffalo Springfield track. Daniel Lanois closes it out about his work on Willie's older song, "The Ghost."

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 3

Micah Nelson details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, Willie Nelson. The result is ⁠⁠⁠Last Leaf on the Tree⁠⁠⁠ [https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA], a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar, Micah's experimental touch, and collaborators and songwriters from both of their generations. Producer: Paul Chuffo at Joyride Media. Host: Talia Schlanger (World Cafe / Q). Willie's longtime harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, opens episode 3 with how he came to suggest Warren Zevon's "Keep Me in Your Heart" for the project. Micah adds how he and his dad wrote "Color of Sound" together, and also how he brought in his own original song, "Wheels."

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 2

Micah Nelson details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, Willie Nelson. The result is ⁠⁠Last Leaf on the Tree⁠⁠ [https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA], a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar, Micah's experimental touch, and collaborators and songwriters from both of their generations. Producer: Paul Chuffo at Joyride Media. Host: Talia Schlanger (World Cafe / Q). In episode 2, Micah opens with how he and his dad both feel like freaks in their own worlds, which leads to how the album sounds like the two of them together. Willie sings Beck's "Lost Cause," and Tom Waits's "Last Leaf," and Talia Schlanger recites a poem by Tom Waits.

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 1

Micah Nelson details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, Willie Nelson. The result is Last Leaf on the Tree [https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA], a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar, Micah's experimental touch, and collaborators Neil Young, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), John Densmore (The Doors), Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips), Daniel Lanois, and Willie's longtime band member Mickey Raphael. Producer: Paul Chuffo at Joyride Media. Host: Talia Schlanger (World Cafe / Q). In this first episode, Willie and Micah share how their father son relationship spills over into their professional lives, on tour, and in the studio. Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards shares his reaction to Willie's cover of his solo track, "Robbed Blind." Flaming Lips members Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd add how Willie transformed their signature hit, "Do You Realize??" into something new that reminds them of when they first heard Johnny Cash sing "Hurt."