Young musicians looking for longevity would be wise to follow the sensible words of Willie Nelson: do what feels right, and if you are lucky enough to have a statue built in your honour in your city, remember that it is just something you’ve “got to go down and clean off the pigeon s*** every now and then”.
Nelson, who is 91, has just released Last Leaf on the Tree, his second studio album this year – also his 76th solo studio album and 153rd album overall, according to Texas Monthly’s herculean ranking of his prolific discography.
So how many more does he have in him? Nelson says with a laugh: “I don’t know. I hope there’s a few more.” Maybe he’ll hit 200? “Why not!”
Last Leaf on the Tree is an album of firsts and familiarities; it is Nelson’s first album produced entirely by his son Micah, which includes a few originals and covers from Nelson staples like Neil Young, Nina Simone and Tom Waits as well as some less-than- obvious inclusions, like reimaginations of The Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” and Beck’s “Lost Cause”.
“He’s a real artist,” Nelson says of his son. “He picked all the songs.”
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