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, " a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar and Micah's experimental touch. We will also hear from their friends who contributed songs and studio time to the album - 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).

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast
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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, " a melding of Willie's ageless voice and guitar and Micah's experimental touch. We will also hear from their friends who contributed songs and studio time to the album - 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).
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December 12, 2024
Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 4
<p><strong>Micah Nelson</strong> details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, <strong>Willie Nelson</strong>. The result is <a href="https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Last Leaf on the Tree</strong></a>, 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).</p> <p>This series-concluding episode kicks off with legendary drummer <strong>John Densmore</strong> (The Doors) channeling the spirits of the animals that skin his drums on "Broken Arrow" by <strong>Neil Young</strong>, who also comments on how much this version out-trippies his Buffalo Springfield track. <strong>Daniel Lanois </strong>closes it out about his work on Willie's older song, "The Ghost."</p>

December 12, 2024
Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 3
<p><strong>Micah Nelson</strong> details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, <strong>Willie Nelson</strong>. The result is <a href="https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Last Leaf on the Tree</strong></a>, 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).</p> <p>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."</p>

December 12, 2024
Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Podcast 2
<p><strong>Micah Nelson</strong> details the journey that began when he was asked to produce and album for his father, <strong>Willie Nelson</strong>. The result is <a href="https://willienelson.lnk.to/LastLeafOnTheTreeIA" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Last Leaf on the Tree</strong></a>, 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).</p> <p>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.</p>
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