The better news is that Nelson sings it a la Nelson and doesnt attempt a gravel-throated Waits impression.
The connecting thread that binds all of the songs on this album is shuffling off this mortal coil.
The musicians recorded at Venice, Californias Hen House.
Willie Nelson.Pamela Springsteen*
I feel grateful and inspired.
The nonagenarian rallied his health, though, andreturned to the stagefor his annual Fourth of July Picnic.
The Outlaw tour has dates scheduled through September.
Last Leaf (by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan)2.
If It Wasnt Broken (by Sydney Lyndella Ward)3.
Lost Cause (by Beck David Hansen)4.
Come Ye (by Nina Simone)5.
Keep Me in Your Heart (by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderon)6.
Robbed Blind (by Keith Richards)7.
House Where Nobody Lives (by Tom Waits)8.
Are You Ready for the Country?
(by Neil Young)9.
Do You Realize??
(by Wayne Coyne/Steven Drozd/Michael Ivins/David Fridmann)10.
Wheels (byMicah Nelson)11.
Broken Arrow (by Neil Young)12.
Color Of Sound (by Willie Nelson & Micah Nelson)13.
The Ghost (by Willie Nelson)