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Willie Nelson joined son Lukas and Hawaiian artist Lily Meola on stage at the fifth annual Maui Songwriter Festival last Saturday. They sang, “On the Road Again.
The festival is presented by BMI in the A&B Amphitheater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, and also included Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Kevin Griffin, Kassi Ashton. Tavana. Storme Warren of Sirius XM’s The Highway hosted the event.
Thanks so much to Janis from Texas, for sharing her fantastic photos from the Farm Aid concert in Wisconsin last September.
Micah Nelson
Corey McCormick
Tato Melgar
Anthony LoGerfo
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Thanks so much, Janis Tillerson, for these great photos of Lukas Nelson, from Farm Aid 2019.
Jimmy mixes up the lyrics to Margarittaville”
“Some people say that there’s a woman to blame,
but I know, it’s all Willie’s fault.”
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by: Abby Johnston
Lukas Nelson’s first release since A Star Is Born vaulted him into the national consciousness delivers for both the newly initiated and the faithful. Fifty-minute follow-up to his self-titled 2017 breakout, Turn Off the News (Build a Garden) genre hops with ease, but the first quarter hews close to his roots-rock background.
The bright guitar progressions of “Bad Case” jangle pure Tom Petty, and the soaring balladry of “Where Does Love Go” sounds like Willie Nelson’s second youngest is auditioning to be a Wilbury. “Lotta Fun” marks the start of a brief country turn, sealed by a sweet duet with Nelson family favorite Margo Price.
“Mystery,” one of the album’s few acoustic cuts, features dear ol’ dad picking Trigger. The scion sounds most at ease on the album’s back half, which burns with guitar solos. After a full-band maelstrom closes “Out in LA,” Nelson concludes, “That was some magic. There’s some magic there.”
“A lot of folks been asking -I spoke to Dad and he’s fine, just going for a check up. At 86 you gotta make sure everything is running smoothly so you can keep doing 100 + shows a year! He HATES to miss shows because he loves the folks who love him ! ” — Lukas Nelson
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by: Kirsten Spruch
Brantley Gilbert has announced that his forthcoming album, Fire & Brimstone, will be released Oct. 4 via The Valory Music Co.
This marks the Georgia native’s first album in almost three years, following 2017’s The Devil Don’t Sleep. The LP will feature Lindsay Ell, Colt Ford, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss and Lukas and Willie Nelson. “Bad Boy” is the latest single, while “What Happens In a Small Town,” “Man That Hung the Moon,” “Not Like Us” and “Welcome to Hazeville” are all also out now.
All 15 tracks on the album were written and co-written by the country singer-songwriter and focus in on being a father and a husband.
“I know it sounds crazy, but never did I once bring a lyric sheet into the studio with me,” Gilbert said of the recording process in a statement. “I feel like I am at this stage in my career where I am confident enough to let the music take me where it’s meant to go, no matter how down and dirty that might be. There is no doubt that this is the album that allowed me to grow up musically.”
Track List:
1. “Fire’t Up”
2. “Not Like Us”
3. “Welcome To Hazeville” (featuring Colt Ford, Lukas Nelson and Willie Nelson)
4. “What Happens In A Small Town” (featuring Lindsay Ell)
5. “She Ain’t Home”
6. “Lost Soul’s Prayer”
7. “Tough Town”
8. “Fire & Brimstone” (featuring Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss)
9. “Laid Back Ride”
10. “Bad Boy”
11. “New Money”
12. “Breaks Down”
13. “Man Of Steel”
14. “Never Gonna Be Alone”
15. “Man That Hung The Moon”
Missing the family, just got to #amagansett for the 1st of two shows at @theTalkhouse tonight and Sunday night, then opening for @RollingStones on the 5th at @MetLifeStadium! ? pic.twitter.com/qtzjWV9kke
— Lukas Autry Nelson (@lukasnelson) August 2, 2019
“I wrote this song a long time ago .. took a while to come to fruition in the recording studio, but once we sat down to do it, it played itself .. on the record, I’m especially impressed with the restraint of the band, how well everyone complements each other.. special shout out to our old friend Jesse Grey Siebenberg for the beautiful steel guitar on the album version of “Consider It Heaven”.. this is how I wrote it originally, and brought it to the band.”
