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Nelson has The Flaming Lips covered today

Thursday, September 19, 2024 – Willie Nelson cover of The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" is out today via Legacy Recordings.

The song is the second track from Nelson's new studio album, "Last Leaf on the Tree," out Nov. 1.

He's just such a unique singer," The Flaming Lips' lead singer Wayne Coyne said. "You hear one second of his voice, and you go, that's him."

Fellow bandmember and song co-writer Steven Drozd said his only regret is that his late father won't get to hear it: "I wish he was still alive to see this happening, that Willie Nelson is doing a Flaming Lips song I had a part in co-writing. He'd be very proud."

"Last Leaf on the Tree" is Nelson's 76th solo studio album and his 153rd album overall, according to Texas Monthly's interactive All Willie Nelson Albums Ranked list. The album finds Willie covering songs plus a new recording of Willie's 1967 song, "The Ghost," and a new composition by Willie and his son, Micah.


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