Legacy Recordings, a
division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release My Way--Willie Nelson's new
studio album (and 12th for the label)--on Friday, September 14. My Way will be available on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats
as well as part of exclusive merch bundles on Willie's web store.
In addition, the first single from the album, Willie's take
on the classic "Summer Wind" was also released and a music
video for the song can be viewed at
http://www.vevo.com/watch/willie-nelson/Summer-Wind-(Official-Music-Video)/USSM21800782.
My Way is Willie's second new studio album this year,
following the release of his critically-acclaimed Last Man Standing in April.
An album of standards and classics made famous by Frank
Sinatra, My Way finds Willie (who's written a few standards himself) swinging
his way through some of the most beloved songs in the Great American Songbook.
The album--which features lush string and horn arrangements--was produced by
Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings.
Two iconic avatars on the American pop culture landscape,
Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson express the range of romantic emotion--from the
intoxicating thrill of falling in love to the crushing hangover of
heartbreak--in songs that speak directly to the listener. Recorded in the
spirit of Willie's legendary 1978 Stardust album (one of the first contemporary
artists to "cover" the Great American Songbook) and 2016's
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (a Best Traditional Vocal Album Grammy
Award winner), My Way pays homage to one of his heroes.
Willie and Frank were close friends, musical colleagues and
mutual admirers of each other's work throughout Sinatra's lifetime. In the
1980s, Sinatra opened for Willie at Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and the two of
them appeared together in a public service announcement for NASA's Space
Foundation.
"I learned a lot about phrasing listening to
Frank," Willie said recently in an interview for AARP magazine (June/July
2018). "He didn't worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or
whatever—he could sing it either way, and that's the feel you have to
have."
That's the attitude Willie brings to My Way with abiding
classics like "Summer Wind," "It Was A Very Good Year,"
"I'll Be Around," "Fly Me To The Moon," "What Is This
Thing Called Love" (a duet with 9 time Grammy winner Norah Jones) and the
anthemic title track, Frank done Willie's way, one master vocalist channeling
another.
Willie Nelson - My Way
01. Fly Me To The Moon
02. Summer Wind
03. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
04. A Foggy Day
05. It Was A Very Good Year
06. Blue Moon
07. I'll Be Around
08. Night And Day
09. What Is This Thing Called Love (with Norah Jones)
10. Young At Heart
11. My Way
Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings
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