Willie Nelson – That's Life (CD)
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Willie Nelson has always lived inside a song the way few vocalists can, and his phrasing owes as much to jazz and pop as it does to Texas honky-tonk. At 87 when this was recorded, his voice carried the kind of lived-in authority that no amount of studio polish can manufacture, making him a natural heir to Sinatra's storytelling tradition rather than simply a country star paying tribute.
Honoring the enduring inspiration of Frank Sinatra, That’s Life is Willie Nelson’s second album of classics made famous by The Chairman Of The Board. Willie’s first ode to Frank, 2018's My Way, earned Willie the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album, and That's Life finds Nelson (who has penned a few standards himself) inhabiting 11 more of the most treasured songs in the Great American Songbook including the title track, "Luck Be A Lady,” "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "You Make Me Feel So Young," and "I Won't Dance" (a duet featuring Diana Krall).
Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings, That's Life was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood--where Frank Sinatra created a string of album masterpieces--with additional recording at Pedernales Studios in Austin, Texas. Willie delivers 11 new studio performances, coming alive in a musical landscape animated by lush string and vibrant horn arrangements, on an album mixed by recording-industry legend Al Schmitt (who has recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer).
The album cover features a brand-new painting of Willie and his iconic guitar, Trigger, standing in the glow of a streetlamp, evoking classic Sinatra album covers of yore.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Nice Work If You Can Get It
2. Just In Time
3. Cottage For Sale
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. You Make Me Feel So Young
6. I Won't Dance
7. That's Life
8. Luck Be A Lady
9. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
10. Learnin' The Blues
11. Lonesome Road
UPC: 194398394527
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 2.26.21
Format: CD