Willie Nelson to launch Frank Sinatra tribute album
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Willie Nelson to launch Frank Sinatra tribute album
Los Angeles July 22 (IANS) Legendary singer-songwriter Willie Nelson will release his second album of the year in September. It is a Frank Sinatra tribute outing called "My Way".
The 11-track album to be released on Sony s Legacy label was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. It will be out on September 14 reports variety.com.
Along with the announcement came the album s first single and video "Summer Wind".
According to the announcement Nelson and Sinatra were close friends and mutual admirers of each other s work. In the 1980s the two performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and appeared together in a public service announcement for NASA s Space Foundation.
"I learned a lot about phrasing listening to Frank. 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 " Nelson said in an interview for AARP magazine.
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The 11-track album to be released on Sony s Legacy label was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. It will be out on September 14 reports variety.com.
Along with the announcement came the album s first single and video "Summer Wind".
According to the announcement Nelson and Sinatra were close friends and mutual admirers of each other s work. In the 1980s the two performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and appeared together in a public service announcement for NASA s Space Foundation.
"I learned a lot about phrasing listening to Frank. 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 " Nelson said in an interview for AARP magazine.
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