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"My Way" is the sixty-eighth studio album by Willie Nelson. It was released on September 14, 2018, by Legacy Recordings. The album is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of Nelson's.
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The country icon is in fine voice throughout, but it’s the arrangements by co-producers Buddy Cannon and pianist Matt Rollings that make these versions so vivid. Some, like the opening “Fly Me To The Moon,” find Nelson fronting a horn-enhanced big band with Mickey Raphael blowing country harp. Elsewhere, as on “I’ll Be Around,” the instrumentation is more sparse with a small combo, including tasty pedal steel backing Nelson. Strings enhance but never overwhelm the bluesy “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road),” and the rhythm gets nightclub jazzy on a zippy “Night And Day.” Nelson is notoriously receptive to female guests and Norah Jones fills that role handsomely, trading verses with Willie on a swinging “What Is This Thing Called Love.”
There aren’t many surprises on My Way, but that’s unimportant. Nelson’s in terrific voice, he clearly loves the material and delivers each of the 11 tracks with beautifully nuanced authenticity. While these versions may not better old blue eyes’, they are every bit as heartfelt and emotionally performed by Willie Nelson, a guy who has always done things his way.
Reviewed by Hal Horowitz for americansongwriter.com.
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