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My Way (2018)

Where the lyrics of My Way take you, and where it was really made.

Willie Nelson's 68th studio album pays tribute to Frank Sinatra, whose songs Nelson first heard on the radio at age 10.

Key places

EastWest Studios, Los Angeles (2018)

Recording site EastWest Studios — EastWest Studios is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The point marks the studio building in Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Pedernales Studio, Spicewood (2018)

Recording site Pedernales Studio — Pedernales Studio is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The point is placed at the city center of Spicewood, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sound Emporium, Nashville (2018)

Recording site Sound Emporium Studios — Sound Emporium is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The point marks the studio building in Nashville. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• My Way: 68th solo studio album by Willie Nelson
• Released September 14, 2018 by Legacy Recordings
• Tribute album to Frank Sinatra, a close friend of Nelson
• Won the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• Nelson's 13th career Grammy win

Background

• Nelson first teased the album on April 27, 2018, in a Variety article while promoting Last Man Standing
• He said the Great American Songbook is a deep well, because good songs never die
• The album was formally announced on July 19, 2018
• It is a collection of songs closely associated with Sinatra
• Nelson first heard Sinatra at age 10, when Sinatra joined the radio program Your Hit Parade
• Nelson and Sinatra were close friends and mutual admirers of each other's work
• In the 1980s the pair performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas

Recording

• Discogs credits list several studios: EastWest Studios, Pedernales Studio, Blackbird Studio, Ocean Way Recording, Sound Emporium, The Tracking Room, Brooklyn Recording
• Ed Cherney is credited for recording and mixing
• Mixing took place at Studio Ed At The Village
• Mastering took place at Georgetown Masters

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · it.wikipedia.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Willie Hugh Nelson on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas.
• Wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band, Bohemian Polka, as a guitarist at age nine.
• Attended Baylor University for two years before dropping out to pursue music.
• Moved to Nashville in 1960 and joined Ray Price's band as a bassist.

Career

• Songs such as "Crazy" (Patsy Cline), "Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Pretty Paper" became hits for other artists.
• Debut album ...And Then I Wrote was released in 1962; joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1965.
• Helped lead the outlaw country movement after moving to Austin, Texas in 1972.
• Red Headed Stranger (1975) was a critically acclaimed concept album; the single "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became his first number one hit.
• Co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 with Neil Young and John Mellencamp.
• Acted in over 30 films, including The Electric Horseman (1979).
• Received a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance for "Ride Me Back Home" (2019).
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released September 14, 2018 by Legacy Recordings
• First single Summer Wind was released on July 19, 2018, the same day as the formal announcement, with its music video
• I'll Be Around was released as the second single on August 24, 2018, with its music video premiering the same day
• One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) was released as the third single on September 10, 2018, with its music video
• The album contains 11 tracks, including Fly Me to the Moon, A Foggy Day, Blue Moon, Night and Day and Young at Heart
• What Is This Thing Called Love features Norah Jones
• The closing track My Way, 4:49 long, is credited to Paul Anka, Claude François and Jacques Revaux

Records

• Received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• The Grammy marked Nelson's 13th career Grammy win

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Nelson compares the Great American Songbook to a deep well, saying good songs never die
• Nelson first heard Sinatra at age 10 through the radio program Your Hit Parade
• In the 1980s Nelson and Sinatra performed on the same bill at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas
• Nelson and Sinatra also appeared together in a public service announcement for the Space Foundation
• The album's tracks include Fly Me to the Moon, Summer Wind, One for My Baby and My Way

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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