Willie Nelson Releasing 76th Studio Album with Youngest Son Micah

Willie Nelson is collaborating with his youngest son, Micah Nelson, for his 76th studio album.

The 91-year-old country music icon will release his new album, “Last Leaf on the Tree,” which Micah Nelson helped produce, on November 1st. The album features a combination of original songs by Willie Nelson and several covers.

Among the covers are Willie Nelson’s renditions of hits by artists such as Warren Zevon, Nina Simone, Keith Richards, and Sunny War, as well as songs by The Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, and more.

Micah Nelson showcases his musical skills on the album, playing a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano, as reported by Rolling Stone.

Willie Nelson made a triumphant return to the stage on the Fourth of July after recovering from an unspecified illness that led to him missing multiple performances on his Outlaw Music Festival Tour.

“There are little side-quests, but that became the through-line — facing death with grace,” Micah Nelson said in a statement. Micah, 34, also described his “sculptor’s approach” to producing the album, which he discussed with Saving Country Music.

“It’s an approach that I really love and have used a lot over the years — just throwing the clay down and stepping back, then maybe adding a little more, and then maybe shaving down here, and kind of building the tracks that way,” Micah explained.

In addition to Micah, Willie Nelson shares seven other children with his wife Annie D’Angelo: Renee Butts, Lana Nelson Fowler, Susie Nelson, William “Billy” Hugh Nelson Jr., Paula Carlene Nelson, Amy Lee Nelson, and Lukas Autry Nelson. Tragically, Billy Nelson passed away in 1991, and Renee Butts died in 2017.

Source: ABC News, Rolling Stone, Saving Country Music