Lukas Nelson Talks Spiritual Connection with Neil Young and Defying Expectations | Wide Open Country

Here's a clip from an interview with Lukas Nelson on his new album with Promise of the Real and working with Neil Young.

From Lukas Nelson Talks Spiritual Connection with Neil Young and Defying Expectations | Wide Open Country by Jeremy Burchard:

For Nelson, growing up one of the sons of Willie Nelson came with plenty of perks. Like constantly being surrounded by music legends.

“I started playing in my dad’s band at first, and then my own band,” Nelson says. Then, when he and the band got a chance to jam with Neil Young after the 2014 Farm Aid, Young invited the band to record and tour with him.

“I think it’s just a spiritual connection we have with the music,” Nelson says of the band’s relationship with Young. “It just feels right when we’re hanging out and playing together. I’m recording a new record with Neil right now. It’s just a beautiful connection.”

It’s also a pretty damn good education. The band brings a youthful energy to Young’s shows and he teaches them lessons learned over a 50-year career.

“Neil is obviously our spiritual priority with the music,” Nelson says. “Nobody is around forever, so we just learn. We’re soaking it up, trying to give him what he needs for these songs. For the music he hears in his head. And then we take that and apply it to our own music and it just compounds. There’s no downside to it.”

Full interview from Lukas Nelson Talks Spiritual Connection with Neil Young and Defying Expectations | Wide Open Country by Jeremy Burchard.

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