Willie Nelson appeared in New York Metropolis this afternoon on his Outlaw Music Pageant tour, together with friends Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros., the String Cheese Incident, Los Lobos and Waylon Payne.
Nelson, donning his signature pink bandana and a t-shirt with the phrase “MAUI” on the entrance, swiftly moved by way of a set that included classics like “On the Street Once more,” “All the time on My Thoughts” and “Mama Don’t Let Your Infants Develop As much as Be Cowboys.”
You’ll be able to view an entire set record beneath.
“How y’all doing?” the singer-songwriter, who turned 90 earlier this 12 months, stated initially. Along with Nelson’s normally Household Band, particular visitor Norah Jones appeared on keys and vocals.
Nelson was joined by members of Los Lobos and String Cheese Incident, plus Weir for the set’s final couple of songs: a mashup of “Will the Cricle Be Unbroken” and “I’ll Fly Away,” adopted by the closing quantity, “It’s Arduous to Be Humble.” Earlier than leaving the stage, Nelson waved and threw an armful of pink bandanas into the gang.
The Outlaw Music Pageant started in 2016 and has been working yearly ever since. Over time, friends have included Neil Younger, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, ZZ High, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow and plenty of extra.
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This 12 months’s tour has featured a rotating forged of friends, like Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Margo Worth, John Fogerty, Gov’t Mule and Tedeschi Vehicles Band, amongst others.
“I am unable to wait to be on the street with the wonderful group of artists becoming a member of us on this 12 months’s Outlaw Music Pageant Tour,” Nelson stated in a earlier assertion. “It’s at all times an incredible day of music and enjoyable with household, pals and the unbelievable followers, and much more particular this 12 months in celebration of my ninetieth birthday.”
The tour will final till Oct. 15, with the ultimate present set to happen in Pelham, Alabama. Nelson can be slated to launch a brand new guide, Power Follows Thought: The Tales Behind My Songs, on Oct. 31.
Willie Nelson, 9/17/23, Forest Hills, NY, Set Record
1. “Whiskey River” (Johnny Bush cowl)
2. “Keep a Little Longer” (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys cowl)
3. “Nonetheless Is Nonetheless Transferring to Me”
4. “Down Yonder” (L. Wolfe Gilbert cowl)
5. “Bloody Mary Morning”
6. “I By no means Cared for You”
7. “Assist Me Make It By the Evening” (Kris Kristofferson cowl) (Waylon Payne and Norah Jones on vocals)
8. “Mamas Do not Let Your Infants Develop As much as Be Cowboys”
9. “Angel Flying Too Near the Floor”
10. “On the Street Once more”
11. “All the time On My Thoughts”
12. “Good Hearted Girl” (Waylon Jennings cowl)
13. “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me Once I Die”
14. “Georgia (On My Thoughts)” (Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra cowl)
15. “I Been to Georgia on a Quick Prepare” (Billy Joe Shaver cowl)
16. “I Gotta Get Drunk”
17. “Write Your Personal Songs” (Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson cowl)
18. “Transfer It on Over” (Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cowl)
19. “Me and Bobby McGee” (Kris Kristofferson cowl)
20. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (William MacEwan cowl)
21. “It is Arduous to Be Humble” (Mac Davis cowl)
22. “I Noticed the Mild” (Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cowl) (Household Band Instrumental)
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Reunions, farewells and long-awaited exhibits are on the horizon.
