Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

• 1 Set Me Down On A Cloud 07:16
• 2 Die Alone 02:37
• 3 Fool Me Once 03:51
• 4 Just Outside Of Austin 04:45
• 5 Carolina 03:16
• 6 Runnin’ Shine 03:23
• 7 Find Yourself 06:16
• 8 Four Letter Word 04:42
• 9 High Times 03:30
• 10 Breath Of My Baby 02:52
• 11 Forget About Georgia 08:17
• 12 If I Started Over 03:12
• Total Runtime 53:57

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Mit dem selbstbetitelten Album Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real beweist Lukas Nelson, Sohn von Willie Nelson, dass er sich aus dem übergroßen Schatten seines ikonenhaften Vaters endgültig emanzipiert hat: Das von John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band) produzierte, in den The Village Studios (Los Angeles) aufgenommene Album zeigt eine Band, die ihren Weg gefunden hat. Mit einem Sound, der sich erfolgreich gegen Stilbarrieren stemmt, der genreübergreifend begeistert. Natürlich klingen hier und da ihre musikalischen Taufpaten durch. Country-Recken wie Roger Miller oder Glen Campbell (bei „Just Outside Of Austin“) und der unvergessliche Ray Charles („Forget About Georgia“); Elvis und Roy Orbison, die Könige des Herz-Schmerzes, in grandiosen Big-Screen-Balladen („If I Started Over“) und natürlich auch Mentor Neil Young und Willie Nelson. Bei den Flirts mit anspruchsvollem Pop („Carolina“, „Find Yourself“) zeigt Pop-Queen Lady Gaga, welch großartige Sängerin sie ist.

Dennoch: Das Spotlight des Albums gebührt trotz prominenter Gäste Lukas Nelson. Als Sänger (großartig!), als Songwriter (poetisch! hintergründig!), als Gitarrist (unglaublich!). Zu viele Superlative? Dann bitte reinhören in Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – das man mit Sicherheit zu den besten Alben des Jahres 2017 zählen wird. Neil Young darf stolz auf sie sein. Und Willie Nelson erst recht.

Lukas Nelson, Gesang, Gitarre
Jesse Siebenberg, Gitarre, Steel Gitarre
Alberto Bof, Piano
Anthony LoGerfo, Schlagzeug
Corey McCormick, Bass
Tato Melgar, Percussion

Produced by John Avila, Tato Melgar

Lukas Nelson Raised in a musical family, Lukas Nelson learned early on that true originality is hard won. Blessed with a measure of musical ability imparted by his father, country music legend, Willie Nelson, it’s clear that Lukas’ gifts have likewise been honed by a singular devotion to craft and a deep appreciation for the sacrifice an artistic life requires. Since forming Promise of the Real 10 years ago, the 28-year old singer/songwriter/guitarist and his bandmates have played hundreds of shows including major festivals and built a devoted, ever expanding following. In 2014, destiny knocked when Neil Young recruited Promise of the Real to be his road and studio band. They have performed with Young around the world and on his two most recent albums – and the rock legend has mentored the grateful young musicians ever since.

Still, with a bounty of invaluable experience under their belts, nothing foretold the artistic leap of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, the band’s new, self-titled album, a mesmerizing, deeply soulful, endlessly rewarding work, set for release this fall by Fantasy Records.

Recorded at The Village Studios in West Los Angeles Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real was produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer) and features the band’s new six-piece line-up: Tato Melgar (percussion), Anthony LoGerfo (drums) and Corey McCormick (bass, vocals) along with new members Jesse Siebenberg (steel guitars, Farfisa organ, vocals) and Alberto Bof (piano, Wurlitzer). Stefani (Lady Gaga) Germanotta added her signature vocals to the rousing tracks "Carolina” and "Find Yourself,” while Jess Wolfe and Holly Lessig of the Brooklyn-based indie-pop group Lucius provide backing vocals on five of the 12 tracks, evoking Exile on Main St.’s ecstatic, gospel-rooted harmonies.

Focused and self-assured, the new album includes 12 Nelson originals that draw on Lukas’ lineage as well as surrogate uncles like Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, J.J. Cale, The Band, Clapton-era Delaney & Bonnie and of course, mentor Neil Young. An inspired work of cosmic country soul, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real is the sound of American music reborn, sure to be one of 2017’s most distinctive and essential recordings.