Willie Nelson may be 91 years old, but he’s still making new music and touring the country. He admitted that he loves making music so much that he’ll never stop, even though he had to cancel several shows this year due to an unspecified illness. Now, the country music icon has announced a new album titled. The last leaf on the tree will be released on November 1, 2024. The latest release will be his 76th solo studio album and his 153rd overall.

The new album is a true family affair, as it marks the first time his son Micah has produced one of his father’s albums. They have performed together in the past, along with Nelson’s son Lukas. Lukas sounds an eerily similar to his famous father and has filled in for him when he was ill on tour. In honor of the album’s upcoming release, Nelson released the first new song this week, titled “Last Leaf,” a cover of a 2011 Tom Waits song.

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The album also includes Waits’ song “House Where Nobody Lives” and “If It Wasn’t Broken” by Sydney Lyndella Ward, aka Sunny War. Ward said his cover was “the sweetest and greatest thing that ever happened to her as a writer and musician. I used to play that song on the Venice Beach boardwalk and I never imagined Willie Nelson would ever hear it.” Other covers include songs by Neil Young, Nina Simone, Beck, the Flaming Lips and others. The album is not just made up of covers, however; Nelson wrote several songs, including “The Ghost” and “Color of Sound.”

The last leaf on the tree will be available on CD, LP vinyl, a limited edition lithograph and of course digitally. All are available for pre-order now and you can listen to the new single below after reading the tracklist:

1. “Last Leaf” (Tom Waits cover)
2. “If It Wasn’t Broken” (Sunny War cover)
3. “Lost Cause” (Beck cover)
4. “Come Ye” (Nina Simone cover)
5. “Keep Me in Your Heart” (Warren Zevon cover)
6. “Robbed Blind” (Keith Richards cover)
7. “House Where Nobody Lives” (Tom Waits cover)
8. “Are You Ready for the Country?” (Neil Young cover)
9. “Do You Realize??” (Flaming Lips cover)
10. “Wheels” (Particle Kid cover)
11. “Broken Arrow” (Neil Young cover)
12. “Color of Sound”
13. “The Spirit”