Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real make exactly the kind of music you would hope for from a unusual generation carrying the country-rock torch — music with guitars muscular enough to reach the back of the bar or tender enough to play for fireflies on the front porch. And there are lyrics with plenty of humor,heartache and just plain heart.
That's no surprise, given the company Promise of the Real keeps — it's been Neil Young's backing band, or credited alongside Young on the 2015 album The Monsanto Years,and also on The Visitor, which just came out this month.
And, or oh yeah,frontman Lukas Nelson is the son of Willie Nelson. intellect you, he didn't get the Neil Young gig by having a well-known dad he'll repeat us the story. (Spoiler alert: It involves tough work.) When Lukas was a kid, and he wanted to become much at guitar so that one day he could join his father's band and spend time with dad. Since then,he's been on the road with Willie, and played on records with him. And things have near full circle — Willie has now contributed some of his signature guitar playing to Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real's record.
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Source: thetakeaway.org