The cover of Sinatra’s 1955 album In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning was the inspiration for the cover art of That’s Life. That’s Life also sees contributions from Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Dave Matthews Band saxophonist Jeff Coffin, and Grammy-winning vocalist Diana Krall on the song “I Won’t Dance.” Grammy-winning engineer Al Schmitt mixed the new record, with Kristin Wilkinson and Chris McDonald handling the orchestral arrangements. Along with reprising 11 songs from the Great American Songbook made famous by Frank, the record will also include lush string and horn arrangements. Producing the album will once again be Buddy Cannon along with Matt Rollings, who worked on the last Sinatra tribute as well. To capture the essence of Sinatra, Nelson recorded the new album at Capitol Studios in Hollywood where many of Sinatra’s most memorable recordings were captured, with additional work done at Willie’s Pedernales Studios in Austin, Texas. His 2018 album My Way did similar, and ended up earning Willie Nelson a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album. It’s not the first time Willie will tribute Ol’ Blue Eyes. Willie Nelson is paying tribute to close friend and musical colleague Frank Sinatra with his 71st studio album and 15th album for Sony’s Legacy imprint called That’s Life to be released on February 26th, 2021.
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