Showing off his young-at-heart spirit, 85-year-old nation legend Willie Nelson switched issues up at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday (Sept. 19), inviting the host onto his notorious tour bus for a fast chat earlier than he took the stage to carry out a really particular cowl.
“I believed I used to be going to have you ever on my present however you are having me on yours!” Colbert laughed strolling onto the bus. The duo talked about Nelson’s long-time involvement with politics and his work as an activist earlier than referring to the 11-time Grammy-award winner’s new album My Way, a tribute to Frank Sinatra.
“How did Sinatra affect you?” Colbert requested. “He’s my favourite singer and I learn someplace a pair years in the past that I used to be his favourite singer, too. We did a commercial together, a few years in the past for NASA.” Nelson recalled. “You do not see promoting for area that always… what was about it, that you simply two favored area a lot?” Colbert curiously requested. “I do not know, any individual requested us to do that business collectively and I thought ‘why not’ and he mentioned ‘why not’ too. Then I did “My Way” with him on his album and we have been pals for a very long time.”
“Would you wanna go to area?” Colbert puzzled. “No…I’ve been there!” Nelson answered with a smirk as Colbert shared a snippet of the actually odd business, by which Sinatra aggressively teases pal Nelson about his bandana and lengthy hair.
Before heading to his efficiency, the duo touched on Nelson’s robust place on the legalization of marijuana and performed a game of “Who Would You Wanna Light Up With?” When Colbert confirmed an image of President Trump, Nelson shortly remarked “This one would possibly want one unhealthy.”
Performing “Summer Wind” from My Way, Nelson took the stage because the piano intro opened area for his forceful vocal efficiency and his signature finger-picking acoustic guitar taking part in. Wearing a black blazer, pigtails and a black cowboy hat, Nelson introduced Sinatra again to life, including a raspy twang to the lyrics of the pop commonplace: “The summer time wind got here blowin’ in from throughout the ocean/ It lingered there, to the touch your hair and stroll with me/ All summer time lengthy we sang a track after which we strolled that golden sand/ Two sweethearts and the summer time wind,” Nelson sang.
Watch the enjoyable chat and Willie Nelson’s full efficiency of “Summer Wind” under.
