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VIDEO: Watch Willie, Lukas & Micah Nelson pay tribute to Frank Sinatra with "Cottage For Sale"

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Living legend Willie Nelson just released his-- get ready-- 71st album at the age of 87!

Once again dipping into the "Great American Songbook", Nelson has shared a compilation of covers inspired primarily by "Ol' Blue Eyes" himself, the great Frank Sinatra, saying, “I learned a lot about phrasing listening to Frank. He didn’t worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or whatever — he could sing it either way, and that’s the feel you have to have.”

Nelson went live last Friday with sons Micah and Lukas-- backed by Lukas' band Promise of the Real-- to perform "A Cottage For Sale", which is just as charming as you'd imagine...

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