Lukas Nelson on "I Never Cared For You" (special Willie's birthday episode)
One by Willie
John Spong
4.6 • 898 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This week, we ring in Willie’s monumental 90th birthday with his son, acclaimed singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson, who discusses “I Never Cared for You.” It’s a favorite deep-cut of true Willie lovers, a song he’s recorded repeatedly through the years; the original, 1964 single was the record that first made Leon Russell a Willie fan. But Lukas focuses on the 1998 version off Teatro because he was nine years old and in the studio when it was recorded, a memory that prompts thoughts on Emmylou Harris’s harmonies, cave paintings, and covering Pearl Jam with his dad.
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| 1:04.6 | Music additional generous support from Toccova's Boots. Hey there, I'm John Spong with Texas Monthly Magazine, and this is One by Willie, |
| 1:10.4 | a podcast in which I talk each week |
| 1:12.5 | to one notable Willie Nelson fan about one Willie's song that they really love. |
| 1:17.5 | This week, with Willie's big 90th birthday just a couple days away, we're going to talk to his |
| 1:22.5 | son, singer-songwriter, and band leader Nelson, about I Never Cared for You. |
| 1:28.7 | It's one of those old, early 60s Willie compositions that casual fans may not even know, |
| 1:34.5 | and that diehard fans consider one of the best, most important songs Willie ever wrote. |
| 1:39.2 | The version Lucas will focus on is off of Willie's 1998 album Teatro, |
| 1:46.0 | and it gets him thinking about cave paintings, Emmy Lou Harris |
| 1:48.2 | the dangerously high |
| 1:49.9 | price of fame and getting |
| 1:51.9 | his dad to cover a Pearl Jam song. |
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