One of country music’s best father/son pairs…
During Willie Nelson’s recent two-day, star-studded 90th birthday bash, his son Lukas took the stage solo to perform a perfect rendition of his father’s #1 classic hit, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.”
Of course, Willie wrote the song for his starring role as a country singer in the 1980 film Honeysuckle Rose, and it eventually become his seventh #1 single on the country chart as a solo artist in 1981.
It stayed at #1 for a week, spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart, and remains a fan-favorite to this day.
Lukas is a fantastic artist himself (and has a new record dropping in July), and gave a perfect performance at the Hollywood Bowl that had the thousands of people in the audience so invested and captivated that you could hear a pin drop.
He shared the video on Instagram earlier, wishing his father and living country legend a happy Father’s Day, calling it a “privilege” to sing his song at his 90th birthday celebration a couple months ago:
“Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers, father figures and especially to my father.
I had the privilege to perform his song ‘Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground’ for his 90th birthday show back in April.
I love that I can share that performance in honor of Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day, Dad.”
A perfect Father’s Day tribute, indeed:
And while you’re here, make sure you check out their duet of Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe,” which they covered as part of Willie’s 2012 Heroes album:
“Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”