Live From Luck! Allison Russell on "Stardust"
This week, the podcast kicks off a special, Live from Luck! mini-season of OBW, four interviews conducted this March at Willie\u2019s central Texas ranch with artists performing later that day at his annual Luck Reunion. Up first is three-time Grammy nominee Allison Russell, who discusses Willie\u2019s landmark 1978 recording of Hoagy Carmichael\u2019s \u201cStardust.\u201d It\u2019s one of the most covered titles in the Great American Songbook, and Allison explains why she thinks Willie\u2019s version is definitive... before explaining how his vocals make her think of Billie Holiday and why she played the Stardust album nonstop for her newborn daughter.