S3 E6: Nathaniel Rateliff on "A Song For You"

Published: May 25, 2022, 9:20 a.m.

b'This week, Americana singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff talks about the cut that closes Willie\\u2019s 1973 album Shotgun Willie, \\u201cA Song for You.\\u201d It was arguably Willie\\u2019s first iconic cover song, written by one of his closest friends and most important collaborators, Tulsa legend Leon Russell, and it prompts Nathaniel to think aloud about the biker funeral where he first heard it; the crazy, early-70s days when Leon and Willie first hooked up...and the great lesson Nathaniel learned from Willie on creating a space\\u2014and a life\\u2014that brings friends together to make music.'