During the concert, Nelson’s music was performed by a top-notch and diverse lineup backed by a stellar house band led by Don Was. Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson delivered a heart-stopping rendition of the Nelson and Ray Charles duet “Seven Spanish Angels,” and Rosanne Cash sang “Pancho and Lefty.”
Nelson already recorded the Gershwins’ “Someone to Watch Over Me” on his classic album Stardust, but on Wednesday he revealed that he has finished recording an entire album of Gershwin songs, called “Summertime,” scheduled for release January 15.
During one of the concert’s most emotional moments, Nelson sang “Living in the Promiseland” with his sons Lukas and Micah. Nelson, who called the Gershwin Prize “one of the greatest things to happen in my life,” closed the concert by inviting all of the evening’s musical guests back onstage to perform “On the Road Again.”
— The Tennessean