#WILLIE MUSE TATTOO MOVIE#

She’s got a tattoo of David Bowie on her arm” - and Nelson’s band covers Bowie’s “Life on Mars” on their new “Forget About Georgia” EP. “We grew up listening to the same type of thing. “We wrote those songs together based on our mutual knowledge of good music,” he says. Although the two come from different genres, they found common musical ground in their compositions, including “Music to My Eyes” and “I Don’t Know What Love Is.” Willie Nelson and his son Lukas at the Farm Aid concert in August 2011. While writing tunes such as “Black Eyes” and “Out of Time” with Cooper, Nelson also penned songs with Lady Gaga.

#WILLIE MUSE TATTOO MOVIE#

“I started writing songs for the movie thinking about what would sound good with his voice.” “I’d sit with him every day and play guitar with him and go over songs,” he says. To keep it authentic, Nelson coached Cooper to hone his country-rock chops. He knows music, he knows phrasing.’ That’s how I knew.”

After hearing the actor sing the traditional folk song “Midnight Special,” Nelson felt confident that the four-time Oscar nominee would be up to the vocal challenge. “Definitely he based a large part of it ,” he says.īut Nelson was surprised at the level of natural musicianship possessed by Cooper, who took guitar and piano lessons for his role. In addition to portraying Jack’s sideman, Nelson was the main muse for Cooper’s own characterization. Nelson with (from left) Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Sam Elliott at the Los Angeles premiere of “A Star is Born.” Eric Charbonneau/REX

Thus, a bromance was born: “A couple days later, I was over at Bradley’s house hanging out, and we hit it off,” says Nelson, 29, who was enlisted to serve as a music consultant and composer for “A Star Is Born.” Then it “evolved naturally,” he says, for Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - who were nominated for group of the year at last month’s Americana Music Honors & Awards - to play Jackson Maine’s band in the movie. “So when he called me, I said, ‘Any fan of Neil’s is a friend of mine.’” “I knew Bradley was a big fan of Neil’s - I saw him do air guitar to ‘Down by the River’ on a few years back, and he did a great job,” Nelson - who, along with his band, Promise of the Real, plays backup for Young on tour - tells The Post. When Bradley Cooper saw Lukas Nelson - next-to-youngest son of country legend Willie Nelson - backing up Neil Young on guitar at the 2016 Desert Trip festival in Indio, Calif., the actor found an oasis of inspiration for his “A Star Is Born” character, Jackson Maine.Ĭooper - starring with Lady Gaga and making his directorial debut in the much-anticipated remake, opening Friday - tracked Nelson down with the help of film producer Bill Gerber, a friend of the musician’s parents.

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