Tami Neilson // Neilson Sings Nelson Series: Always On My Mind

Featuring exclusive footage filmed inside the vault at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studio, “Always On My Mind” is the the second release from the “Neilson Sings Nelson” series. Award-winning New Zealand artist Tami Neilson continues to share the collection of songs she recorded as a birthday gift for Willie on his 90th birthday. “When I chose the songs for this collection, I tried to avoid the ones that have been covered heavily.”, Neilson shares, “This song is one of the exceptions. It is a testament to Willie’s incredible artistry, how one of the world’s greatest songwriters can cover a song he did not write and make it completely his own, intrinsically part of his work and associated with him. For a big-voiced singer known more for big belters, this was an exercise in restraint for me. It was just my brother Jay and I recording live off the floor, no click, one take, just trying to be fluid and follow each other with the lights dimmed, swimming with each other in the reverb from the tiled echo chambe