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Lukas Nelson & Sierra Ferrell Put Bluegrass Spin On Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend” With The Travelin’ McCoury’s
The dream team.
Today, Lukas Nelson and Sierra Ferrell released an absolutely perfect rendition of Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend,” which was written by young and released as part of his 1992 album, Harvest Moon.
He actually wrote it in the 70’s, closer to the release of his 1978 album Comes a Time, but along with bluegrass band The Travelin’ McCoury’s, Lukas and Sierra completely remade this song and honestly, I love it way more than the original.
I don’t know if that’s a “hot take” or if many of you will agree with that statement, but Lukas and Sierra are supremely talented as solo musicians, so anytime they get together for a duet, I am SO here for it.
They previously released a bluegrass version of Adele’s mega hit “Someone Like You,” which also featured backing from The Travelin’ McCoury’s, and it was absolutely incredible. They have a cool duo thing going on, so I’m going to need them to quit playing around and just put out a full bluegrass album together… we deserve it.
Sierra was also recently featured on Lukas’ debut solo country album American Romance, the first project since Lukas parted ways with his longtime band Promise of the Real. They teamed up for “Friend in the End,” a beautiful tribute to their obvious friendship and like everything they put out, it’s great.
But there’s just something special about this song and the story within it that I just love, and it’s easily the best thing that’s been released on this new music Friday. I’m gong to have this on repeat all weekend long, and I promise, you will too:
“Unknown Legend”
If you haven’t heard their version of “Someone Like You” yet, you’re missing out…
The original “Unknown Legend”:
LUKAS NELSON CONFIRMED 2025 TOUR DATES
October 10—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 12—Wilmington, NC—Live Oak Bank Pavilion§
October 14—Washington, D.C—Lincoln Theater‡
October 15—Philadelphia, PA—Brooklyn Bowl‡
October 21—Cleveland, OH—Globe Iron‡
October 22—Detroit, MI—Majestic Theatre‡
October 24—Milwaukee, WI—The Rave‡
October 25—Madison, WI—The Sylvee‡
October 26—Chicago, IL—The Vic‡
October 28—Saint Paul, MN—Palace Theater‡
October 29—Omaha, NE—The Admiral‡
October 31—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre‡
November 3—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre||
November 4—Eugene, OR—McDonald Theatre||
November 6—Santa Rosa, CA—Luther Burbank Center for the Arts||
November 8—Oroville, CA—Gold Country Casino and Hotel
November 9—Napa, CA—Uptown Theatre Napa||
November 12—Los Angeles, CA—The Fonda Theatre||
‡with special guest The Band Loula
§with special guests Stephen Wilson Jr. and The Band Loula
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