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Lukas Nelson On Staying Home And Focusing On The Music

NPR's David Greene talks to Lukas Nelson about a new album, hunkering down with family, silver linings and focusing on what's important in life.
Instead of touring to promote his new album <em>Naked Garden</em>, Lukas Nelson is at home on his father Willie Nelson's ranch. "We're playing a lot of chess and dominoes. And we're writing music," he says.

"Entirely Different Stars," from Lukas Nelson's newest album, Naked Garden, is a song many people might relate to right about now. It's a fantasy about grabbing that special someone and blasting off to a less troubled planet.

Nelson is a powerhouse musician in his own right: He co-wrote music for with Lady Gaga, and his band Promise of the Real frequently plays with Neil Young. He's also Willie Nelson's son, and while Lukas Nelson and his band were supposed to heading out on a tour to promote right now, instead he's hunkered down with his

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