Lukas Nelson Sounds Amazingly Like His Famous Dad Willie on Bluegrass Cover of Adele's 'Someone Like You'

Willie Nelson's legacy continues to shake up the music industry.

His son, Lukas Nelson, put a bluegrass spin on Adele's "Someone Like You," giving it a never-before-heard country twang would make his father proud.

The video was recorded with bluegrass band The Travelin' McCourys as they prepare for their performance at DelFest next weekend. Sung over a stringy banjo, the new version of the hit single was posted on to Instagram by Nelson and the band

"Fun times in rehearsal for (A)del(e)fest with the @thetravelinmccourys," he captioned the Instagram post.

The comments section of the video was flooded with demands that the song "needs to be recorded and released." Others pointed out that Nelson performing with The Travelin' McCourys was a dream come true for them.

"Two of my favorite bands collaborating, what a dream! Thank you," a comment gushed.

The Travelin' McCourys currently consist of Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, Jason Carter, Alan Bartram, and Cody Kilby. They are playing a solo set at the Maryland-based festival, before Nelson joins them for another performance.

The 35-year-old started his own band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, in 2008. They have dropped eight albums, with the most recent, Sticks and Stones, released in July 2023. The group also frequently collaborates with Neil Young, recording two collaborative studio albums with the legend.

While on a recent Willie Nelson-themed podcast, Lukas opened up about the inspiration his father has given him. He looks back at how the "Highwayman" singer's music changed the songwriting game for years to come.

"Well, there are a few songs that Dad has written that really sort of challenged, I think, the status quo of what types of songs that were being written at that moment in time," he shared, citing "Hello Walls" as an example. "It was a man talking not to his lover, but to the walls of his own home and the windows. It was so outside of the box, and such a beautiful and, I mean, undeniably poetic way of conveying the sense of loss of a lover."

While discussing his father's extensive music catalog, Nelson shares that his father's "timeless" way of songwriting sets it apart from other music. He compares it to "ancient text," pondering that it "could be sung in ancient Greek times as well as it could be sung in today's world."

"He was very timeless in his way of writing. I mean, that type of writing is . . . There's an authority to it. There's a sense of it coming from . . . It sounds more like an ancient text than it does a song."

Nelson will seemingly be performing his Adele cover with The Travelin' McCourys during next weekend's DelFest. They are slated to take the stage at 8:15 on Saturday, May 25, before The Travelin' McCourys play a solo set thirty minutes later.

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Willie Nelson, Adele