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Single cover. Legacy / Sony Music (digital single) (2013)
"From Here to the Moon and Back" featuring Dolly Parton and "Grandma's Hands" featuring Mavis Staples are a double A-side single by Willie Nelson. They were released for digital download on August 3, 2013, by Legacy Recordings and Sony Music as the first two singles from Nelson's To All the Girls... album. The two singles were released to various radio formats on August 20. "From Here to the Moon and Back" was written by Dolly and produced by Buddy Cannon. It is a cover of a song Dolly had written and originally recorded for the 2012 movie, Joyful Noise, while "Grandma's Hands" is cover of Bill Withers' 1971 song. "From Here to the Moon and Back" would later be included on Dolly's 2014 album, Blue Smoke.

Track listing

  1. From Here to the Moon and Back (featuring Dolly Parton) (Dolly Parton) 4:02
  2. Grandma's Hands (featuring Mavis Staples) (Bill Withers) 3:10

Recording

"From Here to the Moon and Back" was recorded at Ben's Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with additional recording  at Sound Emporium Recording Studios in Nashville.

Audio

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Blue Smoke liner notes.
Performance
  • David Angell – strings
  • Monisa Angell – strings
  • Zeneba Bowers – strings
  • Jim "Moose" Brown – piano
  • Seanad Chang – strings
  • Wei Tsun Chang – strings
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Dennis Crouch – upright Bass
  • David Davidson – strings
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitar
  • Anthony Lamarchina – strings
  • Willie Nelson – lead vocals, Trigger​
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Stefan Petrescu – strings
  • Kathryn Plummer – strings
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Sarighani Reist – strings
  • Pamela Sixfin – strings
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar
  • Mary Vanosdale – strings
  • Tommy White – steel guitar
  • Kristin Wilkinson – strings
  • Karen Winkelmann – strings
  • Bobby Wood – synthesizer
Production
  • ​Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – assistant engineer
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant engineer
  • Drew Bollman – engineer
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant engineer
  • Buddy Cannon – producer
  • Butch Carr – mixing, additional engineer
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Adam Grover – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Mendelson - mastering
  • Mike Stankiewicz – assistant engineer