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ATLANTA , Georgia (AP) 52; Willie Nelson is looking to become dog57;s best friend .Singer Willie Nelson will be featured in a television ad supporting an anti-dogfighting bill in Georgia (www.willienelson.com/)
As we previously reported, Sara Evans joins Willie Nelson in a performance for VIPs at the Super Bowl XLII Tailgate Party this weekend. Here are a few more details: The event will take place outside of the University of Phoenix S (www.willienelson.com/)
AMY GOODMAN: We57;re talking to Willie Nelson . We57;re going to go to break, another of the songs he played last night at Democracy Now! ās twelfth anniversary gala, as we celebrated grassroots global news. Willie Nelso (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
A mixture of fervency and offhandedness goes to the heart of Willie Nelson 's mystique. He exudes a knowledge that has been so thoroughly assimilated that to philosophize in anything but an understated tone would be hysterica (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
While Willie Nelson has been singing ''Whiskey River'' and a core group of songs at every show for years, he still improvises new shades of meaning each time (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
Willie Nelson , who is married to wife No. 4, may be most recognizable for his Pocahontas braids, but it's those eyes that start the trouble . Even now, at 62, they are perfectly almond shaped, deep brown and, well, just deep (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
And you bet your sweet bippy that TMZ put this video footage up for the world to see. Woody should head back to his house in Hawaii (where he and fellow toker Willie Nelson are neighbors) and do some yoga, Hollywood gets to even the most centered of people. (www.hollywoodbackwash.com....ie-nelson/)
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with misdemeanor drug possession by Louisiana police after a search of their tour bus on Monday turned up marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. (bedazzled.blogs.com....son_h.html)
BMI has announced today that country-folk singer/songwriter Willie Nelson will be honored in a November 6, 2007, ceremony as an "Icon" at the performing rights organization's 55th Annual Country Music Awards. According to the press release (folkmusic.about.com....c-icon.htm)
Willie Nelson , Singer, songwriter and activist. One of the most well-known artists in American country music. He is currently on a world tour supporting his latest album, Moment of Forever (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
AMY GOODMAN: Willie Nelson was in New York last night to headline Democracy Now! ās twelfth anniversary gala event. Today he joins us in our firehouse studio for the hour. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
AMY GOODMAN: Weāre going to go to a break, and this break comes from, well, last night57;s Democracy Now! twelfth anniversary gala. Our headliner was none other than, well, the man whoās sitting right here, music legend Willie Nelson (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Yes, they have to. You know, itās just52;itās just not anything wrong with marijuana if you use it responsibly. And itās not anything for kids; Iām not advocating that at all. But a lot of people will tell you, a lot of doctors will tell you that it is a good medicine for stress. And thatās the end of the story, really (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, of course, John was one of the original instigators, one of the original outlaws, and he had always done it his way, and heād always gone against the grain, uphill, whatever. And so, eventually, it was inevitable that we had to get together. So52; (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. And eventually we did the Highwaymen recordings and tours, which was a traveling circus . It was 278 pieces of luggage, because all our families and kids and everybody traveled with us around the world. And we did two world tours that way and really had a lot of fun. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, thereās always the music industry. Thereās always the business part of it. And Iāve always tried to dodge that part of it, because I didnāt really want to go along with all those things, where it has to be done this way, a song has to be two minutes long or has to have this and that in it. So the music industry or the music business and I never did really gel all that well. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : I was with RCA. Before that, I was with Monument Records, and before that I was with an independent label. And so, through the years, Iāve been with a few labels. But, yeah, I was with RCA when Chet Atkins was running RCA, the Nashville division. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, let me see. What would we do? Well, we did 60;Mama Donāt Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.61; We did that. I can do a verse of that for you. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, when you break the law, something is supposed to happen to you. I donāt care if youāre a president or not. If you break the law, you have to pay for that. And I think laws have been broken. Thatās my outlook on it. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Oh, I thought it was a great story, you know, and it was so appropriate for the times, and itās still appropriate for these times. And thatās why, I guess, we57;re still talking about Wag the Dog , because itās still happening (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Yeah, I think you have to know your kids. You have to make a point to know your kids, to know what they57;re thinking, to know what they57;re watching, to know what they57;re drinking, you know, to know what theyāre taking. And, yeah, parents have a huge obligation to know what their kids are doing. And I think thatās our job (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Oh, āCowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other.ā And there was another song I recorded, āI Aināt Going Down on Brokeback Mountain.ā There57;s a lot of great music out there that you canāt sing everywhere (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Iām not the guy to give advice. I had a father-in-law52;ex-father-in-law, who52;somebody asked him something one time, his advice, and he said, āTake my advice, and do what you want to.ā So that may be the best advice Iāve ever heard (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Sure, yeah. You know, this song has a little story. A year or so ago, I had a carpal tunnel operation, and the doctor said, āI want you to go home and shut up for a while.ā And so I did, but I wrote this song. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
I can't imagine there are "millions" who haven't heard of you. You're Willie Nelson ! You probably get recognized several times a day. Does your fame ever overwhelm you (www.spinner.com....d-forever/)
Willie plays all of the country, but some of his best shows are in his home state of Texas. Catch Willie Nelson performing at The Backyard or Stubb's BBQ in Austin , Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, or at his home away from home Luckenbock, Texas. Willie Nelson is the top star from Texas' country music scene, so seeing him in his native environment is quite a treat (www.ticketcity.com....ckets.html)
Featuring tunes from across Nelson's five-decade-spanning catalog, One Hell of a Ride will come out on April 1 with liner notes from Joe Nick Patoski. Patoski's biography of Nelson, Willie Nelson : An Epic Life , will also come out this spring via Little, Brown (www.pitchforkmedia.com....x-set-tour)
I think you said it all with 60;So while this album has its flaws, it is still a Willie Nelson album, and in the end that is all that matters.61; I may be the only one who actually dug 56;The Bob Song57; minus the unnecessary intr (twangville.com....f-forever/)
Willie Nelson is a songwriter and country western singer and performer from Abbott, Texas. Willie Nelson began his career as a performer and songwriter . His earliest success was not from recording his own songs, but from writing music for other performers to make famous. Nelson wrote early hits for Billy Walker, Faron Young, Roy Orbison, and Patsy Cline. Nelson became frustrated with his experience in Nashville , and moved to Austin , Texas in the ā60s. In Austin Willie Nelson became an extremely popular in the āhippieā or ācosmic cowboy ā scene that evolved around the Armadillo World Headquarters. Willie Nelson gained creative control of his music career and despite warnings of sure failure from music executives, nelson wrote and recorded groundbreaking albums like Red-Headed Stranger and Stardust . Nelsonās success continued with a long collaboration with Waylon Jennings. In the ā80s his success continued with his work with the Highwaymen . In the ā90s and 2000ās, Willie Nelson has continued to release critically acclaimed albums and continued to tou (www.ticketcity.com....ckets.html)
Along with his music, Willie Nelson is also known for his excesses, his politics, his advocacy work, and his movie and television career. Willie Nelson helped establish Farm Aid, has pushed for the use of bio-fuels, has advocated the reform of Marijuana laws, and has been a longtime peace advocate. His tax problems of the 1990ās have also lent to his image as a renegade . His approach to country music has helped to redefine the genre and blend in elements of jazz, rock, and folk. Willie Nelson has won 9 Country Music Awards, 10 Grammys, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, and 7 American Music Awards. Willie Nelson is a Texas and American icon and a living legend. Buy Willie Nelson tickets and experience a truly legendary songwriter and performer as he continues to push the boundaries of music (www.ticketcity.com....ckets.html)
Iconoclastic country star Willie Nelson never wants for work. In between rounds of golf, he stays busy touring, acting, advocating, writing and recording. "Moment of Forever" (out Tuesday) is his third new album in just 15 months. It was co-produced by Kenny Chesney, who also sings with Willie. Nelson called from the road. Again (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Moi: Kinky Friedman once wrote: "When Willie's not playing golf, he's mystical almost to the point of autism, which is not particularly helpful if you're trying to interview him." Is this interview going to be a disaster (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: We didn't really get a chance to hang out a lot. But he came on the bus a couple of times. Once, I was doing an interview with High Times magazine and he exited fairly quickly (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: I guess so. He's kind of like me, though. He's not a long conversationalist. But I've always found him to be intelligent, and he's engaged and interested as long as he wants to be (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: John would always call me when he needed a laugh, because I was always telling him jokes. He called me just after June had died and we talked about how hard that was for him. I miss him and all the guys who have moved on (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: I like to watch them singing with me. But I trick 'em with the phrasing. I enjoy watching 'em stumble through a line that was supposed to go one way but went another (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: It's a lot easier if you own the golf course to make up your own rules. Like no more than 12 in a foursome. No breaking wind in the tee box. If you have a bad lie, you never have to tell a bad lie. I like that one. And par is whatever you want it to be - depending on what the bet is. (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: Yeah, things like that. I have a wall at the place in Maui with a bunch of golf clubs that are defective - the ones that wouldn't work. It's a big wall with a lot of clubs (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: I don't take my eyes off him. That's the best policy. There's no reason to try to put a value on Trigger because unless it's the will of God or something, nothing is gonna happen to him. So I don't have him insure (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: I listened to a lot of different guitar players when I was growing up. I started listening to blues and jazz Billy Bird and Django Reinhardt and Bob Wills's band. When I play, I just put together all the things I've borrowed and what I've managed to come up with on my own (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: Derek Trucks you know him? He's a real good friend of mine; just visited with him not too long ago and jammed. Had a big time. He's one of the best guitar players out there (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: It turns out we have a lot in common and like a lot of the same things. He's a good writer and good singer, and he's good in the studio. He has a real good ear. I can see why he's successfu (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: Ned Sublette wrote that song. Another one that I just wrote is "Brokeback Mountain." It's probably not something you want to go around singing, thoug (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie: I don't think that's a good idea. What's the old saying? Don't look back; somebody might be catching up. Well, don't even slow down, much less look back (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Moi: It's like Ben Franklin said: "In this world, nothing is certain but death, taxes and at least one new Willie album every year." Though maybe not the taxes. (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
By the by, you must watch this video of Chesney performing "Stay A Little Longer" with Willie and Toby Keith. Chesney absolutely butchers his verse, then has the temerity to say: "I love that song! (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Would it please you if We At The Washington Post's Music Blog referred to ourselves in the royal we instead? Or if I used my first name? Or my initial? Or just Q to Willie's A? Or, I dunno . Harrison? Color me vexed. And curiou (blog.washingtonpost.com....son_1.html)
Willie did a beautiful job on this Dave Matthews song.I know "lruler" wants to have Dave's baby.but Willie did this one right.I think Willie does it better than Dave simply because he's so much closer to the gravedigge (music.aol.com....on/2053808)
WHAT RU IN IN THE TEENS/20S U DONT HAVE TO LIKE WILLIE OR HIS MUSIC BUT DONT TALK SMAK ABOUT HIM CAUSE UR NOT VERY BRITE GOOD OL WILLIE HAS GREAT MUSIC AN DID ALOT FOR COUNTRY U GO BK AN LISTEN TO UR MUSIC BUT DONT TRASH COUNTRY ICONS DIMWIT%0A%0AReporter Comments:%0A">Report This! (music.aol.com....on/2053808)
I think Dave would be honored that a legend like Willie would want to do one of his songs. Willie has his own style and has never tried to be anything but himself. I love unique voices and WIllie's is a classic. Wonderful. I love this song (music.aol.com....on/2053808)
Willie Nelson has filmed a public service announcement, speaking out against dogfighting. The country legend and longtime animal rights activist is lending his support to a Georgia bill that would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of fighting. Georgia is, of course, the home of suspended NFL star Michael Vick, who will be sentenced next month for his role in a gruesome dogfighting ring (www.spinner.com....-the-dogs/)
Rather will conduct what's described as an hourlong wide-ranging interview with his fellow Texan in which the Red-Headed Stranger riffs about the war in Iraq, the state of family farms and the legalization of marijuana. The 8 p.m. spesh will be followed at 9 p.m. by highlight's from this year's Farm Aid benefit concert in September , including perfs by Neil Young , John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, the Allman Brothers Band, Counting Crows and Montgomery Gentry. One of the many reasons to love Willie Nelson is that Farm Aid, the close-to-home charity Nelson founded in the dark days of the Reagan era, is now in its 22nd year. Funny how time slips away (weblogs.variety.com....ie_nelson/)
Willie Nelson performed one of his finest early songs, the wistful and fatalistic "Funny, How Time Slips Away," with a mixture of fervency and offhandedness. That mixture goes to the heart of Mr. Nelson's mystique. He exudes a knowledge that has been so thoroughly assimilated that to philosophize in anything but an understated tone would be hysterical . (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
Since becoming country music's most potent symbol of rugged individualism in the late 1970's, Willie Nelson has released so many albums, of such varying quality, that he is not quite the commercial powerhouse of five years ago. But as a concert performer, Mr. Nelson has, if anything, gained in command and confidenc (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
At Willie Nelson 57;s salute to America57;s small farmers on Sunday, some of the performers took on a tricky job: making the crowd understand that the day wasn57;t really about music (topics.nytimes.com....ie_nelson/)
Willie Nelson is country music. He is one of the most prolific song writers in the country music business. He had spent most of his early career behind the singer. He wrote such classic hits as Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” and Ray Price’s “Night Life.” In the 1970’s he found the perfect partner in crime; another country legend, Waylon Jennings. This started a kind of country outlaw movement. Willie Nelson quickly became a star with his first album. He was even getting noticed by the pop crowd. Unfortunately, his outlaw music lifestyle became very close to his real life . He ran into problems with the IRS. His album sales began to decline and unfortunately he was never able to regain his success. He continued to make albums and write songs for other artist. He was one of the originators of Farm Aid and did as much as he possibly could for farmers and other southern folk. Throughout the 80’s he continued to work with Waylon. He also formed a super group with other country musicians, but the IRS really ruined his caree (www.premiumseatsusa.com....ie-Nelson/)
Why don't they leave Willie the fuck alone? This type of shit is ridiculous. Link. A pound and a half of pot and 91 grams of mushrooms. I have a new-found respect for Willie. You go, Willie. (bedazzled.blogs.com....son_h.html)
State police spokesman Willie Williams said the bus was stopped early on Monday morning about 7 miles east of Lafayette, Louisiana, for a routine commercial inspection, and a state trooper smelled marijuana inside the bus. (bedazzled.blogs.com....son_h.html)
It could have been worse. Willie, Waylon and the boys could have been taken to jail. The average Joe would have been busted (and given a thorough cavity search) for a pound of pot. (bedazzled.blogs.com....son_h.html)
I have a new cd out that might be of interest to you and Willie Nelson . I can be found by google.Lowell BRown Cd baby. The songs are "willie Nelson Wears a Watch" and "Think About It". The latter deals directly with the prohibition issue. Thank You. Lowell Brown lowlo@hotmail.co (bloomideas.blogspot.com....stash.html)
Willie Nelson , who, with fellow Coachella act Nickel Creek, will return to the Empire Polo Fields May 4 and 5 for the first-ever Stagecoach Festival, offered up a preview of what's to come with a late-afternoon main stage set on Day Three of the festival. Nelson did what he does best: a showcased easy and free demeanor throughout a set of classics like the opening 'Whiskey River,' 'Still Is Still Moving to Me' and a cover of 'Me and Bobby McGee.' (www.spinner.com....coachella/)
When considering contemporary country-folk icons, personally, Willie Nelson would be one of the first artists to come to mind, so it's great to see him being rewarded in such a way for his decades of incredible work . No word yet on who, exactly, will be performing in the all-star tribute to Mr. Nelson, but it's sure to be an unmatchable line-up (folkmusic.about.com....c-icon.htm)
Willie Nelson has been spotted all over America in his biodiesel powered, Bio-Willie –emblazoned caravan. In his rowdy book On the Clean Road Again, he pits a hilarious recipe for petroleum against the recipe for biodiesel; shares how he and his entourage traveled far and wide on biofuels even before biodiesel stations started cropping up; and relates first-hand experience with biodiesel supply, pricing and regulatory trends he hopes are heralding a bright future for alternative fuels (community.gaiam.com....iesel.html)
JUAN GONZALEZ: The name Willie Nelson is synonymous with the wide popularity country music enjoys in the United States and around the world. Yet Nelsonās career has very little traces of the conformity that often goes hand-in-hand with such widespread acclaim. No, the āRed Haired Stranger,ā as he is known to his fans, has staked his legacy around challenging convention. Musically, he shunned the traditional Nashville country scene by pioneering his own subgenre, known as outlaw country. And over several decades he has been consistently involved in social justice causes (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : I didnāt write that. Kris Kristofferson wrote that a few years ago and sang it for me, and, you know, I listened to it and I thought, well, thatās really a good song. But I really didnāt get that hung up on it until recently, when I went in the studio and the producer brought me that song again and said, āHereās a song by Kris.ā And I said, āI remember that song.ā And I got into singing it, and I said, āYeah, this is better than I remembered. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Every year for several years, I had done the Illinois State Fair, and Big Jim Thompson, the governor of Illinois, and I got to be buddies. And every year, heād come on the bus, and weād have a beer, a bowl of chili, and weād talk about things and politics and whatever. And this particular year, he told me that, you know, thereās big problems in the Farm Belt now, that farmers are having a lot of trouble . So we started talking about that and started trying to figure out, well, what we can we do to call attention to it. So he obtained the facility there in Illinois, in Champaign, Illinois, and we did our first Farm Aid (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, the whole idea is to keep it local, is to grow52;the farmers can grow what we need52;food, fuel52;over across the road over there, and we can buy it from them, consume it, and everything stays within the community. The problem is when we start importing everything, then you have all the transportation, all the environmental issues, and the price goes high. So biodiesel is a great idea, but it has to be done locally, has to be sustained locally and has to be for the local community, or else, you know, itās no different than any other energy cartel. We have to keep things local. Our farmer grows it. We buy it from him, whether itās food or fuel. He makes a couple of bucks. We consume it. If thereās anything over, we might send it out north a hundred miles or so. But otherwise, it stays right here. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : And, you know, so we donāt have to import, and they donāt have to export. Whatever they grow, they can use it locally, and whatever happens locally, they enjoy all the sustainability, all the profits, without sending it all the way here to us, where weāve got to pay transportation charges52;or somebody does52;when we could be growing it ourselves. So whatever we do, we have to do it local and keep it sustainable. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, the bus runs on biodiesel, when we can find it, and thatās still an issue, is being able to go around the country like we do. And thereās a lot of artists who now are trying to use biodiesel as much as they can. And you can go to biodiesel.org , or you can go to websites and find out where you can obtain it across the country. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, I guess it depends. Vegetable oil can52;your tailpipe can smell like French fries. You know, we have a couple of cars over in Maui that run completely on vegetable oil. My wife Annie wanted to buy52;this is about three or four years ago, I guess52;she wanted to buy this Volkswagen Jetta, a diesel that she wanted to run it on vegetable oil. Thatās the first time I had heard anything ridiculous like that, you know, so I accused her of being in my stash. And she laughed and said, āWell, Iām going to do it anyway.ā So she bought this Volkswagen. It ran beautifully, and still does, on vegetable oil, and the tailpipe smells like French fries. So I bought a Mercedes and did the same thing. And I think the Mercedes people became a little nervous when I bought one of their cars and crammed it full of vegetable oil. But it runs like a sewing machine. It runs good, and I use it a hundred percent. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, yeah, and there are several states already where itās legalized for medicinal purposes. Twelve states, I think, already. And so, I think itās a matter of time, itās a matter of education, a matter of people finding out really what cannabis/marijuana is, what itās for, why it grows out of the ground, why itās prescribed as one of the greatest stress medicines on the planet. So thereās a lot of things people are learning about it. I think thatās why itās becoming more and more acceptable around the world. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. My parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me. And my granddad was a blacksmith, and so I spent a lot of time in the blacksmith shop, growing up there. And both my grandmother and my granddad were music teachers and singers, and they sang the old-fashioned shape notes, you know, and weād sing in church52;do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. And I feel like that the education that I received in Abbott, Texas was as good and as general as one that I could have found anywhere in the world. Everything that I found in the rest of the world, I found in small amounts in Abbott, Texas, so it was really a good training ground (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Yeah. Oh, a lot. In fact, I grew up across the street from, you know, the Villarias, which was a great Mexican family there. In fact, there was three houses right across the street from me. So, day and night , I listened to Mexican music, and Iām sure, you know, my guitar playing, singing, writing, whatever, has a lot of Mexican flavor there, but it comes natural (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, Waylon, I think, was52;had a lot to do with the āoutlawā title, and maybe, me, too, but we were sort of unconventional, I guess, when we went to Nashville , and we had our own ideas of what we wanted to do and the way we wanted our music to sound. I mean, Waylon and I didnāt even know each other at the time, but we both had the same rebellious ideas, that we were stubborn and wanted to play our music the way we wrote it and the way we feel it. And there was elements in Nashville52;and not only Nashville , around the world52;where whoever put up the money said this is the kind of music we want. So there was always that problem, and there still is. But Waylon and I managed to get it done our own way, and, you know, they put the label 60;outlaw61; on us for doing it. And I wear it as a badge, and I kind of enjoy it (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : When I was a young guy growing up and playing around and playing Dallas , Fort Worth , Waco, whatever, and taking my band, one of the good things back in those days was that I could call a disc jockey there in Fort Worth and say, āHey, Iāve got a new record. I want to bring it over. And play it for me, because Iām playing Panther Hall this next week, and I need the promotion.ā And you could do that. Or else I could write a song today, record it tonight, and within two weeks I could have it out on the market, because it was set up that way (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : I started out in Texas at KHBR in Hillsboro, then KBOP in Pleasanton and KCNC in Fort Worth . And then I went around to52;went up to Vancouver , Washington, KVAN up there. So, all over the country I was a disc jockey, and it sort of fit in with what I was playing music in the clubs at night, so I could enhance my income a little bit by disc jockeying (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
AMY GOODMAN: In case you havenāt guessed, music legend Willie Nelson is our guest for the hour. Heās here in New York , usually traveling around on his biodiesel bus52;his sustainable biodiesel bus. Usually country music is identified with conservative politics, you know, people like Toby Keith, someone that is your colleague, your comrade in the music business. Yet, you are known for extremely progressive politics. How do you bridge that, and why do you think country is identified with those kind of politics (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, you know, he wrote these two or three songs, you know, that sort of sounded like he might be for the war or for this, but I know Toby real well, and weāve talked it, and he said, āI was sort of misread. You know, that wasnāt really what I was talking about.ā Heās a big Democrat, Toby is, but he got a bad rap when he recorded a couple of war songs that made him look sort of that way. (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
WILLIE NELSON : Well, of course, you get two different stories. You get the story of the guy who says, āWell, I wish it was over. Iāll be glad to come home. I hate it.ā And you hear another guy say, āWell, Iām here. We have a reason to be here.ā So you have all those ideas, and I can understand how both sides feel. If I were a soldier over there and I had signed up to do a job and I was there, I would be there until I wasnāt needed anymore or until they told me. But on the outside, I would have never joined to begin with, and I wouldnāt be there unless I was drafted to be there. So I think we ought to pull our troops out, come home. You know, if we have a border problem, put them on the border . Put them on the Canadian and the Mexican border, so we donāt have to worry about immigration. We have our own border security. Thatās where we need those couple hundred thousand people (www.democracynow.org....on_on_farm)
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