Last night I took the Texas family to see Willie Nelson and it was awesome! 5 hours of music including Billy Bob Thornton's band The Boxmasters, who suck. Every song is 3 minutes long with 2.75 of nothing but repeating chorus.
Next was Austin's own Asleep At The Wheel who played a lot of Western standards and then Willie came out to play some songs with them.
Then the main event which started around 10 pm and kept going, and going, and going until 12:30a. All the hits of course with extended jams between Willie, Roy from AATW, Willie's son, Willie's sister on piano (Little Sister they call her)and Mickey (harmonica player). Willie is 75 and can still rock the guitar solo to no end. He can't sing the high notes like he used to but sounded great. I am very happy to have finally seen him, as I've been listening to his music since I was a kid. We had an eight track player with a bunch of tapes and one of them was Willie's greatest hits. I highly recommend that you see him while you can because some day he ain't gonna be there and you will have missed one of the most incredible singer/song writers and live concerts ever.
Thanks Willie!
3 comments:
So. Jealous.
I saw Willie at the Clark County Fair in Vancouver WA. I believe he worked at a radio station in Vancouver "back in the day" and likes to play there. It was truly amazing since we only had to pay the $6 to get into the fair and then could see his concert. It lasted over 3 hours. He is amazing!
Great picture - great legend!! Thx, again!!
Mom
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