Archive for October, 2016

Happy Halloween

Monday, October 31st, 2016

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Monday, October 31st, 2016

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The Farmer Feeds Us All

Monday, October 31st, 2016

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How well do you know Willie Nelson

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Willie Nelson was one of the main figures of the outlaw country movement. Though his career started in the 50s, he’s still rockin’ it! Do y’all think you know Willie? Test your knowledge here!

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Willie Nelson, Acoustic Guitar

Monday, October 31st, 2016

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Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Farm Aid: Promoting good food, from family farms

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

www.FarmAid.org

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001. Farm Aid has raised more than $33 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. Farm Aid is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to keep family farmers on their land. Farm Aid accomplishes this mission by:

Promoting Food from Family Farms

Farm Aid stages America’s longest running annual concert event that unites farmers, artists, consumers, and concerned citizens to build a powerful movement for good food from family farms. Throughout the year, Farm Aid promotes food from family farms through inspiring and informative television, radio, mail, and web campaigns.

Growing the Good Food Movement

The Good Food Movement is growing the number of Americans reaching for and demanding family farm-identified, local, organic or humanely-raised food. Farm Aid grants build connections between farmers and consumers creating new markets for family farmers.

Helping Farmers Thrive

Through 1-800-FARM-AID and www.farmaid.org, Farm Aid staff refers farmers to an extensive resource network of family farm organizations across the country. The referrals support farmers seeking to make transitions to more sustainable and profitable farming practices, and also provide immediate and effective support services to farm families in crisis. Farm Aid makes grants to farm and rural service organizations to strengthen this network of resources for farmers.

Taking Action to Change the System

Farm Aid works with and provides grants to local, regional and national organizations to promote fair farm policies and grassroots organizing campaigns to defend and bolster family farm centered agriculture. By strengthening the voices of family farmers themselves, Farm Aid stands up for the most resourceful, heroic Americans–the family farmers who work the land.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter, to stay informed about Farm Aid’s activities, the annual concert, and current food and farm issues.

Have a Willie Nice Day

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

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Another Willie Nelson cover, “Family Bible”

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Thanks, Terry Thompson, for sharing this video of Sons of The Sage at Rockin M Cowboy Church, performing Willie Nelson’s, “Family Bible”

Willie Nelson, “Still is Still Moving to Me”

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Willie Nelson and his fans

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Willie Nelson, “Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth?”

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Willie wrote this song on Christmas, 2003, and performed it for the first time at the Dennis Kucinich for President fundraising concert in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 3, 2004.

There’s so many things going on in the world
Babies dying
Mothers crying
How much oil is one human life worth
And what ever happened to peace on earth

We believe everything that they tell us
They’re gonna’ kill us
So we gotta’ kill them first
But I remember a commandment
Thou shall not kill
How much is that soldier’s life worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

(Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we’ve been told from our birth
Hell they won’t lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar’s word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

So I guess it’s just
Do unto others before they do it to you
Let’s just kill em’ all and let God sort em’ out
Is this what God wants us to do

(Repeat Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we’ve been told from our birth
Hell they won’t lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar’s word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

Now you probably won’t hear this on your radio
Probably not on your local TV
But if there’s a time, and if you’re ever so inclined
You can always hear it from me
How much is one picker’s word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

But don’t confuse caring for weakness
You can’t put that label on me
The truth is my weapon of mass protection
And I believe truth sets you free

(Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we’ve been told from our birth
Hell they won’t lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar’s word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth

Willie Nelson at Choteau, Montana (7/3/07)

Saturday, October 29th, 2016

Another Willie Nelson Impersonator

Saturday, October 29th, 2016

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www.ocregister.com
by:  Shane Newell

Roger Hegyi of Laguna Niguel is a musician and Willie Nelson impersonator. He was recently featured in a Volkswagen commercial as Willie Nelson. Friday, October 14, 2016. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The scene lasts but a few seconds, but as Laguna Niguel musician Roger Hegyi recalls, it took hours to get ample footage for the commercial shoot on Pacific Coast Highway.

A lifelong musician and frontman for the “True Willie” tribute band, Hegyi appeared as Nelson’s doppelganger last month in a national commercial for Volkswagen. Since his brief cameo in the 30-second commercial, Hegyi has received hundreds of calls, emails and texts from friends expressing support.

“I love the response,” he said, “hopefully they’re selling some cars from it.”

With a red bandana covering the top of his braided brown hair, Hegyi reminisced on his life in music and recent appearance on television in his living room. A piano and two acoustic guitars sat by his side.

As Heygi remembered, he got the call to film the commercial in August. Volkswagen had paid to use Nelson’s “On the Road Again,” he said, and was looking for someone on the West Coast who could fit in the commercial.

He then went up to Point Mugu near Pacific Coast Highway and spent hours filming his passing scene in a yellow Beetle, which felt familiar since he learned to drive a stick shift with the same model as a teen.

“It was just another thing that happened to me that was meant to be,” he said.

Hegyi’s television appearance has capped a wave of good fortune. For more than three years, Hegyi has toured as a singer and guitarist with the True Willie tribute band playing before hundreds and sometimes thousands of fans who often believe he looks and sounds just like the 83-year-old Texas musician who wrote classics like “Crazy,” “Hello Walls” and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”

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Saturday, October 29th, 2016

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