Hey @PaulBegala You should be here! Willie talking to @billclinton right now. Headed to a show. pic.twitter.com/TRRCGY2qyG
— Resistance Warrior (@BioAnnie1) August 18, 2017
Archive for the ‘Birthdays’ Category
Happy Birthday, Bill Clinton
Friday, August 18th, 2017Happy Birthday, Billy Joe Shaver
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
by: Carol Sidoran
Happy birthday to Billy Joe Shaver, born August 16, 1939, in Corsicana, Texas.
Billy Joe Shaver, Knuckleheads, Kansas City, Missouri (August 12, 2011)
Dallas Wayne and Billy Joe Shaver
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Happy Birthday, sweet Raelyn Nelson
Monday, July 10th, 2017
Happy birthday to the talented and beautiful Raelyn Nelson.
Listen to her music and find out about her tour at: www.RaelynNelsonBand.com
Happy Birthday, Amy Lee Nelson
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
Happy birthday to the beautiful and talented Amy Nelson.
Happy Birthday, Dallas Wayne
Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Happy birthday to dear Dallas Wayne, singer, song-writer, musician, on air talent from Sirius/XM Radio.
Happy birthday, Kris Kristofferson
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
Happy 81st Birthday, Kris Kristofferson! #singer #songwriter #rhodesscholar #veteran #helicopterpilot #badass #actor #stilltheman
Happy Birthday, Don Reed
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Happy Birthday, Connie Nelson
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
Willie Nelson’s birthday should be a national holiday
Sunday, May 7th, 2017#WillieNelson‘s birthday should be a national holiday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Red Headed Stranger!!! THE best. pic.twitter.com/3vdUk2jBcF— ? Ambershae (@axetothemax) April 29, 2017
“Thank you for all of the birthday messages” – Willie Nelson on Instagram
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Willie Nelson @HollywoodBowl
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
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by: Kelsey Brugger
Just before country legend Willie Nelson emerged at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday night, people passed around a note: “When he comes out, sing Happy Birthday to Willie — Pass it on.” The high school gimmick was surprisingly successful as the middle-aged crowd stood and belted “Happy Birthday” to the 84-year-old. Though he played the night before at Stagecoach, Nelson’s voice was the opposite of tired. He might have been the oldest person at the show.
Nelson began his set with the smooth sounds of “Whiskey River,” making the warm April night feel more like July. He played a swath of favorites — including “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “On the Road Again” — and just before 9 p.m., he tore off his red bandana, threw it to the crowd, and sang “Georgia on My Mind.” Many were already wearing bandanas and flannels and cowboy hats. Nearly everyone appeared to be lifelong fans, one of them telling those waiting in line for the restroom, “You are in for quite the treat!”
Each song flowed into the next, and Nelson gave little commentary. He did insert “Happy Birthday to me!” into his riff, to the delight of the crowd that reportedly included Jessica Simpson. At the tail end of the show, Nelson was joined onstage by rising country star Maren Morris, who opened for him. Though he didn’t play an encore, the audience did not seem bummed. He’s 84, after all.
Randy Rogers Band “Happy bday @WillieNelson God Bless you sir.”
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
Another Willie Nelson Cover, Trey Anastasio Band, “On the Road Again” with a Happy Birthday Tribute to Willie
Monday, May 1st, 2017
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Here’s audio taped by Lee Hart of “On The Road Again”:
Trey Anastasio Band ensemble threw a few surprises into their performance at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater.
The Trey Anastasio Band opened last night’s show with “On The Road Again” in honor of Willie Nelson’s 84th birthday. Nelson scored a big hit with “On The Road Again” upon its initial release in 1980. Anastasio’s horn section of James Casey, Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman brought the cover to a close with a horn line based around “Happy Birthday To You.” Trey had previously performed the song with Mike Gordon at various GRAB shows in 2006 and once with Phish at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver on August 31, 2013.
The other cover debut at last night’s TAB concert came within the second set. Apparently on the way to the show the group heard Hozier’s 2015 single “Work Song” and decided to learn it. Trey shared vocals on the a capella version with Casey, Hartswick and Cressman. Otherwise, Saturday’s show featured recently debuted originals (“Come Together”/”Everything’s Right”), covers (“Feel It Still”/”The Parting Glass”), plenty of TAB staples (“Cayman Review”/”Night Speaks To A Woman”/”Gotta Jibboo”) and more.
Here’s audio taped by Lee Hart of “On The Road Again”:
Setlist
Set One:
On The Road Again
Cayman Review
Sometime After Sunset
Magilla, Sand
Feel It Still
Everything’s Right
Burlap Sack & Pumps
Dark & Down, Curlew’s Call
49 Bye Byes, Drifting
Gotta Jibboo
Set Two:
Money Love & Change
In Rounds, Mozambique
Simple Twist Up Dave
Tide Turns
Work Song
Come Together
Shine, Valentine
Clint Eastwood
Dazed & Confused
Willie Nelson celebrates his birthday making music with his family and friends at Stagecoach Festival (April 30, 2017)
Monday, May 1st, 2017
Willie Nelson performs at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Saturday, April 29, 2017. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz.
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by: Vanessa Franko
Willie Nelson celebrated his 84th birthday surrounded by his musical family with a rollicking set at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 29.
The Palomino Tent was overflowing, even as Nelson took the stage about 20 minutes after he was scheduled.
However, just like clockwork, Nelson opened up his set with “Whiskey River” and played just more than an hour’s worth of classics and hits, including “On the Road Again,” “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” “Always on My Mind” and “Crazy.”
Nelson’s set also included “Hey Good Lookin’ ” and “Move It on Over.”
Neil Young showed up at the very end of Willie Nelson’s set on the Palomino Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 29. (Vanessa Franko, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
He tours as Willie Nelson and Family and his sister Bobbie Nelson was on the piano and son Lukas Nelson, who recently played the Empire Polo Club with his band Promise of the Real backing up Neil Young at Desert Trip, played guitar.
By the end of the performance, most of the musicians who had played the Palomino Stage earlier in the day became part of Nelson’s extended musical family, including John Doe from X, Margo Price and Jamey Johnson.
It was a big sing-along for “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and “I’ll Fly Away” with the stars from earlier in the day.
After that ended, Nelson led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to himself. And then there was a little jam and Neil Young ended up on stage playing the harmonica. True story.
A birthday toast to Willie Nelson, with the Red Headed Stranger IPA
Sunday, April 30th, 2017
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“We figured since hops are a cousin to cannabis that the Red Headed Stranger himself would appreciate a hoppy red IPA,” co-founder Mark McDavid said. “Plus, we love Willie’s music, and we love to honor Texas musicians with our beers.”
Red Headed Stranger has “a strong malt backbone with an assertive bitterness of sticky sweet American hops (Nugget, Zeus, Chinook and Cascade),” according to the brewery. It’s one of the four year-round beers that Ranger Creek makes, including the recently award-winning San Antonio Lager.
You can find a six-pack of Red Headed Stranger at various locations of Spec’s, Total Wine & More, HEB and Central Market. Whip In might also carry some — as well as the new 365 by Whole Foods Market in Cedar Park that opened earlier this week.
Red Headed Stranger is a hoppy tribute to Willie Nelson, who is turning 84 on April 29.
Better yet, the Yeti Flagship on South Congress Avenue is throwing a birthday party for the beloved Texas singer (and delighting our pun-loving hearts by calling it Have a Willie Nice Birthday). The party will feature the Texas Gentlemen on stage singing nothing but Willie tunes. There also will be custom Yeti Flagship bandanas and — you guessed it — Red Headed Stranger pouring at the Barrr.
Have a Willie Nice Birthday runs from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at 220 S. Congress Ave. For more information, visit haveawillienicebirthday.splashthat.com.
