Happy Anniversary Aaron Foye! Aaron is celebrating five years and 600 shows with Willie Nelson and family.
Aaron is one of many who help make Willie shows run wonderfully on the road! Thank you, Aaron!
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Thank you, Aaron Foye, 600 shows and counting
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013Willie Nelson Band Bus in Accident
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
Willie Nelson’s website has reported that one of the band’s buses (not Willie’s) was in an accident overnight on icy I-30 in Texas.
“The band’s bus (Willie was in his own bus) crashed along I-30 around 3:30 AM when it hit a bridge pillar — about 80 miles east of Dallas. We believe it is due to icy conditions on the road. No one suffered serious injuries. Paul English injured his ankle, Billy English suffered a bruised hip and crew member Tom Hawkins has a cracked rib. The other family members on the bus are sore but everyone is expected to recover fully. The last four dates in November have been postponed and the tour resumes as scheduled in December.”
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Look what Neal the Driver has for Aaron
Friday, November 15th, 2013
Hppy birthday, John Selman
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
John Selman, stage manager, for Willie Nelson and Family.
Thanks to Budrock ‘the Illuminator’
Love in the Rain with Willie Nelson & Family @ Floores Country Store
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Budrock Prewitt, Lighting Director, shared this about last night’s show in Helotes, Texas at Floores Country Store:
“Frog strangler during the Paula Nelson Band set. (A Frog strangler is a way of describing a super heavy rainstorm. It rained so hard that even frogs couldn’t get their breath. Texas slang — similar to, ‘ it’s raining cats and dogs.’”)
“It was a double frog strangler during Willie’s set. hardly anyone left. The crowd just stood patiently waiting for Willie. It was an incredible show. Willie caught so much energy off the soaking wet crowd who were super appreciative of the fact that Willie played in such a driving thunderstorm. It was a night to remember. We have played in rainstorms, but this ranks up there at the top.”
“It was nice and warm so it was certainly one of the largest Wet Tee-Shirt events I have ever witnessed. Oh, and it intensified during load out. Unbelievable! One for book of fond memories.”
It’s raining down in Texas @ the Willie Nelson Show
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Wow, look at that rain in Helotes tonight! Hope everything’s okay.
“Frog strangler during Paula Nelson set.” — Budrock ‘the Illuminator’ Prewett
I have no idea what that means but it was a direct quote.
On the Road at the Weiner Hut
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Budrock Prewitt
Don’t let those guys tell you life on the road with Willie Nelson and Family isn’t glamorous.
Ernie Sinclair
The guys were working the show in Wheeling, WV last night.
View from the Sound Board
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
“Yep, they are On the Road Again;). First stop this go round is in Louisville, Kentucky.” — Margie Lemons
Willie Nelson and Family
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
photo credit: Christopher Durst
Armadillo returns to Willie Nelson’s & Family
Monday, September 30th, 2013
by: Ned P. RauchThe mounted armadillo that was stolen from Willie Nelson’s road crew after a Sept. 19 concert at the Capitol Theatre was returned unharmed Friday morning, the theater happily reported.
“The artists who play at the Capitol Theatre, we try to treat them like family, and no one messes with our family,” said Tom Bailey, the Capitol’s manager.
Shortly before noon, someone (Bailey did not describe the person, but said it was not the suspected thief) walked up to the theater and handed a sealed box to the attendant working at the box office. Inside — his signature blue-glitter hat still fixed to his leathery head — was Ol’ Dillo.
“Everyone is relieved and delighted to be able to get the thing back to Mr. Nelson,” Bailey said.
The armadillo’s abduction launched a nationwide ‘dillo-hunt. Texas Roadhouse, a chain of barbecue restaurants, offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the critter’s return. More than 1,500 fans posted condolences (and unprintable threats against the thief) on Nelson’s Facebook page. The Port Chester Police Department opened an investigation.
Ol’ Dillo had last been seen at his usual stage-side perch, standing atop a mixing console as crew members packed up equipment after the show. Footage from the Capitol’s security cameras showed a woman walking onto the stage, grabbing Dillo by his back and slipping away into the crowd.
Bailey said he and his co-workers have identified the woman involved and have banned her from future performances at the Capitol. He also said Nelson had decided not to press charges; fans had called for much worse.
Ol’ Dillo, a gift from a fan at a show in Jackson, Wyo., has been traveling with the band for three or four years, Nelson’s publicist, Elaine Schock, said.
After a long week apart, the band and its mascot will be reunited shortly: The armadillo, safe inside a Fed-Ex box, is en route to Texas.
“I’m sure (Willie’s) overjoyed to have Dillo back,” Schock said.
Late Friday afternoon, a post attributed to Nelson appeared on his Facebook page:
“Ol’ Dillo is on his way home! Thank you to all of our friends and family for helping track him down. Thank you Capital Theater (sic) for having an amazing staff and hunting down clues. Lesson of the week: Only cowards steal from another person, don’t be a coward!”
That admonition is followed by a statement more in line with Nelson’s good-time image. Quoting the Dalai Lama, he wrote, “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
LG, man at work
Sunday, September 29th, 2013
Dillo the Armadillo Returned Safely!
Friday, September 27th, 2013
Thank you to Lisa Pittman, from Texas, for sharing her photo of Dillo.
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — A theater manager says a stuffed armadillo that was stolen from Willie Nelson’s band after a show in suburban New York has been returned unharmed.
He says the band isn’t pressing charges.
The toy critter, known to the band as Ol’ Dillo, disappeared after a Sept. 19 concert at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. Bailey says the armadillo was a treasured possession of Nelson’s monitor engineer, Aaron Foye.
Video shows a woman snatching it away. General manager Tom Bailey says a different woman brought the armadillo to the box office Friday in a sealed box. She did not identify herself.
Bailey says theater staffers believe they know who stole the armadillo, but he says Nelson’s road manager said Foye would not press chargesPORT CHESTER, N.Y. — A theater manager says a stuffed armadillo that was stolen from Willie Nelson’s band after a show in suburban New York has been returned unharmed.
He says the band isn’t pressing charges.
The toy critter, known to the band as Ol’ Dillo, disappeared after a Sept. 19 concert at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. Bailey says the armadillo was a treasured possession of Nelson’s monitor engineer, Aaron Foye.
Video shows a woman snatching it away. General manager Tom Bailey says a different woman brought the armadillo to the box office Friday in a sealed box. She did not identify herself.
Bailey says theater staffers believe they know who stole the armadillo, but he says Nelson’s road manager said Foye would not press charges.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/27/3654872/toy-critter-snatched-at-ny-theater.html#storylink=cpy
‘Ol Dillo missing; feared lost forever (new security video footage surfaces) (Reward for news leading to return, maybe)
Monday, September 23rd, 2013
“Last Willie Nelson concert that little guy will ever see. Three years.” — at Capitol Theater.
“Some f#!@*^ piece of #@!* stole my armadillo off my desk after the show while I was loading out. Wtf” — Aaron Foye
Sad news for fans of ‘Ol Dillo, the famous armadillo who enjoyed every Willie Nelson & Family show sitting in front of Aaron Foye, engineer for Willie Nelson and family. The beloved mascot was stolen from a recent Willie Nelson show at the Capitol Theater, Port Chester.
Aaron Foye, monitor engineer, discovered the missing armadillo while they were closing up after the show. Everyone was questioned, but no one had moved him or saw anyone take him. There were few clues, until security tapes were obtained from the venue, and footage shows the perp removing the armadillo, a Caucasian woman with brown hair.
Aaron said, “… looks like someone from the audience.”
If you have any information about this incident, please e-mail me. If you took it, I’m sure alcohol was involved and it was done in a spontaneous moment or something, and if you return it, there will be no question’s asked. There might be a reward, if I can think of something.
Linda
FlorenceEm@aol.com
Kenny Koepke
Friday, September 13th, 2013
“Kenny Koepke is in charge of truck loading as well as his better known job as the stage sound tech. Today we caught him with his broom. So I guess he is also the truck custodian. Good job, Kenny.”
– Budrock “the Illuminator’ Prewitt
Tunin’ Tom, Hollywood Bowl
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Willie Nelson bassist Kevin Smith snapped this picture of Tunin’ Tom, today at the Hollywood Bowl. Willie Nelson & Family perform at the first of their two-night run at the Bowl.
