Archive for the ‘television’ Category

Willie Nelson, Annie Lennox, Carole King honored by Berklee College of Music

Monday, May 13th, 2013

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Ian McKellen Responds to Willie Nelson’s Audition for his role as Gandalf

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

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A show of hands if you think Ian McKellen as Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films was miscast. No one? Well then, here’s precisely the audition video for you: country-rocker Willie Nelson — who, incidentally, just turned 80 today, Apr. 30 – making a “smokin’” pitch for the franchise’s famous wizardly role.

(WATCH: Rare Photos for Willie Nelson’s 80th)

It seems Nelson pulled it together while visiting TBS’s Conan, donning cape, pointy hat and clutching an angel-topped staff, then doing his level best to clinch iconic lines from the books like “You shall not pass…an unlit joint, man — that’s just not cool” and “That giant flaming eye is just freakin’ me the f*** out” and “Balrogs are a**holes.” He even takes the time to croon that old Middle-earth standard, “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Orcs.”

And hey look, isn’t that Micah Nelson dueting with Nelson as Bilbo? Watch out Martin Freeman — can you sing and play guitar like that?

Nelson adds that he’d “also be a great Magneto,” you know, in case Bryan Singer’s watching.

Actor Ian “Gandalf” McKellen’s response to being (potentially) upstaged by the famous singer?

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Dear Willie, You are far too young to play Gandy.But nice try; have a stoner of a birthday. Love and admiration. Ian http://bit.ly/11S8A3k

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The country legend makes a smokin’ pitch for Peter Jackson to lose that Ian McKellen guy.

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Happy 80th Birthday, Willie Nelson, from the Jimmy Kimmel Show

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Willie Nelson tries out for role of Gandalf, in Hobbit II

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

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CMT Crossroads: Willie Nelson & Friends from Third Man Records, (airs June 2013)

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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Willie Nelson was joined by Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Norah Jones, Ashley Monroe, Leon Russell and Neil Young on Thursday (April 18) to celebrate his upcoming 80th birthday during a taping of CMT Crossroads: Willie Nelson & Friends From Third Man Records. Musician Jack White hosted the special from his Nashville-based studio, Third Man Records. Nelson turns 80 on Monday (April 29), although most reference books cite April 30 as his birthdate. He released a new lbum, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, on April 16. The CMT Crossroads special, which features Nelson performing duets of several of his most famous songs, is set to air in late June.

Willie Nelson and Nan Kelley, Great American Country

Saturday, April 20th, 2013

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GAC Television host Nan Kelley met with Willie Nelson in Nashville, when he was in town to perform at Keith Urban’s, “We’re All For the Hall” Fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Willie Nelson, Victoria Jackson sing “The Boyfriend Song”, Saturday Night Live

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Willie Nelson and Friends, “Swinging the Rainbow” (1981 PBS Special)

Sunday, April 14th, 2013

Some person kindly uploaded this 1981 PBS Special, featuring Willine Nelson, Johnny Gimble, Paul Buskirk, and Freddy Powers.  It’s the entire show.  Enjoy this gem.

Willie Nelson on the David Letterman Show

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, CMT “Crossroads”

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

On May 21, 2002, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow tape an installment of CMT Crossroads on the Sony Pictures lot in Los Angeles. In addition to singing their own songs, including ‘Crazy,’ ‘Abilene’ and others, they sang the Johnny Cash and June Carter Classic, ‘Jackson.’ The show aired in June 2002.

Willie Nelson’s, “Gardening Tip’s” on Late Night with Craig Ferguson

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Willie Nelson, Louisiana Hayride, “Homecoming” (50th Anniversary)

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

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Couple seeks to restore Hayride to its former glory
(Tuesday, January 19, 1999)
By Mary Foster

SHREVEPORT, La. - Almost 50 years have passed since the sounds of the  Louisiana Hayride floated out over the bayous and swamps of its home state,  then west to the little towns and ranches of Texas, north and east to the  hardscrabble farms of Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and points beyond.

The live radio shows packed the Municipal Auditorium on Saturday nights and  had people dancing on their porches, in their living rooms and in honky-tonks  and churches around the country. The Hayride was Elvis Presley’s first national stage and launched the careers of some of country music’s biggest  names.

Now Maggie and Alton Warwick are hoping to bring the Hayride back on a regular  broadcast as it was back then.

“It’s amazing how many people have stories about the Hayride,” said Maggie  Warwick, who first listened to the program as a west Texas teenager and later  performed on the show.

“So many people remember the shows, being there or listening to them on the  radio. It was a big part of our lives.”

>From 1948 to 1960 the Hayride blossomed in the region still known as the “Ark- La-Tex,” a mix of cultures that included hillbilly, Western swing, blues,  gospel, jazz and pop music.

“People think hillbilly is a derogatory term now,” said Tillman Franks, a  Hayride alumnus. “Back then it was just the kind of music a lot of people  liked. They called it country and western later to try to dress it up, but it  was pretty darn good when it was plain old hillbilly.”

Aired live on 50,000-watt KWKH radio,the show was relayed nationally by CBS  and overseas by Armed Forces Radio. As Saturday night entertainment, it was  addictive.

“We had the only radio around and people came from all over to listen to the  Hayride,” John LeBlanc of Lafayette remembered. “We lived way out in the  middle of nowhere, but come Saturday night the yard was full of pickups and  our old Philco was playing full-blast.”

The Shreveport Municipal Auditorium bustled every Saturday night with people  jamming the aisles for music, comedy and contests all wrapped in a down-home  atmosphere.

“They used to give away prizes. I guess they were from the sponsors,” said  architect Bill Weiner, who attended as a teenager. “I won it one night and I  remember I got a bunch of stuff that seems pretty funny now — loaves of  bread, pots and pans, some dishes — things a teenager wouldn’t even take  now.”

It was on the Municipal Auditorium stage that Hank Williams built his  reputation in the early 1950s, followed by Johnny Cash, Slim Whitman and  Johnny Horton.

Elvis Presley started out earning $18 a show at the Hayride. Three years  later, for his final performance, the show had to be moved from the 3,200-seat  auditorium to the State Fair Grounds for the 10,000 teenage girls wanting to  see The King.

“The gyrating rotary troubadour was seldom if ever heard by an audience,  screaming every time he moved,” the Shreveport Times reported the next day.  “One of the finest displays of mass hysteria in Shreveport history.”

It was at the Hayride in 1956 that producer Horace Logan tried to quiet the  frenzied audience and coined a phrase by announcing, “Elvis has left the  building.”

The Hayride was called the “Cradle of the Stars” for the many young talents  who appeared there before becoming famous and going on to the bigger, but more  staid Grand Ole Opry — Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, Faron Young. Jimmie Davis,  Louisiana’s singing governor, was a regular. Gene Autry rode his horse onto  the stage.

“The Hayride was where new things happened, where people got started,” said  Warwick, who appeared on the program in 1959 after winning a talent contest.  “Shreveport was on the cutting edge back then. The Grand Ole Opry was too  conservative.”

The Opry was so conservative that it did not allow groups to have drums or  horns and let Williams and Elvis perform only after they became successful.

“They came to the Hayride, and when they were famous from being there, the  Opry took them,” Franks said. “But they always belonged to us.”

Today, with good times and casinos pumping money into the Shreveport economy,  the Auditorium has been restored and the Warwicks, who own a production  company and a record label, are hoping to bring the Hayride back.

The couple owns the rights to the Hayride name and their band performs  regularly, attracting fans of the old show. On April 3, a 50th-anniversary  salute to the Hayride will be performed at the Municipal Auditorium.

–copied from http://www.jim-reeves.com/hayride.html

 

Willie Nelson in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Thanks so much to Clem, from Texas, for finding this video of the entire episode of the Dr. Medicine Woman show featuring Willie Nelson.

Willie Nelson, Austin City Limits, 1974 (‘Song for You”)

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Willie Nelson and Brooke Baldwin, on CNN

Monday, January 21st, 2013

Brooke Baldwin, of CNN, is reporting on the presidential inaugeration, and has invited viewers to send in photos of themselves watching the inaugeration coverage.  People have been sending in pictures of themselves with her on the screen, and this morning, Brooke tweeted this photo:

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“Don’t forget to Instagram photos of YOU watching #Inauguration on #cnn — like my friend @WillieNelson!”
 
– @BrookeBCNN