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God Bless Willie Nelson
Friday, January 25th, 2013Thank you, Willie Nelson (from the students at Peru School, for their new playground)
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
In 2007, Willie Nelson & Family helped raise funds to build a new play ground for the students of the Peru Catholic School, in Peru, Illinois. Proceeds from the concert purchased new equipment for the school. The children made posters for Willie, and they were hanging all over the venue, and Buddy Prewitt, Willie Nelson’s lighting director, kindly photographed the posters and cards and sent them to me to share here. The concert was part of the ‘Concerts for a Cause’ series produced by Louise La Grotto restaurant in Peru.
This is one of the hundred or so cards given to Willie Nelson by the students at the Peru Catholic School.
Posters were hung everywhere.
Thanks, Willie
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
For making City of New Orleans the grammy award winning ’Song of the Year’
For turning a friendship into the #1 hit for Ray Charles, Seven Spanish Angels
For being Willie on your latest single, Forgiving You Was Easy from the new studio album, ’Me and Paul’
Thank you, Willie Nelson
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Here’s two of the many posters/cards made for Willie Nelson, in gratitude for Willie Nelson and Family performing a benefit concert for the Peru Catholic School, in Peru, Illinois, 2007. Proceeds went to help buy playground equipment for the school.
This day in Willie Nelson history: First Farm Aid Concert (9/22/1985)
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Twenty-six years ago today, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young held the first Farm Aid concert in Illinois. And they’re still working to keep family farmers thriving so we can all have good food. Thanks Willie, John, Neil and Dave Matthews Band for your commitment to family farmers!
You can support family farmers, by supporting Farm Aid.
Thank you Willie Nelson
Monday, June 27th, 2011On 9/22/07 Willie Nelson and Family performed a benefit concert in Peru, Illinois, with profits going to help build a new playground for the Peru Catholic School. Children of the school created posters to thank Willie and the band, and they are featured here in this slide show.
The concert was sponsored by Lou’s La Grotto Restaurant in Peru, Illinois as part of their “Concerts for a Cause” series. Staff and students from 62 schools in the Illinois Valley wrote to Merry Noonan and her six-member committee that work on Lou’s La Grotto’s “Concerts For a Cause.” While all those schools needed help, one stood out. The letter written by Billy Samek of Peru Catholic School was chosen. Billy wrote a letter about the lack of a playground at his school.
“I like art and PE classes. I really like recess but all we do is walk around and kick a ball around on the blacktop,” he wrote. “We usually end up moving because we get in the way of the big kids. If we had a playground, we could share it with the big kids.”
Thank you, Willie Nelson
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Willie Nelson with Billy Samek and his mother, Tammy, before the ‘Concert for a Cause’ on September 22, 2007, at the Lou LaGrotto’s in Peru, Illinois.
On 9/22/07 Willie Nelson and Family performed a benefit concert in Peru, Illinois, with profits going to help build a new playground for the Peru Catholic School. Children of the school created posters to thank Willie and the band, and they are featured here in this slide show. The concert was sponsored by Lou’s La Grotto Restaurant in Peru, Illinois as part of their “Concerts for a Cause” series. Staff and students from 62 schools in the Illinois Valley wrote to Merry Noonan and her six-member committee that work on Lou’s La Grotto’s “Concerts For a Cause.” While all those schools needed help, one stood out. The letter written by Billy Samek of Peru Catholic School was chosen. Billy wrote a letter about the lack of a playground at his school. “I like art and PE classes. I really like recess but all we do is walk around and kick a ball around on the blacktop,” he wrote. “We usually end up moving because we get in the way of the big kids. If we had a playground, we could share it with the big kids.” That letter touched the hearts of all the committee members. “Each person went behind closed doors with the letters and each one came out with that letter as the winner,” said Noonan. “It was unanimous.”
After the concert, I forwarded a message from Willie Nelson to the students and teachers at Peru, Illinois Catholic School:
“Tell all the kids we had a great time and thanks for all the love from everyone there.” — Willie Nelson
Principal Steve Brockman wrote me back:
“I passed along Willie’s message over the intercom this morning. I heard loud cheering from all the classrooms.”
Thanks, Willie Nelson
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
For making City of New Orleans the grammy award winning ’Song of the Year’
For turning a friendship into the #1 hit for Ray Charles, Seven Spanish Angels
For being Willie on your latest single, Forgiving You Was Easy from the new studio album, ’Me and Paul’
Ottawa Activists Thank Willie Nelson for Questioning 9/11 Story
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Truth Action Ottawa went to the Willie Nelson concert in Ottawa April 7th 2009 to show their gratitude to Willie for going public with his doubts regarding the official 9/11 story. They handed out dvds of Willie Nelson’s intereviews regarding 9/11, and songs. They distributed over 300 dvds.
For more 9/11 Truth Actions in Ottawa, visit
http://www.truthactionottawa.com
Thank you, Willie Nelson
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Thank you, Willie Nelson
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Thank you, Mr. Willie Nelson
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 
Willie Nelson and Family, at the Fillmore. Thanks to Janis, from Texas, for this picture she took.
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by Alysia Gray Painter
Always on our minds? Not always, but this legendary singer is very frequently, and definitely every time we think about beautiful, Texas-twangy ballads about love and the road and making it all work.
Willie Nelson, who celebrated his 75th last year, is quite an artist, lending his songwriting talents to other legendary singers, his acting chops to the movies, his wise political takes to the public discourse, and his love of the earth to his efforts toward finding cleaner fuel.
He’s playing at The Canyon Club on Thursday, January 22. In honor of having Mr. Nelson swing through Southern California, we wanted to thank him for…
1. Writing “Crazy” — yep, the “Crazy” made famous by Patsy Cline — which is a gorgeous, slow, painful song that makes everyone sad, but a happy-sad.
2. His support of “Bio-Willie” fuel for big trucks, a planet-nice way to gas up the tank. It’s made of vegetable oils, and Willie doesn’t mind going on TV to talk it up.
3. Setting his own trends with the braids and colorful headscarf he became famous for, especially back around the “Honeysuckle Rose” era. So Willie. So outlaw. Love it.
4. There’s a Ben & Jerry flavor named after him (Country Peach Cobbler). Okay, this is something that Ben & Jerry’s created, but still, if you’ve had a flavor named after you, you’ve reached a pinnacle in this world.
5. The LiveWillie.com wristbands, an up-to-the-moment, nice-to-the-fans way to hear Willie’s recent shows.
Thank you Willie. Strum on, good man…
Willie Nelson at The Canyon Club
Thursday, January 22, 8:30PM
28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills
818-879-5016
Thank you, Willie Nelson
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
