Turk Pipkin’s moving tribute to Poodie Locke: “I still can’t believe you’re gone”

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picture credit:  www.statesman.com 

“It’s Willie Wednesday, a good day for a sneak preview of my  tribute to Poodie Locke, which will be in the  Austin City Limits Festival program this weekend. Thanks to ACL; love to all of Poodie’s family and friends.”  

– turk
    www.dogcanyon.org

Turk Pipkin has written a moving tribute to Poodie Locke, Willie Nelson’s stage manager who passed away last May.   His article will be in half a million copies of the Austin City Limits Festival Program this weekend. in Austin.  He is kindly letting us read it first
at www.DogCanyon.org.

It’s Friday night at Poodie’s Hilltop, the Spicewood, Texas roadhouse founded by Texas music legend, Randall “Poodie” Locke. For over three decades, Poodie has been Willie Nelson’s stage manager, a great friend of up-and-coming Texas music acts, and the most popular party animal since Norm on Cheers.

To read the entire article:
http://www.dogcanyon.org/2009/09/30/still-can%e2%80%99t-believe-you%e2%80%99re-gone/

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Author/film maker/producer/humanitarian Turk Pipkin co-authored “The Tao of Willie,” with Willie Nelson.   You can read about his movie “One Peace at a Time” and other humanitarian work he is involved at www.nobelity.org.

3 Responses to “Turk Pipkin’s moving tribute to Poodie Locke: “I still can’t believe you’re gone””

  1. sweetheart says:

    Most beautiful tribute, Turk!
    I posted response on dogcanyon.com.

  2. Deb says:

    He put into words what I was feeling. I still see Poodie’s smile, saying, “hey, girl” and fixing my cap to fit on my head…

  3. LindaLee says:

    So beautiful. Thanks, Turk!

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