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by Candace Horgan
Willie Nelson spoke to the musically faithful at Red Rocks last week during the Democratic National Convention.
Some performers reach a point in their careers when they cease to be musicians and instead become icons. The shows are events, more about seeing the performer, while the music is secondary, if it matters at all. Such is the case with Willie Nelson, who played at Red Rocks on Aug. 26.
Nelson didn’t go on till after 10:00 p.m., keeping the crowd waiting for nearly an hour after the end of Jerry Jeff Walker’s set. While Hillary Clinton gave her speech at the Pepsi Center for the Democratic National Convention, the crowd at Red Rocks was apolitical. Aside from a few Obama T-shirts and a First Aid for Willie Nelson bandana that sported a hemp leaf, there was nary a whisper of politics. Indeed, the crowd seemed far more red state than purple or blue.
