The Willie Nelson statue, Willie Nelson Boulevard, Austin, Texas.
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Willie Nelson art
Tuesday, December 30th, 2014
Sirius/XM broadcasting Willie Nelson & Family LIVE from Moody Theater on NYE
Monday, December 29th, 2014
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Win Tickets to see Willie Nelson & Family in Las Vegas
Monday, December 29th, 2014
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Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson, Micah Nelson
Monday, December 29th, 2014
HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 20, 2013: (L-R) Musicians Jacob Micah Nelson, Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson and CEO of Global Green USA Matt Petersen attend Global Green USA’s 10th Annual Pre-Oscar Party at Avalon on February 20, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images for Global Green)
Album of the Year: Willie Nelson’s, ‘Band of Brothers’
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
“No melodrama, no sentiment, just humour, wisdom, wit, introspection, and lyrical precision.
This isn’t music that goes over the top; it gets under the skin.”
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by: Tim Cumming
You’d have to go back almost 20 years, and to 1996’s Spirit, to name a Willie Nelson album with more than one or two original new songs. The nine for Band of Brothers was a real cause for celebration. He may be 81, he may not fly over to perform in the UK again (I hope to be proved wrong) but he’s not lost form.
These new songs sound like they had to be written, and from the inside. They’re co-written with producer Buddy Cannon, and the working method was for Nelson to send Cannon demos of the songs, around which Cannon arranged a sympathetic acoustic band line–up of seasoned sessioneers – a couple of drummers, couple of steel guitars, keys, upright bass, acoustic guitarist, Nelson’s finger on his Trigger, the iconic guitar of an extraordinary career, and the mournfully laid-back harmonica of longtime band member Mickey Raphael, whose sound is always there, at the back of Willie Nelson’s music since the early 1970s.
The stridently confident opener, “Bring It On” has the singer facing off the spectre of death, the lyric carrying the folksy, complex simplicity of his best songs, while “Guitar in the Corner” is a song-player’s prayer to a returning muse and departed lover, and “The Wall” a tale of challenge and triumph, and clearly drawn from life. Further in, “Wives and Girlfriends” is up-tempo and upbeat, with an old-fashioned, probably illegal approach to relationship dynamics, while “Send Me A Picture” and “Used To Her” are dark, complex internal dramas of love, hurt and heartbreak, the latter a deceptively upbeat twin to Dylan’s “Love Sick”.
The choice covers include a cracking duet with Jamey Johnson on Billy Joe Shaver’s “The Git Go”, with a groove that could make a dead man dance on his own grave, while Nelson handles a second Billie Joe cover, “Hard To Be An Outlaw” with seasoned aplomb. Vince Gill’s “Whenever She Comes Around” is almost troublingly heartfelt, while the mock-heroic “Songwriters” has some of the album’s funniest lines. This isn’t music that goes over the top; it gets under the skin. No melodrama, no sentiment, just humour, wisdom, wit, introspection, and lyrical precision. If you want to hear the voice of experience, this is it.
Tom Conway, Micah Nelson, Lily Meola
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
Having holiday fun at a recording session on Maui.
This day in Willie Nelson History: Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow & friends honor Merle Haggard (Dec. 28 )
Sunday, December 28th, 2014On Dec 28, 2010, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley play to honor Merle Haggard in the CBS telecast of “The Kennedy Center Honors.” Video taped earlier in the month.
Willie Nelson, “The Scientist”
Sunday, December 28th, 2014J. Micah Nelson Art
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Willie Nelson stands with family farmers and ranchers protecting our land and water.?#?NoKXL?
“Willie Nelson: The Love of Horses” — premieres on HRTV TODAY! (Dec. 27, 2014)
Saturday, December 27th, 2014
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“The world looks better on top a horse.” — Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson needs no introduction but what you may not know is his passion for horses. Willie grew up watching his heroes Gene Autry and Roy Rogers always wanting to emulate them, singing songs and riding horses. Today Willie has over 70 horses on his ranch about 60 of them were rescued from slaughter.
See the preview here:
http://www.hrtv.com/videos/willie-nelson-the-love-of-horses-preview
Texas Music Museum in Irving, TX to feature Willie Nelson memorabilia
Saturday, December 27th, 2014
photo: Rose Baca
Clothes worn by Willie Nelson and other pieces of music memorabilia will be on display in the Texas Musicians Museum in Irving. The city is looking to start construction on the project in January.
www.dallasnews.com
Thomas Kreason has been fine-tuning the Texas Musicians Museum since 2004. It’s been a long road for Kreason, the museum’s director and curator. He has worked steadily to build up a Texas music memorabilia collection. He moved the museum from Hillsboro in 2007 to Waxahachie in 2010. But soon, the museum will open in what Kreason hopes is its next home: Irving. In October 2013, the Irving City Council approved a development agreement with Kreason.
The museum will occupy the former Toyota of Irving dealership at 222 E. Irving Blvd. in the Heritage Crossing area downtown. The 8,500-square-foot museum project was likely go out for bid around October or November, said Kevin Kass, who is the redevelopment and TIF administrator for the city of Irving development services. The city anticipates about 10 months to a year for construction, he said. Though the museum is beginning to pick up momentum, Kreason said, the wait has been challenging. “Hopefully, we’re going to be able to pick up the pace and make up for some of that time,” Kreason said.
Update: During the Oct. 23 Irving City Council meeting, the board awarded a contract for construction manager at-risk to Core Construction Services of Texas, Inc. During a special meeting on Dec. 18, the Council approved the guaranteed maximum price submitted by Core Construction Services of Texas, Inc. of $1,667,718 for building renovations of the Texas Musicians Museum.
The City Council also approved a lease agreement with Texas Music Group, LLC, D/B/A Texas Musicians Museum for use of the city building at 222 E. Irving Blvd. in Irving for $42,000 annually. The city is likely to start construction in January now that the GMP is approved. The original construction schedule was estimated for 10 months to a year. In bringing a construction manager on board already, that has drawings and pricings for the project, the city anticipates about a five months construction time schedule on the project, Kass said. “We still see this, and it is, a catalyst project for downtown in terms of bringing outside visitors to downtown, show them what we have going on downtown,” Kass said.