![]() For two decades, Nelson has been one of the most successful and respected songwriters in American country music, turning out what are known with mild disparagement in Nashville as “weepers,” gentle reminders of the frailty of happiness, set in the remorseful nights of ordinary lives. “Night Life” has sold more than 30 million copies in the 20 years since Nelson wrote it, nearly always in recordings by someone else, more than 70 performers at last count, ranging from Ray Price to Aretha Franklin and B.B. The song is the consummate barroom lament, equal parts lonely confession and bold affirmation, a fighting and crying song. He sings it as well and as real as Sinatra does “My Way.” But now, playing it live for a thousand rowdy Texans in his own Austin Opry House, Nelson slides along the verse and seizes the line with power and authority, with relish. ![]() Not until his “Sound in Your Mind” album in 1975 could he carry the verse and the line with equal measures of acceptance. There was a plaintive, uncertain tone in his earliest attempts, a defiance through the verse that always broke on the last line. He sings it a lot differently now from the way he did 20 years ago, or even five. When the evening sun goes down You will find me hangin'round The night life. In the hot stage lights the ring flashes brilliantly as he begins the delicate blues run that opens “Night Life,” the finest of all his A fourinch gash has been literally eroded through the soundboard by a quartercentury of finger‐picking, and carved into its surface are the signatures of singers who have recorded Nelson's songs: Waylon Jennings, Kris Krislofferson, Leon Russell, Ray Charles. The guitar is so old, so worn, so hard‐used it looks as if it might have been uncovered on an archeological dig. has had the ring for eight years now, yet it still seems very anomalous against the ancient Martin amplified acoustic guitar he is playing. ![]() Now he's become a superstar with the rock-and-roll crowd. Willie Nelson has been a favorite of country‐music fans. Heįor more than two decades, Texas singer and songwriter LIKE My Facebook Page – Visit My Blog: EgbertoWillies.There is a tremendously gaudy diamond ring on the third finger of Willie Nelson's right hand, the sort of ring that Southern used-car salesmen get when they've finally landed a dealership. The Penis Poem-by Willie NelsonĪnd watch me tie my shoes!! Only a man with such wisdom and maturity could be so concise and succinct in phrasing his feelings at this turning point in his life. ![]() So simple, yet so profound! Read the words of wisdom from that famous philosopher Willie Nelson, iconic country and western singer, on his 75th birthday below his esteemed portrait. ![]() Whether or not you are a country music fan, these are truly the words of a deep thinker, and a highly intelligent person. ![]()
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