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Willie Nelson

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    February 20, 2012

    Bill O'Reilly Has A Hard-On For Willie Nelson

    Wilco, "Pot Kettle Black" Despite his appearance on SNL's "What's Up With That?" skit this weekend, Bill O'Reilly has managed to squander what little credibility he has among liberals, moderates and (we're guessing) anyone under age 60 by calling Willie Nelson a "creep." The conservative Fox News ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2011

    Top 5 Songs About Whiskey

    Whether it's rye or bourbon, straight or blended, Irish, Scotch or Canadian, rock, country or classical, whiskey and warblers go way back. Even Stravinsky was quoted as saying "My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey." In whiskey-related weird news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Last Night: Willie Nelson at Arena Theater

    photos by Marco Torres​It's been a long, loud, and smoke-filled road for Willie Nelson. And although the end of that road just might be around the next bend, Shotgun Willie can still pack 'em in and shake 'em up. The man is a legend, possessing a musical genius that elevates him into the pantheon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Messing With Willie Nelson

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Willie Nelson Not Off The Hook For 2010 Pot Bust After All

    Mark Britain​Whether or not you believe Willie Nelson mailed in his most recent Houston-area performance at Verizon in April, one thing is sure: The singer and Texas icon won't be mailing in the fine and court costs stemming from his November 2010 pot bust in West Texas, where six ounces of ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Willie Nelson Will Not Get Off Easy for World's Most Overblown Weed Arrest

    Free Willie!​Discovering weed anywhere near Willie Nelson shouldn't count as a surprise, so his November 2010 arrest for possession in West Texas didn't figure to become a national circus. But it has, especially when word first somehow spread that his sentence would be to sing "Blue Eyes Cryi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Last Night: Willie Nelson At Verizon Wireless Theater

    Photos by Mark Britain​Willie Nelson & Family Verizon Wireless Theater April 28, 2011 See Willie Nelson's extended Houston family in our slideshow. There are few times you don't want the Rolling Stones in your head. A very few. But on your way to a Willie Nelson show trying to fight off the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Tracy Nelson, Victim Of The Blues, Embraces Muddy & Lightnin'

    Robert Hakins​Long acclaimed as one of the truly great singers of the modern era, at 66 Tracy Nelson still has the fire for performing great songs. Her latest project, Victim of the Blues, is a loving caress to her original passion: Old-school blues, particularly the Chicago variety. Nelson's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    On The Seal Again: Willie Nelson's Fine Flippered Friend

    Willie Nelson on Facebook​Rocks Off came across this picture of Willie Nelson shaking hands with one of his pinniped fans on the singer's Facebook page this morning, and immediately knew we had to share it. Little did we know that the Red Headed Stranger has long had an affinity for these ado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Willie Nelson And Weed: Houston Teapot Party Answers The Call

    Houston Teapot Party is up and running​Shortly after Willie Nelson's arrest last month for breathing pot, a statewide movement sprung up to legalize marijuana in Texas. As our sister blog Rocks Off reported, the Teapot Party was headquartered in Austin (of course) and was looking to do big th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Marshall Chapman's Phases And Stages With Willie Nelson

    ​The final chapter of Marshall Chapman's new book, They Came to Nashville, is probably as close as most of us will ever get to riding on Willie Nelson's tour bus. Chapman, who has known Nelson since meeting him at a party in Nashville in 1973, hooked up with the Red Headed Stranger at a gig in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Willie Nelson's Pot Bust: A Milestone In Marijuana Policy?

    ​You gotta love a sumbitch like Willie Nelson who, unlike Bill "I-Never-Inhaled" Clinton, has always 'fessed up to using copious quantities of herb. Two days ago, in response to his pot bust last Friday at a Border Patrol checkpoint near Sierra Blanca (that's a Spanish geographical term for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Willie Nelson's "Green Friday" Leads To Teapot Party

    ​If you are a cop in Texas - OK, a cop anywhere in the world - when you pull over a tour bus and out pops a gnomish man with grayish-red hair and you smell pot smoke, you smile and nod, get an autograph and go on your way. It's 2010, and we live in a world where Willie Nelson can still get a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration

    Aurora unleashes a rare concert film from the redheaded stranger

  • Music

    May 6, 2010

    Cypress Hill

    Aurora unleashes a rare concert film from the redheaded stranger

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Willie Nelson Camp Confirms Drummer's Stroke

    Willie Nelson's camp has finally confirmed what Rocks Off first reported here last Friday, that longtime Nelson drummer Paul English did in fact suffer a "mild stroke." About an hour ago, Nelson tweeted the message "Paul is getting better!" A brief statement on Nelson's Web site today added that En ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Willie Nelson's Drummer Said To Have Suffered Stroke

    ​Word reached Rocks Off earlier this afternoon from a usually reliable source that Willie Nelson's longtime drummer, Paul English, has suffered a stroke. English, who now lives in Dallas with his wife and three sons, began working with Nelson in Fort Worth in 1955. According to various interviews ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Phosphorescent

    ​Word reached Rocks Off earlier this afternoon from a usually reliable source that Willie Nelson's longtime drummer, Paul English, has suffered a stroke. English, who now lives in Dallas with his wife and three sons, began working with Nelson in Fort Worth in 1955. According to various interviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Aftermath: Willie Nelson and an Arena Theatre Audience Apparently Raised In a Barn

    Photos by Jason Wolter​ Congratulations, Houston music fans! We are barely a week into the new year, and you already proven to Aftermath that our dreams and hopes for a new decade of change and decorum during live shows was just that: A wish that will never come to fruition, right up there with ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Another Side - Several, Actually - of Willie Nelson

    It's easy for older Willie Nelson fans to overlook his modern works, where he saw his influence dig out tributaries away from the safer riverbeds. In the past two decades, he has ventured out from his hearty country roots into reggae, spooky Daniel Lanois-produced noir, pop standards, Spanish-tinte ... More >>

  • Music

    July 30, 2009

    Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp

    It's easy for older Willie Nelson fans to overlook his modern works, where he saw his influence dig out tributaries away from the safer riverbeds. In the past two decades, he has ventured out from his hearty country roots into reggae, spooky Daniel Lanois-produced noir, pop standards, Spanish-tinte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Big Willie Style: The Red Headed Stranger at the Movies

    Honeysuckle Rose This weekend at the Woodlands comes one of the most prolific trios of artists to ever appear on the same bill. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp converge on the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for what looks to be one of those landmark shows people brag about catching, k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: R.I.P. Poodie Locke

    www.stillisstillmoving.comJohn Belushi (left) and Poodie Locke, date unknownWord has reached Lonesome, Onry and Mean that longtime Willie Nelson stage manager Poodie Locke passed away shortly after 3 p.m. this afternoon. The cause of death is said to be a "massive heart attack." Reports of Locke's p ... More >>

  • Music

    March 19, 2009

    Phosphorescent

    www.stillisstillmoving.comJohn Belushi (left) and Poodie Locke, date unknownWord has reached Lonesome, Onry and Mean that longtime Willie Nelson stage manager Poodie Locke passed away shortly after 3 p.m. this afternoon. The cause of death is said to be a "massive heart attack." Reports of Locke's p ... More >>

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel: Willie and the Wheel

    www.stillisstillmoving.comJohn Belushi (left) and Poodie Locke, date unknownWord has reached Lonesome, Onry and Mean that longtime Willie Nelson stage manager Poodie Locke passed away shortly after 3 p.m. this afternoon. The cause of death is said to be a "massive heart attack." Reports of Locke's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Album of the Day: Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel's Willie and the Wheel

    Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Willie and the Wheel www.willieandthewheel.com The late Jerry Wexler, who passed away last August at age 91, was best known as an advocate and producer for top R&B and soul artists like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. But Wexler was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Aftermath: Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones at Jazz at Lincoln Center

    Photos by Frank Stewart/ Jazz at Lincoln Center When Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis first shared the stage at New York's Allen Room for Jazz at Lincoln Center almost exactly two years ago, the concert was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues." There was no hint that music history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Aftermath Extra: The Best Concerts of the Year, Part 8

    Cheech & Chong/Willie Nelson, Verizon Wireless Theater/House of Blues, October 31: "This morning Aftermath thought his notes had vanished entirely before realizing he had simply mistook the back cover of his notebook for the front. Halloween 2008 was high times indeed." Randy Weeks, Discover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    An Algae Farm Near The Ship Channel? Why The Hell Not?

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Aftermath: Cheech & Chong at Verizon Wireless Theater; Willie Nelson at House of Blues

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Willie Nelson

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2008

    Re-Scattering Willie Nelson's Stardust, 30 Years Later

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Music

    May 1, 2008

    Larry McMurtry and Willie Nelson in Houston

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Music

    May 1, 2008

    Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    Willie Nelson: A Moment of Forever

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Bartender, Pour the Wine: Ten Great Country Breakup Songs

    You know what the Ship Channel area needs?Besides a whole lot less pollution, we mean.It needs a good farm. An algae farm, in fact. That's the thinking of a Nevada company, which has announced plans to build a 20-acre algae farm near the Channel if it can get some financing from the federal governem ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    Elana James

    Fiddle with this

  • Music

    September 27, 2007

    Houston's Very Best Songs Ever

    ...otherwise known as the H-Town 20

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: We Wanna Get High, So High

    ...otherwise known as the H-Town 20

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    The Full Nelson

    A Rhino rerelease celebrates Willie's new concept for country

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Go for Brogue

    A Rhino rerelease celebrates Willie's new concept for country

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Scenes from a Picnic

    Willie, Dylan, Kinky and the Ghost of Bob Willis descends on Fort Worth. Wack is there too.

  • Music

    August 21, 2003

    Dwight Yoakam

    Thursday, August 21

  • Music

    August 7, 2003

    Los Lonely Boys

    Thursday, August 21

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    Willie Nelson

    Crazy: The Demo Sessions (Sugar Hill Records)

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Playbill

    Willie Nelson's Family Picnic

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    It's a Family Affair

    Willie Nelson brings along his pals for his annual musical picnic

  • Music

    July 18, 1996

    Rotation

    Willie Nelson brings along his pals for his annual musical picnic

  • Music

    February 15, 1996

    Devilish Boys

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

  • Music

    June 29, 1995

    Full Nelson

    With a new disc and a boxed history, Willie Nelson wonders who'll buy his memories

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