For a guy who’s made his living in music, Willie Nelson sure has been a prolific book author. Autobiographies, biographies, essays, collections of letters and musings, remembrances of family and friends. Even a Christmas novella! But fans know that his best writing is in his lyrics, in by his estimate...
For a guy who’s made his living in music, Willie Nelson sure has been a prolific book author. Autobiographies, biographies, essays, collections of letters and musings, remembrances of family and friends. Even a Christmas novella!
Early on, Nelson writes that in his songwriting it’s the words that “always” come first. And many times, fewer words do a better job. In addition to reproducing the full lyrics to each song, Nelson offers his reflections on them. Some are straight ahead “how I wrote it” entries, while others are deeper musings and dialogue fantasies with a dash of philosophy thrown in. And records likeAll the Willies are on display here: The grizzled gunslinger; peg-legged pirate, romantic dreamer, and drinking/smoking party monster. Some of the stories here he’s told and retold ad nauseum over the years.
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