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August 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring

Willie Nelson First Rose of Spring SMG Weary-voiced and only occasionally “Trigger”-happy with his guitaring these days, the 87-year-old Willie Nelson sure knows how to tug at heartstrings as he expertly chooses songs that concern themselves with aging and life-reflection. At this point he could cover a death metal ode to Satan and make it […]

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening

I started this thing a while ago where I decided I was going to name ten albums important to me (and important for me) in a particular musical genre. I started with hip-hop (see here). And then I decided to do my list of seminal and sentimental metal albums (see here). And most recently it […]

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October 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Willie Nelson: Living Legend

Willie Nelson is 83. He is a living legend who has happily downscaled his myth to a quirky commodity that sees him as the punchline for marijuana jokes, a bit-part actor in walk-on wooden-delivery roles and a symbol of the shambolic shaman, the long hair and head-scarves, the gypsy who owed the IRS close to […]

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April 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 909

Willie Nelson, Teatro (1998) It’s Record Store Day! But then, almost any/every day is Record Store Day for me. Or can be. I don’t need encouragement or a reminder. But I like that Record Store Day exists. The last couple of years I haven’t made it down – hard to fit in around toddler naps […]

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December 12, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From The Road

Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From The Road Willie Nelson Harper Collins It’s a short book – and it’s a lot of fun. An easy thing to flip through, but it really does give you a feel for Willie Nelson, his attitudes, his humour, where he’s at in the world […]