Willie Nelson gives rednecks a bad name. Hell, he gives hippies a bad name. Irresponsible in even the smallest of matters, grungy for grunge’s sake, and with an absolutely rotten view of what it is to be an American, he has become a greedy, avaricious, and totally narcissistic prima donna who has totally forgotten, if he ever knew, what the life of a simple country person really revolves around.
Willie Felon is more like it. Clyde Barrow and Charles Starkweather were more honest representations of “good ol’ boys”.
Not that I am being critical of Willie or anything.
Ouch! You slapped nasty Willie so hard I felt it!
Lol, I live very close to Willie and I agree with most everything you say; BUT, he’s still “willie”.............and a more successful singer songwriter is hard to find so we working (non LIV’s) Americans, over time, kinda wash away the bad and accept the good and pretend for a few hours he’s not all those things.
I went to his birthday concert at the Backyard, only a few miles from where he AND I live. The concert was great fun, full of rednecks and hippies (Austin 12 miles away), willie was awful (compared to watching him 20’ away 30 years ago).
We all left wondering why the hell we put ourselves through it all?! But, Lol, I imagine we will all be back next year....,sigh......