When I met Willie at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge around 1970 or '71, I asked him why he decided to be a musician. He answered (and I paraphrase) 'When I was younger, I thought about being a preacher, but I decided the people I wanted to reach were in bars and honky-tonks.'
I long to write a Part 2, talking about Bobbie Nelson, her story, and her influence on Willie, the band, and his family. She was his rock, and her rock was Jesus.
I also will write about the importance of this recording. It was a critical time in his life and career.
When I met Willie at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge around 1970 or '71, I asked him why he decided to be a musician. He answered (and I paraphrase) 'When I was younger, I thought about being a preacher, but I decided the people I wanted to reach were in bars and honky-tonks.'
Wow, what a night! That must have been amazing.
I long to write a Part 2, talking about Bobbie Nelson, her story, and her influence on Willie, the band, and his family. She was his rock, and her rock was Jesus.
I also will write about the importance of this recording. It was a critical time in his life and career.
I'll have to listen now. Some truly excellent songs and of course I love Willie.