Your favourite song by Willie Nelson!

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Tralfaz

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In honor of his 80th birthday just the other day, what's your favorite song by that red-headed stranger?

 
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Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain. I know he didn't write it, but it's my favorite song performed by Willie.

 
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My favorite song by the Red Headed Stranger is... Red Headed Stranger. Actually, that whole album, it kinda just flows together into one continuous epic anyway.
 
reverend1 said:
Poncho & Left, 7 Spanish Angles, and the Highwaymen I can choose.
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Deep Eddy said:
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain. I know he didn't write it, but it's my favorite song performed by Willie.
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He does great versions of Pancho & Lefty and Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, but yeah, he didn't write either of those.

...and since you guys picked those already, I'll go with this. He didn't write this one either.

 
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I have fond memories of me (at 8 years old), my sister, and my next-door neighbors riding in the camper of my dad's truck and poking our heads through the window into the cab and listening to this. We all thought the "sits around in his underwear" part was hilarious.

Another favorite of that time was Jerry Jeff Walker's "Pissin' in the Wind."
 
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Seven Spanish Angels always gives me chills.

He wrote so many damned songs that it's really hard to choose.
 
shoeless said:
...and since you guys picked those already, I'll go with this. He didn't write this one either.

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Actually, he did. Didn't he? I'm pretty sure he did.

There was a great article in a recent issue of Houston Press about the early days of Willie Nelson in Houston just before his career took off. Night Life I think was one of the songs he wrote during that period.

http://www.houstonpress.com/2013-04-25/music/willie-nelson/
 
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Great link - I love those old pictures of him before he had long hair. You just have to take it on faith that it was the same guy. :lol:
 
Tralfaz said:
Actually, he did. Didn't he? I'm pretty sure he did.

There was a great article in a recent issue of Houston Press about the early days of Willie Nelson in Houston just before his career took off. Night Life I think was one of the songs he wrote during that period.

http://www.houstonpress.com/2013-04-25/music/willie-nelson/
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Looks like you're right. After a little Googling, it appears Ray Price (who I thought wrote it) actually bought it from Willie.
 
Funny How Time Slips Away/Crazy (he usually combines them)
Both were written by him and remain my favorites to listen to live.

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jelloman said:
He was always a better songwriter than performer...a trait he shares with Kristofferson...
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Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Anyhow, thanks all for sharing the love. Keep on rockin' Willie!

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How about a poem by Willie Nelson

"I've outlived my Dick."

My nookie days are over,
My pilot light is out.
What used to be my pride and joy,
Is now my water spout.

Time was when, on its own accord,
From my trousers it would spring.
But now I've got a full time job,
To find the friggin' thing.

It used to be embarrassing,
The way it would behave.
For every single morning,
It would stand and watch me shave.

Now as old age approaches,
It sure gives me the blues,
To see it hang its little head,
And watch me tie my shoes!
 
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