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Willie, Still on the Road

January 4th 2008 in Americana, Concerts, Country Music, Legends, New Releases

Willie Nelson joined his big sister and the rest of the family band on a two-night stand at the House of Blues in New Orleans as they begin their typically daunting tour schedule, playing two weeks a month from now through Thanksgiving 2008.

Bobbie Nelson just recently released her own CD “Audiobiography” (Justice Records) which traces her life back to her early years in Abbott, Texas when she and Willie would play at thier home for family and playing solo gigs in piano bars, supper clubs and hotels.

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“Willie, Still on the Road”

Linda
wrote on January 4th, 2008

I’m so glad he is back from Hawaii, and on tour again.

Baron Lane
wrote on January 5th, 2008

Death, taxes and Willie on the road (and in good with the taxes!)…some things are constant Linda.

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