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re: Bad arse Willie Nelson Stories..told by other players, hosted by Otis Gibbs

Posted on 9/5/23 at 10:32 pm to
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 9/5/23 at 10:32 pm to
YW.
It strikes me on first listen as a Sunday morning hangover/regret song.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 12:05 am to
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YW.
It strikes me on first listen as a Sunday morning hangover/regret song.


It was exactly like that.
At the time, it was a good way to try and write.
For me, at the time, it was all about the Nashville game. I kept playing though. I still do.
Sooner or later, I think I'll win. Big.
The best guitar player I know, I've been working on him for 15 years. We have our 1st session together at 10 am tomorrow.( by the way, I will be going in there with my yellow telecaster with the Fretshack p90s)
It's a long game.
Nowadays, I try to write more upbeat, hopeful stuff, where folks win and maybe inspire something. I still have a crapload of beer drinkin songs though. I can still whoop those out.
This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 1:59 am
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 12:54 am to
It’s a real good one. Stand alone or as the end piece to some preceding raucous songs. I’ve always liked that composition style despite the digital age - its still cool to be able to play an album telling a story.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 1:07 am to
You might like this. Seems a little sad at first, but it's about a man winning.
LINK
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 5:32 am to
That’s beautiful. It’s nice how the composition of the notes is kinda unpredictable without trying too hard.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 8:29 am to
Texas Monthly has a podcast/article series called "One by Willie". Various artists and biz people talk about Willie cuts and share stories. Pretty good stuff.

LINK
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:20 am to
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:17 am to
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Their cover of “Drivin’ My Life Away” is how you do a cover proper.




yep, I think that's the main reason he invited Marty Muse, Robert Earl's old steel player, to be in the band. He had been playing that song on his Facebook shows during the pandemic but it was just solo.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 9/10/23 at 1:05 pm to
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Wrong side of Gallatin

That's fantastic. That's exactly the kind of cover I wouldn't mind doing. I would probably try it a Yoakemish way.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 9/10/23 at 1:40 pm to
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That’s beautiful. It’s nice how the composition of the notes is kinda unpredictable without trying too hard.


More than that to me, it's about watching your kid be successful and even a motivation for yourself, Patting yourself on the back, because that's exactly what you wanted.
There's another version with the same title, that I haven't recorded yet in a studio. It's got to be wide open high octane Rockabilly, and it's hard to get it right if you don't have the right musicians. Here's the first verse:

She's from Ensenada Mexico- she's a butterscotch blonde
She's got a few scars on her- because she's a lot of fun
When you first left me- I thought it would be disaster
Then Through a pawn shop window- I saw my sexy Telecaster

In the rest of the song, the dude gets the band back together and hilarity ensues.
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:39 pm to
Otis has one of the best music channels on YouTube. The stories he gets are amazing. I particularly like the ones with Kenny Vaughan and the guy from the Georgia Satellites.


The ones about John Prine are awesome as well.
This post was edited on 9/11/23 at 11:40 pm
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:21 am to
There some more vids of my brother on his channel. One he talks about how Gun & Juice came about and how it was labeled as a Phish song on Napster and how Snoop Dogg actually heard the Gourds version. I knew the basic story but there is some other info I didn't know .
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:52 pm to
wait

Kevin Russell is your brother?
That’s pretty damn cool
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 9/12/23 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

Kevin Russell is your brother?
That’s pretty damn cool



x2

I loved the ones he was in. Those were awesome stories.
This post was edited on 9/12/23 at 2:40 pm
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:46 pm to
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Kevin Russell is your brother?


Si senor
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 9/12/23 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Kevin Russell is your brother?
That’s pretty damn cool


He does some fun music. Really like him.
Somebody posted one of his shows on The OT the other day from Austin City Limits, he was playing a ukelele and singing a song called "The Poor People's Store" it was genius.
When he did that line " you can smell like you just got out of jail" I really spit out my coffee.
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/14/23 at 7:05 pm to
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The Poor People's Store


Need to get you one of those Po People Store totes

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 7:16 pm to
I'll order 1 right now, that's cool as coyote shite.
Give us particulars.
Do you know how happy that would make my old Mom? She would take it everywhere.
This post was edited on 9/14/23 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/14/23 at 8:01 pm to
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 8:06 pm to
Makin an order right now.!
My Mom will be the coolest old woman in the whole damn town. She already is, but I don't always tell her,
This post was edited on 9/14/23 at 8:12 pm
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