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Published May 3, 2008 |
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To Add A Little To Coffey's Thoughts |
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On his blog yesterday, Ron Coffey talked a little about early Willie
Nelson (Willie before his outlaw days). I was living in Los Angles in
the 1960s and Willie Nelson was trying to break into the country music
scene. He was a clean cut, suit wearing, white shirt with skinny necktie
kind of guy having a difficult time getting air time for his tunes.
About the best he was doing was appearing at some of the more popular CW
bars (i.e. The Palomino Club) and making occasional guest appearances on
a popular local TV program called Cal's Corral which was sponsored by
Worthington Dodge. At the time auto dealer Cal Worthington was a much
bigger personality in Southern California than Willy, Waylon or Paycheck
put together.
I'm not sure when, but sometime Willy disappeared and reemerged with a totally different persona; unshaven, long-haired, pony tailed, bandanna wearin', dope smokin', whiskey riverin', guitar pickin' and hell raisin'. This transformation turned him into the Willy that the whole world knows and loves. Last year, on the recommendation of Don Imus, I put Willie's book, The Tao of Willie, on my summer reading list. I'll not make the claim that Willie is one of our great philosophical minds but there's a number of ideas worth chewing on in what Willie has to say. A second subject of Ron's blog dealt with the death of guitarist Jeff Healey. Ron discribed Healey's playing style and provided a couple of You Tube addresses where Healey could be seen playing his axe. I took a look and was very impressed. However, the video I found most interesting was a duet between him and Stevie Ray Vaughan playing one of SRV's best tunes, Look at Little Sister. Here's an imbed leading to that track. Healey's bridge solo is a great example of his versatility. |
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