Willie Nelson
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Nelson's unmistakable voice shines through . . . funny, inspirational and bawdy, with a well-honed sense of humor." —Kirkus Reviews
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville,...
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville,...
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English
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If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our musical heritage and kept us company through the good and the bad of our own lives. Long before he became famous as a performer, Willie Nelson was known as a songwriter, keeping...
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English
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Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country's imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America's heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie's story: his depression ere childhood; his stormy marriages; his will experiences with drugs, booze and women; his long rise to stardom; his musical and personal experiences with...
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English
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"Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who for 70 years acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right-hand man. Together, the two men roamed the country, putting on shows, getting into a few scrapes, raising money for good causes, and bringing the joy of their music to fans worldwide. Stories of Willie and Paul's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone...
10) Texas guns
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When John Henry Lee gets out of jail after more than 20 years, he decides he's not quite ready to retire from bank robbing. So when he gets out, he robs a bank and then has the brilliant idea to reunite with his old gang and finish off the train robbery that landed him in prison in the first place. However, this means that Captain Oren Hayes, the Texas Ranger who put John behind bars, isn't far behind. To make matters worse, a young band of outlaws...
18) The great divide
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Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (54 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
19) Spirit
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Pub. Date
[1996]
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1 sound disc (41 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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English
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"Willie Nelson, country music's quintessential musician, displays all the wit and warmth of his homespun style of storytelling in an inspiring holiday novel based on his classic Christmas song, "Pretty Paper." More than fifty years ago, Willie Nelson's beloved Christmas song "Pretty Paper" first hit the airwaves. And for all these years, Willie has wondered about the real-life Texas street vendor, selling wrappings and ribbons, who inspired his song....
