HONKY-TONK COUNTRY IDOL WILLIE NELSON

There are many National treasures in our Great Country! One of the best is singer WILLIE NELSON. I always wanted to meet this legend as I have seen him perform a couple of times but never was able to meet and have him sign my albums. Willie for years always was approachable and would sign multiple items no matter what never complained. So another chance came about when a few other individuals and I went looking for him.

  Willie never stays in a hotel and finds that the comfort of his traveling bus makes him feel at home. We drove about to a couple of hotels and lo and behold it sat parked by itself in a parking lot near the venue. It was about 10 am in the morning and we did not want to disturb him by knocking on the bus so we parked near it and waited and hoped he would exit to get some exercise. About 40 minutes passed and another truck pulled up with someone carrying a guitar and he started to knock on the bus door. No Response. Willie did it again and again and finally behind a cloud of smoke, the bus door open. We quickly got to our feet and listen to the fellow tell Willie the guitar was for a charity auction and then Willie took his attention to us. I said" Willie take care of his business, we will wait" and Willie responded " You guys are my business what do you got" The four of us took our time and he probably signed 20 albums, a couple of photos and he liked my TIME MAGAZINE Cover about Legalizing Marijuana and signed it beautifully. Everything was going fine; He started to take a picture with each of us but saw Willie get annoyed when one of the Graphers we had called Schoolboy asked. “Willie can you take off your Sunglasses" and Willie energetically " F-CK YOU , I AM NOT TAKING THEM OFF" and that basically ending the visit.

  We all thanked him and off he went back into the bus. Not a few moments later his bus driver who acts as his security asked us to leave and off we went. If we met him 5 minutes later there probably would not have been as good as our encounter had been and something I will never forget!