Willie Nelson: Behind the Music

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Summary: Just try to beat The Red Headed Stranger...
Review: This book ,while covering Willie's whole career, fills out the part of his career which mainly came after the autobiography written in 1988.It was the time when the tax problems seemed unbeatable.However ;the Government could no more beat him than could the Nashville establishment.In the end he would be honored by both of them.
"If he had been spinning his wheels before coming to Austin,Willie found traction just down the road from his old hometown.At an age when many entertainers are considered past their prime,Willie was starting a new movement.He had reinvented himself and created a new niche for country music in the process.
Willie was once again about to prove that he would not be restrained by some preordained set of rules written by someone else".
Not only that,he did it in Austin without the 'help' of Nashville.Yes ,in the end Nashville heaped rewards on him and finally recognized his talents.This was not by choice,but by necessity;because the fans were way ahead of them.
An excellent book on a Living Legend;and includes many excellent photographs.
As to his wives:
"There's no such thing as an ex-wife,there's only additional wives"."I've learned that.And that's not necassarily a negative,either,because I'd rather have an ex-wife who's a friend than an ex-wife who's not a friend".