I’ve never been into Willie Nelson. He annoyed me as a kid when he had his big wave of popularity through the movie Honeysuckle Rose and having to hear “On the Road Again” ad nauseum in 1980. When I grew to adulthood, became more knowledgeable about music and I at least grew to respect him which is where I remain. Willie is a big deal around Central Texas, especially with the pot-smoking crowd after the Nineties; try getting into one of his shows.
In his favor, he did a good sense of humor about himself when he “appeared” on King of the Hill plus he wrote one of Patsy Cline’s biggest hits.
If you want to get a good synopsis about the Red Headed Stranger, KUT did a great job with this episode of Texas Music Matters. It’s more colorful than Wikipedia. Too bad the governor and state lege are a bunch of Republican nogoodniks, the Democrats would’ve made today a holiday even if it did make them poseurs.