Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday.
was a revolution. In a time where country music peddled – as it still largely does today – in singles capturing just enough tenderness without compromising cowboy masculinity, Nelson eschewed both, writing a concept album that captured both sides of a divorce.Those lines, examining the heteronormative plight of a woman whose marriage is falling apart, kick off the record’s first side, told entirely through the wife’s perspective.
My mom used to bring “Have a Willie Nice Day” T-shirts to my Chinese aunts in other states, who loved his gun-slinging cowboy mystique. Despite growing up in Texas, I never knew much beyond the braids, until I eventually gave a full-album listen to.
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