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The link originally posted here did not work. Sorry about that. It was to a story from American Songwriter magazine about Willie's new book.
>>>>With his latest book, Willie Nelson offers fans an unfiltered look at the stories behind some of his most beloved songs. Released today (October 31), Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs offers firsthand reflections on 160 tracks from his extensive career.<<<<<
Here is another article about the same book. I hope this link works!
Willie Nelson Announces New Book 'Energy Follows Thought'
Last edited by MarkRhodes; 11-01-2023 at 11:34 AM.
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10-31-2023 10:43 PM
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Something wrong with that webpage, it just keeps reloading.
He wrote ANOTHER book? He's written quite a few I believe. I read his first autobiography, then I read "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die", and it was very similar.... Then he had a more recent one "Tao of Willie", which put me to sleep.
I love the guy, he's one of my favorites. But as an author... eh... I'll have to look and see if one of his books was his "definitive" autobiography; I'd read that. This new one does sound interesting, since I know most of the songs he's talking about already, could be interesting...
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Originally Posted by ruger9
Like you, this one interests me because it's about his songs and boy, has Willie written a lot of good ones.
What intrigued me most about the article from American Songwriter (---sorry the link doesn't work; I'd fix that if I knew how) is that Willie said he wrote the lyrics first. And all of them. He doesn't think about melody or backing until he has the whole lyric done. I have never once in my life (and I'm 65) worked that way. It's a mystery to me how anyone could. Works like gangbusters for Willie, though.
This is the song with the same title as the book.
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