It's A Long Story, My Life by Willie Nelson

If one is sweating in shorts and a tank top, it's summer in my opinion!
So, I'm going to be blogging about the books I'm reading from now 'til the end of the summer.  If things go well, I might continue through next school year.  Everything I read is available through the Public Library.
Anyway....
Just finished the latest autobiography of Willie Nelson.  It's A Long Story, My Life was listed as a book of the month on Amazon and I was lucky enough to snag it the day the WHPL cataloged it.
Now, I fully expected to read a lot of preaching about Jesus and God in a work by Nelson, along with his pro-legalization stance and anti-IRS/taxes history, but I actually really enjoyed reading this.  Music has always been a very important part of my life, from growing up with my Dad blasting Skynyrd to marching with the WHHS Band to doing something that resembles Latin dance at Zumba.
Accepting Nelson's influences is necessary to understanding where his music comes from.  Self-awareness of his flaws (and perhaps disregard for the law) shapes the lyrics that many of us, even if we don't label ourselves as country or western or folk music fans, know well.
Nelson is 82 now, passing milestones denied to many of his generation. 
Note there is profanity and infidelity in context.  
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