Press "Enter" to skip to content

Willie Nelson: Top 10 Things We Love About The Country Singer


oh crap Willie Nelson he’s on the road
again
places that I’ve ever been welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down the top 10 things we love about
Willie Nelson aah y’all knock off the
grab-ass and over there number 10 he
lets his hair down nicknamed the
redheaded stranger
Nelson is famous for his locks he
started clean-cut but let loose in the
70s and grew it long we’re talking real
long for the longest time
Willie’s signature do with long gray
braids but finally in 2010 he chopped
them off it wasn’t as big as the Rachel
or Michelle Obama getting bangs but
there were new stories about it
number 9 he’s not afraid to sing a
different tune
Willie’s obviously a talented and
prolific songwriter with his fair share
of hits he penned country standards like
hello walls and crazy which were both
made famous by other artists for trying
crazy on crime but Willie is no stranger
to covers himself his first number-one
was a reboot of blue eyes crying in the
rain I
we’d never we had recently he’s tackled
more current unexpected music at the
suggestion of his sons like Pearl Jam
stay with me
let’s just breathe
number eight he’s no sellout like we
said Willie is not afraid to make other
people’s songs his own I was just
guessing at numbers and featured in a
moving ad promoting sustainable farming
for Chipotle Mexican Grill his version
of Coldplay’s the scientist got rave
reviews when it aired during Super Bowl
46 and the 2012 Grammy Awards questions
of progress
don’t be ironically his version of the
song featuring his stirring vocals made
a way bigger splash than cool plays on
Grammy performance I’m going back to
number seven he’s always got his finger
on the trigger and by trigger we mean
his beat-up guitar
in the early 90s the IRS came after
Nelson for over 30 million dollars in
back taxes to raise funds Willy released
the IRS tapes who will buy my memories
and auctioned his assets to friends
while the government seized his
belongings
the one thing Willy hid triggered he
said the day he loses that guitar he’ll
retire we’ll both worry out about the
same time I figured number 6 he’s mad
for repr one of the most well known
things about Willie Nelson is his
marijuana intake the amount of pot
Willie smokes has reached almost
mythological proportions as he shows up
high to interviews concerts and pretty
much anywhere did you smoke pot today
today this day yeah he did before he
came here yeah so you do it a pot in you
right now yeah you could arrest me
because of his love of all things pot
related he’s a vocal advocate for
legalization through the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws or normal and his teapot party and
like millions of other responsible
Americans I smoke pot number five he
smokes green at the White House Willie
and Jimmy Carter are buddies so the
peanut farmer invited the redheaded
stranger to perform at the White House
in 1980 Carter and his wife even joined
him at the mic but that’s not the funny
part is it true you rolled a joint on
the roof of the White House under
President Carter no I rolled it before I
directed Willie says he sparked a big
fat Austin torpedo on the roof of the
executive mansion for those who don’t
speak southern drug slang that’s pot at
the White House too many pain pills too
much pot trying to be something that I’m
not Superman
Superman number four he knows it’s not
easy being green Willy’s weed habits can
get him into trouble
one thing to do because he was a thing
to do you know it was a thing to do
because he got you high can you do aa
he’s been arrested for possession many
times but usually gets off with a small
fine and probation singing legend Willie
Nelson has been arrested on charges of
marijuana possession however in 2010
after he was nabbed for pot on his tour
bus the prosecutor said if you paid the
twenty five hundred dollar fine and sang
in court he wouldn’t go to jail judge
apparently was not amused he didn’t end
up singing but it proves everybody loves
Willie if you’re not gonna do it for the
guy in the corner
why do it for celebrity when asked for
comment the guy in the corner shouted
Free Willy and went back to listening to
Dark Side of the Moon number three he’s
got friends in high places
and it is
everybody also wants to work with Willie
he’s duetted with Frank Sinatra Ray
Charles and Julio Iglesias however his
song with Snoop Dogg is the most
unexpected roll me up and smokey except
is it unexpected like I said before not
saying again if you got a problem a
willingness you got a problem with me
Willie and Snoop have a habit in common
have been arrested for pot at the same
checkpoint and have hung out together in
Amsterdam because where else would they
hang out so maybe it’s the most natural
pairing of them all you and Snoop you
know to Amsterdam that the mecca of dope
brilli and you both have a load of it
and then write some music together now
we can go to Colorado
number two Hill caused a stir Nelson has
many causes near and dear to his heart
besides endorsing legalized marijuana he
founded the benefit concert Farm Aid in
1985 with Neil Young and John Mellencamp
to fundraise for US farmers skyriver
take my mind
in 2005 he started a company that makes
biodiesel out of vegetable oils called
Willie Nelson biodiesel better known as
bio Willie in the hopes of ending
American dependency on foreign oil hi
folks this is Willie Nelson with a
suggestion that you try tank of
biodiesel today I use it in my car’s my
buses and I’m a firm believer in using
renewable fuels that are better for our
environment number one he acts out how’s
it looking good looking we love to see
our favorite outlaw country star acting
and he’s done his fair share of movie
and TV cameos
did you hear what about the guy a
totally son said hey if you don’t quit
masturbating you’re gonna go blind he
said dad I’m over here from his roles in
the electric horseman honeysuckle rose
and Barbosa to his popular appearances
and half-baked The Dukes of Hazzard The
Simpsons and dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
Willie gets around ain’t about how to
shoot a gun it’s about when not to shoot
a gun until you learn that you’ll always
be what you are now a boy with a badge
playing sheriff but no matter what they
call him on screen he’s still Willie
Nelson
yeah you agree with our list why do you
love Willie Nelson and I remember when a
dime bag cost attack for more top tens
about your favorite musicians be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com I can’t wait
to get on the road again
Please follow and like us: