Singer-songwriter and marijuana enthusiast Willie Nelson could have faced a lengthy jail term after he was arrested for possession in November.
But perhaps the Texas prosecutor has been smoking some of Willie’s special cigarettes, because he has agreed to let the 77-year-old legend avoid prison but only if he gives the court a song.
Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett said: ‘I’m gonna let him plead, pay a small fine and he’s gotta sing “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” with his guitar right there in the courtroom.’
“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain?” What the hell is wrong with “Always on My Mind?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Xl17B-Z0A&feature=related
Shut up. My dad loved that song. So you just… shut up, OK?
Moe Lane
(Via @younce)
He could always cover something of Springsteen’s – I’m sure he’d sound much better doing it than Bruce does.
:narrowed eyes: There’s nothing wrong with the way Bruce sings.
Hey, just think, if he was an up and coming star today they’d make him use Auto Tune, and nobody would know he can’t hold a pitch.
Springsteen sings?
Huh. I thought he just campaign for leftists.
Is Hudspeth County pronounced “Hazzard County?”
Willie Nelson is awesome, he will always be awesome, and Blue Eyes is a great song.
Although he should sing ‘On The Road Again’ just to be funny.
I didn’t say that it was a *bad* song. It’s just not the song that my dad would sing as he was making breakfast.
The legendary Leadbelly received gubernatorial pardons, on two different manslaughter convictions, all because he wrote songs praising the governors. So, there’s a “legal precedent”
(there was a sarcasm tag in the last sentence of my previous comment, seems it got lost…)
Nah, I just screen first comments. 🙂