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vuduchyld
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RE: Why they invented Golpe plates! (in reply to estebanana)
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The only thing I like about Willie is his guitar soloing, I think he's an amazingly overrated person in many respects, but his guitar playing is soulful. He's also quite a stinker when it comes to honesty and money in playing "benefit" concerts. But that is another story. People act like this guy is an angel and he's really a business man who sells the "Willie brand". Sorry all you Europeans who admire him, he's ok, but .... Wow...news to me. I've never heard ANYTHING about him being dishonest when it comes to benefit concerts. I have a family friend (actually, recently departed) who worked reasonably closely with Willie on the NORML board. He absolutely adored Willie as a person. That's not to say that he doesn't charge for performing his profession...maybe he does, but I wouldn't begrudge him that. My understanding, again, through this recently departed close connection, is that Willie does much more for organizations than simply play a guitar. He actually serves on boards for several organizations, including, I believe, a stint as President of the Farm Aid board. I know he worked really hard for NORML...but of course the mission is truly personal with that. He does have a brand. Personally, I think it's GREAT that he chooses the organizations he works with based on what is meaningful to that brand. I'm guessing that these are also meaningful to him personally. I know he's worked with bio-diesel organizations and animal welfare organizations in addition to his work with Farm Aid and NORML. There are also some benefits he's done that seem outside of his normal sphere...like earthquake relief in Japan or Asian tsunami relief. This guy has a worldwide name...and if that name brings in dollars for these organizations, again, I don't see how it's problematic if he is reimbursed. But maybe that's just me. I admire the work he's done....though I'm from Oklahoma, not Europe, so I'm pretty geographically close to Willie in Texas. If you have more information on Willie's transgressions, I'm really curious to know more. I'm sure there aren't too many famous folk who haven't ruffled a few feathers or failed to give people what they considered to be their rightful due...but I've never heard or read anything at all about Willie being anything less than incredibly generous with his chosen causes. Of course, I'm familiar with his IRS issues. I don't suppose he was blameless, but I'd also suspect the accountants weren't, either. And I think he's been free and clear on that for about 20 years. So...do tell!
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Date Dec. 12 2011 22:03:41
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: Why they invented Golpe plates! (in reply to estebanana)
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ORIGINAL: estebanana The only thing I like about Willie is his guitar soloing, I think he's an amazingly overrated person in many respects, but his guitar playing is soulful. He's also quite a stinker when it comes to honesty and money in playing "benefit" concerts. But that is another story. People act like this guy is an angel and he's really a business man who sells the "Willie brand". Sorry all you Europeans who admire him, he's ok, but .... I'm a fifth generation Texan from a large South Texas extended family. We Texans tend to kind of like outlaws. Willie is one, or at least was one when he was younger. Another thing that endears him to me is his accent. There are way too many fake accents to suit me in pop and country these days. Not that I listen to much pop or country on purpose. But listening to National Public Radio in the car, you hear them play some group whining and singing through their noses in some non-existent accent, then in the interview they talk like ordinary 21st century homogenized Americans--or even Englishmen! There are several authentic Texas accents. Willie talks and sings exactly like where he's from, just a little east of Waco, and authentically for a country boy of his generation. He nails it, and it moves me. RNJ
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Date Dec. 12 2011 22:46:41
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: Why they invented Golpe plates! (in reply to estebanana)
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I'm the son of an Air Force officer. I went to the 5th and 6th grades in Oklahoma City, the 7th and 8th grades in Anchorage, Alaska, and high school in Maryland just outside Washington, DC where we lived. In high school I played soccer. We didn't have an American football team. When I got to Texas to go to the University I had to bone up on Texas high school and college football and a lot of other subjects, and I had to learn to dance the dirty bop to the tune of Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. Though I spent time on the ranch in South Texas every summer, it was a pretty parochial experience. My impression of Miss Hogg was through the largely liberal views of University faculty and students. She was greatly admired as a benefactor of the arts and as an advocate of racial justice. I never heard her name spoken by my South Texas relatives. There's a bronze statue of her father, "Big Jim" Hogg , the former governor, on the University campus. It portrays him in full rotund magnificence. The main cultural venue on campus in that far off age was Hogg Auditorium. Miss Hogg would have been 51 years old when it was built in 1933, and well embarked on her career of philanthropy. There I heard Julian Bream for the first time. He still had a full head of hair. Somewhere around 1976, well after my University career, the Austin Guitar Society (not the present Austin Classical Guitar Society) presented a concert by Mario Escudero. We put it on at Hogg Auditorium. The place sold out. RNJ
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