Halfway into his recent nonstop 2-hours-plus set at San Francisco’s fabled Fillmore, Willie Nelson eased into one of his more romantic hits, “You Were Always on My Mind.” Begging for another chance with a neglected paramour, he promised .”.I’ll keep you satisfied” – and a surprising thing happened: women all around me raised a lusty whoop, and some shouted, “Oh yahhh, WILLIE!” And it occurred to me that this 77-year old, gray-braided, grizzled music legend might be the world’s least likely sex symbol.
Of course, he’s much more than that – in the pantheon of American musical icons, he is to country music what Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and Miles Davis have been to their genres – young rebels who came to epitomize the best at what they do. The legendarily cranky Miles even called Nelson his favorite singer — high praise indeed.
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