Everybody's favorite stoner uncle, Willie Nelson has of course inspired the muses in many ways, including numerous tributes in song... Here are a few I know about; feel free to let me know about the ones I've missed!

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Charlie Albertson "Leave The Man Alone"

Gary Allan "What Would Willie Do"

Tommy Alverson "Watchin Willie’s Hands"

J.J. Bene & Darby Bene "Willie's Down At Gilley's"

Arkey Blue "Willie Sang With Me"

Don Bowman "Willon And Waylie"

The Braun Brothers "Willie's Old Guitar"

Edie Brickell "Sing To Me, Willie"

Johnny Bush "Ode To The Hole In Willie’s Guitar"

Johnny Cash "A Backstage Pass"

Jim Chesnut "Listen To Willie At Night"

David Allan Coe "Willie, Waylon, And Me"

Rodney Crowell "Nashville, 1972"

Billy Eustis "To Hell With Texas"

Kevin Fowler "Don't Touch My Willie"

Tom T. Hall "Spokane Motel Blues"

Emmylou Harris "Me And Willie"

Gene Henslee "I Cut My Teeth On Good Old Western Swing"

Bill Hart "Willie's Old Guitar"

George Jones "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"

Cledus T. Judd "Cledus' Christmas Ball"

Toby Keith "Weed With Willie"

Kottonmouth Kings "Free Willy"

Anne J. Morton "Willie I Will"

Steff Nevers "Don't Touch My Willie"

Gary Nicholson "Listen To Willie"

Tom Pacheco " 'Til I First Heard Willie Nelson"

Michael Patrick "Don't Touch My Willie"

Jerry Reed "The Bird"

Bruce Robison "What Would Willie Do"

Bruce Robison "What Would Willie Do" (live)

Russ Russell "Willie Ain't Writing No Sad Songs"

Jim Silver "Waylon And Willie"

Southern Empire Band "Vote For Willie"

The Strommen Brothers "Willie Sing Me Back To Texas"

Tara Thompson "Willie Nelson Tickets"

Tanya Tucker "Texas When I Die"

Garry Waite "Pickin' On Willie"

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Links

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• Willie's website has tour info and merch galore, along with a daily tour blog, called the Pedernales Poo Poo... When I poked around it had some funky technical glitches, but I'm sure that's just par for the course in Willie-land. I guess he has a lot of fans in Germany, too, because the site is mirrored auf Deutsch.

• Rolling Stone has an excellent biographical essay on Willie and his outlaw scene...

• Thanks to Live By Request for posting their groovy Willie discography page. This was really helpful, particularly for tracking down some of the older, out-of-print albums.

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Top photo credit: Rahav Segev, courtesy of Lost Highway Records.

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