Girls You Shouldn’t Date–Exposed by Willie Nelson

May 1, 2007

When I was in college I went to see Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Asleep at the Wheel at an outdoor venue. Okay, I actually didn’t go to the show–I sat outside the show on a bridge and watched it from there. I was in college–no money.

Anyway, I asked a girl I was sort of interested in to go see this show with me. Big mistake. I should have known that asking someone who wasn’t already VERY excited about this concert to go with me could only lead to disappointment.

First of all, the show was incredible. Asleep at the Wheel played first, and did a great job getting the crowd going. It’s hard to sit on your butt and watch a good western swing band. They make you want to get up and move. Waylon was Waylon. What more can be said? Unfortunately, this was the only opportunity I had to see him. Willie played and played and played. I’ve seen him quite a few times, and I can’t remember a set this long.

One of the songs in his set was “Bobby McGhee”. Of course, everyone knows and loves this song, so it got a great reaction. When they finished playing the song, Willie said, “since you guys liked that so much we’ll do some more Kris Kristofferson songs.” This prompted my friend to look at me and say, “But that was a Janis Joplin song!”

It was all I could do to keep myself from pushing her off that bridge.

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