num_pages: 192
description: You won't see no sad and teary eyes When I get my wings and it's my time to fly Just call my friends and tell them There's a party come on by So just roll me up and smoke me when I dieIn Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him and celebrates the family friends and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything: music wives Texas politics horses religion marijuana children the environment poker hogs Nashville karma and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over eight decades along with favorite jokes and insights from friends and others close to him. Rare family pictures beautiful artwork created by his son Micah Nelson and lyrics to classic songs punctuate these charming and poignant memories. Willie Nelson has touched millions and none more deeply than his family friends and bandmates several of whom share for the first time intimate stories about the Red Headed Stranger.From teaching a granddaughter to play the guitar to touring with the Highwaymen from picking cotton while growing up in Texas to being home with the tribe on Maui Willie takes you on the tour bus and through candid observations and vivid recollections gives you a front-row seat to his remarkable world. But beware: You know you shouldn't be reading this BS it could ruin you for all time to come he says. You could end up a social outcast like me an outlaw!At once a road journal written in his inimitable homespun voice and a fitting tribute to America's greatest traveling bard Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Dieintroduced by Kinky Friedman another favorite son of Texasis a deeply personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest artists of our time a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for generations to come.
language: English
title: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die:  Musings from the Road
publisher: HaperCollins