Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”
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Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”

This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright talks about a Willie hit of recent vintage, 2011’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” That may seem an odd focus song for Larry, a New Yorker staff-writer known for tackling topics like Scientology and the rise of radical Islam, but he’s also a native Texan who’s written whole books on the Texas myth. In that vein, he’s got deep, personal thoughts on how Willie’s most truly subversive move was to wear his hair—in the 70s in Texas!—in long, braided pigtails; the existential quality of watching him and Trigger grow old together; and the weirdly difficult role Larry played in getting a Willie statue erected in downtown Austin.

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Tami Neilson on "I Thought About You, Lord"

Tami Neilson on "I Thought About You, Lord"

Americana star Tami Neilson—a New Zealand-based singer-songwriter and, essentially, adopted member of Willie Nelson’s family—talks about a deep cut off his sublime 1996 album Spirit, “I Thought About ...

6 Touko 46min

One by Willie x Nashville Now: Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson!

One by Willie x Nashville Now: Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson!

With Willie Nelson turning 93 today, One by Willie hooks up with Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now and its host, RS Head of Country Joseph Hudak, for a special birthday collab episode. We’ll open with a l...

29 Huhti 55min

Emmylou Harris on "Till I Gain Control Again" (special Willie's birthday episode)

Emmylou Harris on "Till I Gain Control Again" (special Willie's birthday episode)

In another of our annual, Icon-on-Icon birthday tributes to Willie, 14-time Grammy winner and Country Hall of Famer Emmylou Harris talks about a song she sang every night with him when they toured tog...

22 Huhti 42min

Matt Berninger on "All of Me"

Matt Berninger on "All of Me"

Matt Berninger, lead singer and lyricist of beloved Brooklyn rock band The National, talks about Willie’s 1978 cover of “All of Me.” It was the third single off his dad’s favorite Willie record, Stard...

8 Huhti 47min

Jamey Johnson on "It Always Will Be"

Jamey Johnson on "It Always Will Be"

Million-selling country star Jamey Johnson, one of the finest singer-songwriters alive and a man generally considered the walking embodiment of Outlaw Country, talks on the title-cut to Willie’s 2004 ...

25 Maalis 51min

Kenny Chesney on "That Lucky Old Sun"

Kenny Chesney on "That Lucky Old Sun"

Kenny Chesney, a Country Music Hall of Famer and longtime Willie friend, fan, and collaborator, talks about Willie’s 1976 cover of “That Lucky Old Sun.” That beautiful, hushed track, which opened the ...

11 Maalis 41min

Introducing One by Willie, Season 7

Introducing One by Willie, Season 7

Music writer John Spong talks each episode to one notable Willie fan about one Willie song they love--then runs down the kinds of rabbit holes that open up when the subject is Willie Nelson. Starting ...

4 Maalis 3min

Wesley Schultz on "Pretty Paper" (special holiday reboot)

Wesley Schultz on "Pretty Paper" (special holiday reboot)

With the holiday season in full effect, we’re reaching back to OBW’s earliest days to re-up this Nov 2020 episode with Lumineer Wesley Schultz on Willie’s initial contribution to the holiday canon, “P...

9 Joulu 202529min

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