In a nod to greybeards such as myself, it’s guys like Willie Nelson, who turns 88 this month, that I admire and hope to emulate as I watch the next few decades slip away, no doubt full of much pain and loss. That being said, happy birthday, Willie.
Willie actually makes me think of a song that Rod Stewart turned into a hit in 1984: “Some guys have all the luck.” To still be working, in Willie’s case, writing songs and singing, at the soon-to-be age of 88, now I call that lucky. With Willie, though, that luck came with a ...