John Spong
@sponglr.bsky.social
Host of One by Willie podcast at PRX, i.e. I listen to Willie Nelson records and overthink them for a living. Hear the pod here: https://apple.co/3rVq1lx
Hey Willie Nelson fans, One by Willie is back...10 new ep's starting next Weds, featuring Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Billy Strings, Paul Begala, and more. Find at your go-to pod place, follow at @onebywillie.bsky.social, on FB at bit.ly/40a29NK, and hear our S6 trailer here: bit.ly/3WjTEP2
January 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hey Willie Nelson fans, One by Willie is back...10 new ep's starting next Weds, featuring Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Billy Strings, Paul Begala, and more. Find at your go-to pod place, follow at @onebywillie.bsky.social, on FB at bit.ly/40a29NK, and hear our S6 trailer here: bit.ly/3WjTEP2
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One by Willie is coming back, baby. Can’t wait.
One by Willie
Music writer John Spong talks each week 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 Jan...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
One by Willie is coming back, baby. Can’t wait.
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Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Jimmy Carter
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I didn’t lose it when the church folk group sang a version of The Kinks’ “Days” at my friend’s funeral today. But I almost did. RIP Karen, sorry you never got to see Cliff Richard
One of my oldest friends died yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. Rest in peace, Karen (pictured with her former Tower Records co-worker).
December 8, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I didn’t lose it when the church folk group sang a version of The Kinks’ “Days” at my friend’s funeral today. But I almost did. RIP Karen, sorry you never got to see Cliff Richard
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Had a really special weekend in Austin with my mama (Amy Irving) watching her present Honeysuckle Rose at Luck Ranch with @sponglr.bsky.social and sing some song from the movie with Walker Lukens.
November 17, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Had a really special weekend in Austin with my mama (Amy Irving) watching her present Honeysuckle Rose at Luck Ranch with @sponglr.bsky.social and sing some song from the movie with Walker Lukens.
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Look who's on Blue sky! @sponglr.bsky.social
Read his review of Willie's latest album.
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Read his review of Willie's latest album.
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Love, Death, and a Bleating Goat: Inside Willie's Strange and Beautiful New Album
With 'Last Leaf on the Tree,' Nelson and his son Micah have made a masterpiece that is a sonic outlier—but features a whole lot of Trigger.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Look who's on Blue sky! @sponglr.bsky.social
Read his review of Willie's latest album.
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Read his review of Willie's latest album.
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...