The Tao of Willie by Willie Nelson

The Tao of Willie by Willie Nelson

National icon Willie Nelson has evolved over the years from country music outlaw swimming against a whiskey river to a Zen-like figure of wisdom and contentment. In this autobiographical collection of life advice, one of America's truest hearts reveals the spiritual and practical lessons learned from decades of hard knocks and good bounces.

Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for other performers), Willie finally found his own voice-the gentle but unmistakably honest sound that has made him an American icon. With The Tao of Willie, the master of harmonization has created a guide to finding harmony in everyday life. Featuring vignettes from each chapter of his seventy-plus years (along with plenty of his favorite jokes), The Tao of Willie captures his views on money, love, war, religion, cowboys, and other essential Willie topics. Loosely based on the principles of the Chinese philosophy of the Tao Te Cheng, which Willie has admired and followed for much of his adult life, this inspiring and entertaining collection of "Willie wisdom" takes us from his roadhouse days, when he united redneck rockers with straitlaced country music fans, to the mega-sized benefit concerts and environmentalism that define his boundless heart.

With stories that will make you both laugh out loud and look deep inside yourself, Willie Nelson shows us how the Willie way-and the way of the Tao-can also be your way.His timeless insights sparkle with clarity- It's like having a one-on-one conversation with the sage himself.

Willie Nelson was born April 30, 1933 and grew up in Abbott, TX. A country singer/songwriter, he developed his own style of music combining rock and roll, jazz, western swing, and folk. In the 1970s he partnered with Waylon Jennings to form an offshoot genre of country music called outlaw country. Willie's chart topping songs include Good Hearted Woman, If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time, Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, and On the Road Again.

Mike Blakely is the acclaimed, Spur Award-winning author of several historical western novels. A singer-songwriter with six CDs of his own, he lives in Marble Falls, TX. www.mikeblakely.com

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ISBN 13	9781592402878
ISBN 10	1592402879
Title	The Tao of Willie
Author	Willie Nelson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gotham Books
Year published	2007-05-10
Number of pages	208
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