NASHVILLE PUSSY - Shooting Tequila With Willie Nelson
April 20, 2008, 16 years ago
NASHVILLE PUSSY guitarist Ruyter Suys has issued the following blog:
"Okay - topper of all toppers, after having finished recording what is perhaps the greatest rock record of all time... or at least our time, The Nashville Pussies saunter over to Willie Nelson's old timey ghost town named Luck, Texas. It has been used for a bunch of movies and videos with the provision that any movie using the property has to build another fully functioning old timey building to add to the town. Willie has his World Headquarters there which is basically an old timey two level building with a nice long wooden bar, poker tables, wood stove, shoe shine seat and big screen tv and a stereo, oh and tons of trinkets of his travels. He has a wall that at a distance is merely an orange wall - then the closer you get you realize it's made up of a serious lifetime's collection of Orange ZigZag Boxes. We got permission to shoot some cool pictures with our buddy Judson who takes a helluva picture and drives a fucking cherry Roadrunner.We shot a bunch of beautiful pictures as the sun was setting, moseying down the gravel road with the chuch behind us, hanging out in the saloon and looking 'no good' around the bank and eventually posing in the Hoosegow... or jail. As we were leaving we had seen Mr. Willie Nelson himself arrive to his HQ at the head of the main street in Luck. We could hear him cranking out some tunes and saw him serving from behind his bar to some buddies that dropped by. Obviously we all wanted in there, hang with Willie - so Judson knocked on the door and said thankyou for letting us shoot on the premises and Willie said 'No problem, y'all smoke?'
The rest, my dears, is history! I'll leave you with - there was no more tequila and our cheeks were sore from smiling. He is a class act all the way and it felt a little bit like leaving Heaven as we had to say good bye. Sitting in the bar with Willie Nelson enjoying his generous 'company' etc. and listening to his playing a recording of 'Sitting On Top Of The World' was very apt and true and as we left town, even though we were literally 'out of Luck' it sure feels like a lot rubbed off.
Ciao amigos!
Ruyter"
Although a release date for Nashville Pussy's still untitled new album has yet to be announced, the band is on tour. Confirmed dates are as follows:
April
22 - High Dive - Champaign, Illinois24 - The Vogue - Indianapolis, Indiana
25 - Southgate House - Newport, Kentucky
26 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, Michigan
27 - House Of Blues - Cleveland, Ohio
29 - The Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, Ontario
30 - The Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, Ontario
May
1 - Capital City Music Hall - Ottawa, Ontario2 - D’agobert - Quebec City, Quebec
3 - Les Saints - Montreal, Quebec
4 - Revolution Hall - Troy, New York
6 - Tralf Music Hall - Buffalo, New York
7 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, Pennsylvania
8 - Chameleon Club - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
9 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, Maryland
10 - Rex Theater - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, Ohio
13 - Bluebird - Bloomington, Indiana
15 - House Of Blues - Dallas, Texas
16 - Meridian - Houston, Texas
18 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, Texas
June
20 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, Utah21 - Big Easy - Boise, Idaho
22 - Gallatin County Fair - Bozeman, Montana
24 - Wilma Theater - Missoula, Montana
25 - Big Easy - Spokane, Washington
26 - Commodore - Vancouver, British Columbia
27 - Showbox - Seattle, Washington
28 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, Oregon
29 - The Secret House - Veneta, Washington
July
1 - Empire Events Center - Sacramento, California2 - Hero’s Outdoor - Modesto, California
3 - Catalyst - Santa Cruz, California
4 - Pozo Saloon - Pozo, California
7 - Rialto Theater - Tucson, Arizona
8 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, New Mexico
28 - Astoria - London, England
29 - Milkweg - Amsterdam
31 - Wacken Festival - Germany
August
1 - Les Art Scenique Festival - France2 - Rock N Stock Festival - France
3 - Rock La Boeuf Festival - France