Article: Willie Nelson digs into treasure chest of tunes at Potawatomi

Willie Nelson digs into treasure chest of tunes at Potawatomi

By DAVE TIANEN

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Wednesday, July 18, 2001

There's a line in "City of New Orleans" that goes "Good morning America, how are you? Say don't you know me, I'm your native son . . ."

It occurred to me about halfway through Willie Nelson's set Tuesday night at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's Nest of Life Theater that not many people fit that line as perfectly as Willie. Like America at its best, Willie Nelson has a gift for reconciling the irreconcilable: Christian and outlaw, hippie and redneck, young and old, country and blues.

Willie's set Tuesday included "Hey Good Lookin'," "Me and Bobby McGee," "Will the ...

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