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All Willie, all weekend.
That’s what you’ll hear if you tune to 98.9 KUTX-FM April 29-30.
In honor of Willie Nelson’s 84th birthday, the radio station will air “wall-to-wall” Willie from 6 a.m. April 29 to 6 p.m. April 30. That’s 36 straight hours of Nelson’s music – everything from the classics we all know to deep album tracks and even two airings of “Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson,” a documentary.
From a KUTX news release: “Were it not for Nelson, the Austin music scene would not be as vibrant. As Joe Nick Patoski wrote in the ‘Texas Music Almanac,’ ‘… it wasn’t until the night of Aug. 12, 1972, when Willie Nelson walked onto the stage of the Armadillo (World Headquarters) that everything changed. That performance in front of a mixed crowd of hippies and rednecks is recognized as the starting point of the modern Austin music scene.’”
The full schedule:
Saturday, April 29
- 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Wall-to-wall Willie Nelson
- 6 to 7 p.m.: “Amazing Grace” documentary
- 7 to 11 p.m.: Willie Nelson tribute with Rick Daddy
Sunday, April 30
- 6 to 7 a.m.: “Amazing Grace” documentary
- 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Gospel/jazz Willie Nelson with Jay Trachtenberg
- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Wall-to-wall Willie Nelson
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