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Willie Nelson is anti-war

I guess I'm not really surprised to find out that Willie Nelson has written (and sung) an anti-Iraq war song.

Country music icon Willie Nelson (news) has written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the war in Iraq (news - web sites) that he hopes will stir passions in those who hear it.

Nelson, 70, told Reuters on Wednesday he wrote "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth" after watching the news on Christmas Day and will play it in Austin, Texas on Saturday at a concert to benefit Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (news - web sites).

It's clear from much of the article that Nelson's a nutcase, politically anyway. What's interesting is who some of his recent duet partner's have been.

He won an ACM award for Vocal Event of the Year with Lee Ann Womack for Mendocino County Line.

Lee Ann Womack is a Bush supporter who performed at the President's inauguration.

Bush's next scheduled stop was the main stage of the "Concert for America's Youth," at Washington's MCI Arena. Country singer Lee Ann Womack and pop groups such as Destiny's Child entertained the crowd in between video biographies of President-elect Bush and his wife, Laura.

Lately, though Willie's been keeping company with a much more unapologetic Bush (and war) supporter, Toby Keith. And what's more Toby Keith thinks its great!

If Toby Keith's got some stallions in Oklahoma, they'll be stumbling drunk this week. That's because the country star tops the Billboard singles chart with "Beer for My Horses." Keith's duet partner, Willie Nelson, last reached No. 1 in 1989 with "Nothing I Can Do About It Now."

"To have Willie back on modern young country radio with a No. 1 record and being a part of that experience has been gratifying," Keith says. "It was a dream of mine when I co-wrote the song to have Willie sing on it and for it to go No. 1. It was too perfect for it not to come true. It's a great thing to have Willie back on the radio."

Gee it seems that that Toby Keith can be nice to someone with whom he disagrees. It wasn't that long ago that he was singing:

Hey Uncle Sam
Put your name at the top of his list
And the Statue of Liberty
Started shaking her fist
And the eagle will fly
And there's gonna be hell
When you hear Mother Freedom
Start ringing her bell
And itll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Ahhh Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

No, subtlety isn't Toby Keith's strong suit. Yet he still could work with Willie Nelson.

Posted by SoccerDad at January 2, 2004 01:59 AM | TrackBack