Banana sandwich, yay or nay?

Kburjr said:
Kris Kristofferson probably made more money for writing than recording, too. And probably Willie, until the Outlaw days in Austin
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Willie didn’t make much from his early songs. He sold the rights to Hello Walls and Crazy
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Willie didn’t make much from his early songs. He sold the rights to Hello Walls and Crazy
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He tried to sell Hello Walls, but Faron Young lent him some money and Nelson made a ton from it.

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Willie Nelson was so broke in 1961 that he offered to sell “Hello Walls” to Faron Young for $500. Young had already recorded the song, though, and “Hello Walls” – a tragicomedy about a man who’s so lonely that he speaks to his own bedroom – was on its way to becoming a hit. Knowing a big payday was on the horizon, Young loaned him the $500 instead, allowing Nelson to keep the publishing rights. Less than two months later, while “Hello Walls” was enjoying a nine-week run at Number One, Nelson received a $20,000 royalty check. Elated, he headed to Faron’s favorite honky-tonk to express his thanks with some surprise PDA. “I was sitting at Tootsie’s,” Young recalls in the biography Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story, “and this big hairy arm came around my neck, and Willie french-kissed me. . .It’s probably the best kiss I ever had.”


www.rollingstone.com

Willie Nelson: 20 Essential Songs

From the signature ballad he wrote for Patsy Cline to his love letter to life on the road
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Kburjr said:
He tried to sell Hello Walls, but Faron Young lent him some money and Nelson made a ton from it.

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Willie Nelson was so broke in 1961 that he offered to sell “Hello Walls” to Faron Young for $500. Young had already recorded the song, though, and “Hello Walls” – a tragicomedy about a man who’s so lonely that he speaks to his own bedroom – was on its way to becoming a hit. Knowing a big payday was on the horizon, Young loaned him the $500 instead, allowing Nelson to keep the publishing rights. Less than two months later, while “Hello Walls” was enjoying a nine-week run at Number One, Nelson received a $20,000 royalty check. Elated, he headed to Faron’s favorite honky-tonk to express his thanks with some surprise PDA. “I was sitting at Tootsie’s,” Young recalls in the biography Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story, “and this big hairy arm came around my neck, and Willie french-kissed me. . .It’s probably the best kiss I ever had.”


www.rollingstone.com

Willie Nelson: 20 Essential Songs

From the signature ballad he wrote for Patsy Cline to his love letter to life on the road
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com

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That’s good to know. Reckon he got the same deal for Crazy, Nitelife and Funny How Time Slips Away?
 
Kburjr said:
Don't know. I know he sold Crazy for cheap. The other two I have no idea.
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Crazy was probably the biggest hit of the bunch too. Kristofferson definitely made more from songwriting. Willie sold a lot of albums in the 70’s and 80’s and still keeps a ridiculous touring schedule though
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Crazy was probably the biggest hit of the bunch too. Kristofferson definitely made more from songwriting. Willie sold a lot of albums in the 70’s and 80’s and still keeps a ridiculous touring schedule though
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That's why I limited Willie to before and after the Outlaw days
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
When you’re 17 and that’s all you can get a hold of at that moment, you take what you can get.
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williewilliejuan said:
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had MD. The cheap wine available at UCSB was Boone’s Farm. If I never drink Strawberry Hill again, it’s still too soon.
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Yep to the both of them. Too many times while in high school we didn't have much money, so a 99 cent bottle of Boone's Farm would have to do. Either Wild Mountain(?) or Strawberry Hill. I ain't drinking that shit even in the next life.
 
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