Thought for the day :"I told Albert Einstein that I finally understood his theory of relativity. He said, "well, its about time" "
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A bit of sun today - but very cold
Had a visit from Wendy and Mark today, and also from Steve McCreedy the previous owner.
Enjoyed showing him around the grounds to show what we have achieved ...
Quick Piccie
In other news - The Story of Willi Nelson
Willie Nelson owed the IRS sixteen million dollars in 1990 — and the government took his guitars, his houses, his land, and his gold records, and left him with nothing but a horse named Shotgun.
The agents came in the morning. They came to his ranch in Texas. They had a list. They took the guitars. They took the furniture.
They took the gold records off the wall. They took the land. They took everything.
Nelson watched them. He was 57 years old. He had been a star for thirty years. He had sold millions of records.
He had written "Crazy" and "On the Road Again." He was Willie Nelson. He was broke.
He owed sixteen million dollars. The IRS said he had not paid his taxes. His accountants had not paid them. Nelson did not know.
He trusted them. They stole from him. They took his money.
Go back. Nelson was born in Texas in 1933. He was raised by his grandparents. He wrote his first song at seven years old.
He was a disc jockey. He was a songwriter. He moved to Nashville in 1960.
They said his voice was too strange. They said his nose was too big. They said he was too weird. He left Nashville in 1970.
He moved back to Texas. He grew his hair long. He grew a beard.
He became an outlaw. He became Willie Nelson. He made Red Headed Stranger in 1975. It was a masterpiece. It made him a star.
He was 42 years old. He had waited fifteen years. He was finally a star.
The IRS took it all. They took his ranch. They took his guitars. They took his gold records. They auctioned them. Fans bought them.
Fans gave them back to him. A fan bought his guitar Trigger for twelve thousand dollars.
He gave it back to Nelson. He said: "This belongs to you." Nelson cried. He had nothing. He had his fans. He had his voice.
He had his songs. He made a deal with the IRS.
He would record an album. The money would go to the IRS. He called it The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?
It was released in 1992. It paid off his debt. It took three years. He paid every dollar.
Sixteen million dollars. He paid it all. He was 60 years old. He was free. He was Willie Nelson. He was broke. He was free.
He was a legend. The government took his guitars. The fans gave them back.
The music never left. The debt is gone. The legend remains. The songs remain. The man remains.
Live and Bacon for dinner - yum
Cheers
