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Round of 32 Outsiders & Outlaws: 1) Willie Nelson vs 8) Zac Brown Band

This much awaited bracket kicks off as many have pegged this as potentially the toughest bracket with the most potential title contenders residing here.

Willie Nelson

What needs to be said about Willie other than he's an American legend? He's penned some of the greatest songs of all time (including Patsy Cline's "Crazy"). He's a renegade. He's an outlaw. He does things his way. He bought a golf course when they told them he couldn't play there. And he's collaborated with everybody from his contemporaries like Waylon and Merle to those of the Texas/Oklahoma scene like Toby Keith and Pat Green. And his annual Fourth of July bash at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth is legendary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f189Z0v0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mckg0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Q-B6KepX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1CfRfD3lN0

Zac Brown Band

For my money, the move diverse band in modern country music. They gained their "outsider" status when they issued a "cease and desist" to a released recording of the song "Chicken Fried" from another band standing up to the Nashville elite, notably Sony Nashville CEO Joe Galante.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHM_YLM2g7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5Lt1ccdjA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tthIHXUsPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIfFMnEVNqA



Round of 32 Outsiders & Outlaws: 1) Willie Nelson vs 8) Zac Brown Band 28 votes

Willie Nelson
75%
SwayewhlinderSoutherndawgHillsboroDuckThomasFremontMad_SonDeepSeaZYouKnowItbrianwwu29dfleaLebamDawgDoog_de_JourbackthepackIce_HolmvikYellowSnowEl_KGilbystaintRDRJoeEDangerouslyUW_Doog_Bot 21 votes
Zac Brown Band
25%
BennyBeavergreenbloodGladstoneTequillaHuskyInAZPitchfork51jhfstyle24 7 votes

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  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    Willie Nelson
    Crazy thing about Willie is that his best 2 records were never heard by most people once he became a super star in 1975. Shotgun Willie (1973) and Phases and Stages (1974) both on Atlantic were commercial flops. When he moved to Columbia in 1975 with Red Headed Stranger, he finally hit the big time.

    Check out "Devil in a Sleeping Bag". This was a funky as country ever got.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYm4gmMelNY
  • YouKnowItYouKnowIt Member Posts: 539
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    Willie Nelson
    zbb in concert > willie in concert ...


    willie has written some of the best country songs ...
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    YouKnowIt said:

    zbb in concert > willie in concert ...


    willie has written some of the best country songs ...

    Challenge is that no one here ever saw Willie in his prime live which was in the mid to late 70's. I wouldn't pay to see Willie now.
  • SwayeSwaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,044
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    Willie Nelson
    I can't believe it is even this close. Laughable.
  • SoutherndawgSoutherndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,226
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    YouKnowIt said:

    zbb in concert > willie in concert ...


    willie has written some of the best country songs ...

    Challenge is that no one here ever saw Willie in his prime live which was in the mid to late 70's. I wouldn't pay to see Willie now.
    I can't speak for others, but in the mid and late 70's, I wasn't much of a country fan. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, The Stones, Van Halen .... enjoyed seeing them and a number of others live, but it never crossed my mind to see Willie. My mom was a big Willie Nelson fan though, so I heard plenty ... on vinyl, good chit, just not what I was into in those days.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    YouKnowIt said:

    zbb in concert > willie in concert ...


    willie has written some of the best country songs ...

    Challenge is that no one here ever saw Willie in his prime live which was in the mid to late 70's. I wouldn't pay to see Willie now.
    I can't speak for others, but in the mid and late 70's, I wasn't much of a country fan. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, The Stones, Van Halen .... enjoyed seeing them and a number of others live, but it never crossed my mind to see Willie. My mom was a big Willie Nelson fan though, so I heard plenty ... on vinyl, good chit, just not what I was into in those days.
    I didn't like country music as a kid. My dad would always play George Straight, Garth, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, etc on road trips and I hated it. But Willie was a different story, I loved him from the first time I heard Whiskey River. Later in life I came to appreciate most of the aforementioned artists as I became more of a country fan. Still don't like Garth and that will come out soon in these pages.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    Willie Nelson
    Trigger walking away with this one.


  • Ice_HolmvikIce_Holmvik Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 2,907
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    YouKnowIt said:

    zbb in concert > willie in concert ...


    willie has written some of the best country songs ...

    Challenge is that no one here ever saw Willie in his prime live which was in the mid to late 70's. I wouldn't pay to see Willie now.
    Had some friends who saw him live a month ago and surprisingly they said he was awesome.. Not big fans of the era either. Old fucker still brings it. Wish Waylon woulda laid off the hard drugs sooner. :(
  • GladstoneGladstone Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 16,417
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    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    Gladstone said:

    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye

    You live in the Tenderloin. What the hell would you know 'bout Country ? @Swaye is pure country.
  • GladstoneGladstone Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 16,417
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    Gladstone said:

    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye

    You live in the Tenderloin. What the hell would you know 'bout Country ? @Swaye is pure country.
    What music should Nob Hill techbros listen to?
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 33,796
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    Gladstone said:

    Gladstone said:

    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye

    You live in the Tenderloin. What the hell would you know 'bout Country ? @Swaye is pure country.
    What music should Nob Hill techbros listen to?
    I guess country then. It was settled by railroad robber barons like Stanford. Country music is train music.
  • greenbloodgreenblood Member Posts: 14,272
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    Gladstone said:

    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye

    They did a sick rendition of “enter sandman”
  • HillsboroDuckHillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186
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    Gladstone said:

    by far the best concert ive ever seen. regardless of genre. zbb speaks to my heart. fight me @Swaye

    They did a sick rendition of “enter sandman”
    Go Hokies!
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,800
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    Zac Brown Band
    Voting ended - Willie wins 20-7
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