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Fourth of July Picnic features David Allan Coe
and ‘the boys’ partying Willie-style
By Rhonda Reinhart
The Battalion
illie Nelson is well-
known for his
singing and song
writing, but he also knows
how to throw a party.
Texas music and Texas
heat helped Nelson pre
sent a Texas-style Fourth
of July celebration Friday
in Luckenbach.
The singer brought his
25th annual festival to the
small hill country town for
the third year in a row.
Artists such as David Allan
Coe, Dwight Yoakum, Joe
Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore,
Ray Price, Leon Russell and
many others joined Willie's
"family” for the celebration.
It was hot and dusty, but the
flowing beer and blaring music
seemed to overcome any dis
comforts the audience might
have experienced.
Jim Yates, general manag
er of a trucking company in
San Antonio, said this was
his first visit to one of Nel
son’s picnics, and it was
more than he expected.
“It’s worth sitting in the
sun for the duration of the
concert for the people, the
music and the camaraderie,” he
said. “There are people from all walks of
life here. There are old people, young
people, business people, and everybody
is enjoying himself.”
Yates, who had his hat signed by
David Allan Coe, said watching Coe
play the old set was the highlight of
his day.
^ ^ The population
here is six, but today it’s
30,000, and it’s all
because of Willie ...
Willie is Texas, and we
partied in a Willie way.”
Joseph Kozusko
University of Texas student
Coe played several of his old hits,
including “Willie, Waylon and Me,” “If
That Ain’t Country” and “You Never
Even Called Me By My Name.” A tat
tered flag tied to the neck of his gui
tar was one of the few reminders that
the concert was being held to cele
brate America’s freedom.
The fans were not the only ones
who seemed happy to be at the picnic.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore thanked
Nelson “for
even being
alive,” and Little
Joe y La Familia danced
on-stage and encour
aged the crowd to start a
conga line.
Ady Hernandez, lead singer and
guitarist for Dahebegebees, said play
ing at the picnic was a great opportu
nity for the band.
"It was cool,” he said. “We’re just re
ally glad Willie let us play. He pretty
much hand-picks everybody who
plays here.”
The Temple musician said this was
the fourth ofWillie Nelson’s Fourth of July
Picnics he has attended and plans to
come back next year.
Nelson is known as one of the greatest
country musicians around, and from the
cheers of the crowd, he definitely seemed
to be the picnic’s main attraction.
Joseph Kozusko, a graduate stu
dent at the University of Texas, said
Nelson is the only reason he came to
Luckenbach Friday.
“The population here is six, but
today it’s 30,000, and it’s all because
of Willie,” he said. “We thought
about going to Kerrville to see
Robert Earl Keen, but we chose
Willie instead. Willie is Texas, and we
partied in a Willie way.”
Madison Woo, a junior journalism
major at Texas A&M said he came to the
festival to see Willie also.
“All the Texas music has been
the best part of the picnic,” he said.
“It’s pretty cool. Everyone is in a re
ally good mood."
Nelson held his first Fourth of July
Picnic in 1973 outside of Dripping
Springs. Since then, the festival has
moved to many different locations in
cluding College Station and Gonzales,
but audience members who came to
the show in Luckenbach got a little
something extra.
Vel Ann, mayor of Luckenbach,
made every member of the crowd an
honorary citizen of the town.
“There are some requirements,”
she said. “As citizens of Lucken
bach, you are required to take life
easy, enjoy Texas music and be
somebody - because everybody’s
somebody in Luckenbach.”
Not only was everybody some
body, but in the spirit of Indepen
dence Day, everybody seemed to be
doing their own thing. People
danced. People sang. People passed
out, and people passed joints. Some
got drunk, and some got arrested.
But despite the heat, the dust and
the crowd, the audience generally re
mained friendly and well-behaved.
“It’s all part of it,” Woo said. “It’s
good fun.”
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