First story about Willie Nelson's high life
Album: Shotgun Willie
People of the song
"The Devil” in this song’s title refers to a nickname of Paul English, who has been playing drums behind Willie since 1955 (as his regular drummer since 1966). English also serves a “combined role as the road boss of Willie’s traveling company, tour accountant, protector, collector, and enforcer, roles embellished by his proud past as a hoodlum, pimp, and police character,” according to Oxford American. English figures prominently in a number of Nelson legends, including one in which he exchanged gunfire with Willie’s son in law after Nelson slapped the man for hitting his daughter Lana.
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Photo: Rita and Kris, good old friends of Willie Nelson
Photo credit: Richard E. Aaron
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Well I just got back from New York City Kris and Rita done it all
Raw perfection there for all the world to see
Lord I heard an angel singing in the Philharmonic Hall
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge cleft for me
And the devil shivered..
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
Story behind the album "shotgun willie"
as described in Willie Nelson life story
Willie has been described as a man of wisdom and a peacemaker, but he wasn’t always the gentle soul that many now know him as. Nicknamed ‘Shotgun Willie’ for the shootout that happened when he heard his daughter Lana was being physically assaulted by her husband Steve.
“I ran for my truck and drove to the place where Steve and Lana lived and slapped Steve around,” Willie recalls. “He really pissed me off. I told him if he ever laid a hand on Lana again, I would come back and drown his ass. No sooner did I get back to Ridgetop than here came Steve in his car, shooting at the house with a .22 rifle. I was standing in the door of the barn and a bullet tore up the wood two feet from my head. I grabbed an M-1 rifle and shot at Steve’s car. Steve made one pass and took off.”
Willie then returned to Steve and Lana’s to find Steve had left and kidnapped their young son Nelson Ray. Lana told Willie that Steve was looking to ‘get rid of him.’ So Willie drove back to Ridgetop and waited.
“Thinking Steve would come to Ridgetop to pick me off about dusk, I hid in the truck so he couldn’t tell if I was home. We laid a trap for him. I had my M-1 and a shotgun. He drove by the house, and I ran out the garage door. Steve saw me and took off. That’s when I shot his car and shot out his tire. Steve called the cops on me. Instead of explaining the whole damn mess, the beatings and the semi-kidnapping and shooting and all, I told the officers he must have run over the bullet. The police didn’t want to get involved in hillbilly family fights. They wrote down what I told them on their report and took off.”
Willie may have softened over time, but the story continues to live on.
Fun fact
Slang term for Cannabis is Devil's Lettuce. Given that Willie is in constant love of this particular kind of Lettuce, we compiled this list of other slang terms from the DEA's website of the newest slang.
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A-Bomb
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Alfalfa
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Almohada
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AZ
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Bazooka
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Bionic
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Blue
Dream
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Branches
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Café
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Cajita
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Camara
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Diosa
Verde
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Elefante
Pata
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Escoba
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Fattie
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Gallina
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Garifa
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Green
Crack
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Greenhouse
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Hoja
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Leña
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Llesca
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Loud
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Lucas
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Manteca
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Mersh
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Mexicali
Haze
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MMJ
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My
Brother
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Nug
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Palomita
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Pasto
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Pasture
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Peliroja
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Pink
Panther
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Pintura
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Plant
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Porro
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Prop
215
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Purple
OG
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Red
Hair
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Shoes
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Sour
OG
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Sticky
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Tangy
OG
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Terp
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Terpenes
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Tigitty
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Top
Shelf
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Train
Wreck
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Trinity
OG
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Valle
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Zip
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