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THE POPE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS
HIGH TIMES Interview: Willie Nelson | 2007-11-27
In
February 2007, Willie Nelson sat down at his home in Maui and smoked a
joint with his old friend Keith Stroup, the founder of the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Between them,
the two old heads hatched a plan for the Austin Freedom Festival, a
benefit for marijuana-law reform, which was held in August. Willie
Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel all played in praise of Mary Jane, and
NORML shared the proceeds with the Marijuana Policy Project, the
Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana and Green Aid. Just before he
hit the stage, Willie sat down once again to talk with HIGH TIMES.
Of course, gaining an audience required the patience of a saint.
By Richard Cusick | Photos by Chris Eudaley 
Merle
Haggard steps off Willie Nelson’s bus just as HIGH TIMES steps on. In
the 11 highly focused minutes that follow, the Pope of Austin, TX, will
pontificate on being medicalized in Hawaii, arrested in Louisiana and
pissed off in Texas. The Red-Headed Stranger will film a fast potcast
and spend three minutes more posing for a national magazine cover with
fistfuls of weed. Willie is temperamentally gracious—always—so as the
clock runs down, I suggest one more shot.
The Pope breaks into
a ball-busting grin. “Now don’t get all creative on me,” quips this
most lovable old geezer as he holds the Bubble Gum buds like a pair of
maracas and takes the final pose. “Y’already got too much time.”
Two
years earlier, when America’s most beloved stoner sat down for a sesh
with the world’s No. 1 pot magazine, things were much different. That
was Maryland, and we had time for a leisurely chat over three joints of
Sour Diesel. In Maryland, Willie Nelson was merely a national musical
icon with a guaranteed place in American cultural history. In Austin,
he’s something more: He’s a saint among sinners and worshipped as
wise...read more
I
like Willie Nelson not just because he enjoys marijuana. But because he
is a real person. He's not afraid to be WHO HE IS, and never has been.
I respect that. Ron Paul respects the rights of people like Willie
Nelson and me too.
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