Hard to go wrong with Willie
by memphisMBAboy on 9/20/09Mud Island Amphitheatre - MemphisNo razzle dazzle last night. Willie was just good ol' Willie, playing all the standards. Weather turned out to be almost perfect, and Mud Island Amphitheatre is without question the finest venue in the area for a concert of the type. While this was my first time to see Willie Nelson in concert, my friend had seen him many years ago with her two sons, then just boys. She loved the concert but lamented that the years and all the publicized stresses in his life seem to had taken it's toll on his energy. I just enjoyed the music and being able to sing along with the rest of the crowd. We arrived a little late but did get to hear some of the warm-up group, who did do some jammin' that got us, well, warmed-up. In total we had a great time including the side show of watching the rest of the older age, mostly white crowd act like excited, but reserved, teens again for a few hours ...whole lotta shakin' but no one got crazy. For us both we will count this among the many benchmarks of our long, rich relationship.