Spencer Tweedy on touring with Willie Nelson and the flag that hangs behind his stage…
The first-most exciting thing I’ve seen all year, maybe all decade and up there in all life, is the American flag unfurling behind Willie Nelson when his band kicks in on “Whiskey River,” the first moment of his set, barnstorming.
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It’s a flag that means death. And it’s a flag that symbolizes your rights. Until our distant descendants draw a new one without so much blood on it, we have to tug it toward the latter meaning. Associations are powerful: we stand for justice for all, and that flag is on my stage. My woven guitar strap. Our definition, our choice.