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Willie Nelson: The Emperor of Austin

Joe Nick Patoski, Zoo World, 18 July 1974

"I WAS LIVING in Nashville," Willie Nelson recalls. "I had just written a song called 'What Can You Do To Me Now?' and the next day my house burned down. Me and my entire group moved down to a dude ranch near Bandera while they rebuilt the house. In the meantime, I got Texas Fever..."

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