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nankerphelge wrote:
I'd like to see a scene with Depp and Keith having a highly-slurred but deep, philosophical discussion, and we the audience cannot understand a fucking thing they say!

That would be classic!

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F505 wrote:
Keith don't do it!

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parmeda wrote:
Oh, c'mon guys...it would be hysterical!

Besides that, fans such as ourselves would be the only ones to "get it", lol

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parmeda wrote:
Do you mean his "hands"?

(That's just not normal...)

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parmeda wrote:
jb...that's not the talk of the town anymore.
(And again...that shit's not normal)
Kinda shocked me to hear it 'cause I really like the guy.

Just yesterday a White Sox fan was shot to death after the game outside by the Cubby Bear Lounge. Talk radio is going ga-ga with it...

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F505 wrote:
Thx for explaining...nevertheless he shouldn't do it!

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jb wrote:

Billboards Review

Willie Nelson & Friends / May 5, 2004 / Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre)

When Willie Nelson invites some pals down to play, you can usually expect a few surprises. So when Bob Dylan strolled out to duet with Nelson on Hank Williams' "You Win Again" last night (May 5), the nearly sold-out house leapt to its feet and exploded in glee.

Even without Dylan's unannounced appearance, the bill for Nelson's all-star show would have satisfied almost anyone in the house. The event was taped for a USA Network special premiering on Memorial Day.

A cavalcade of performers representing virtually every imaginable musical genre jammed the stage during the three-hour-plus concert, the third in an annual series of televised Nelson events. Actor James Caan split hosting duties with Nelson. As televised concerts go, the night moved smoothly, with quick set changes and only a few retakes.

Fellow country luminary Merle Haggard and acolyte Toby Keith were ongoing presences during the evening. Keith kicked off the show, backed by the 16-piece house band, dueting on "Georgia on a Fast Train" with Joe Walsh on guitar. Haggard strolled on to join them for "Ramblin' Fever."

Later, the Nelson-Haggard-Keith triumvirate returned to trade verses on Townes Van Zandt's "Poncho & Lefty" (from Merle and Willie's 1983 collaborative album) and Haggard's "Mama Tried," which found the generally outclassed Keith contributing his best singing of the night.

Soul man Al Green brought the audience to its feet with a rip-snorting up-tempo version of Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" (which he first covered in 1973). The Reverend Al's testifying style ("Somebody say yeah!") tore up the crowd in revival-meeting style. He followed it up with a fine version of "Raining in My Heart" from his new Blue Note album, "I Can't Stop."

The ladies in the house all rose to the occasion on duets with Nelson. A playful Shelby Lynne glowed on "One With the Sun" and a jazzy "Stormy Weather," which found her balancing, leg outstretched, like a ballerina behind the mike. Carole King romped through "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" and Lee Ann Womack showed off her pipes on "I'll Never Be Free." Lucinda Williams traded verses with Nelson on her "Over Time" and Rickie Lee Jones, backed by a trumpeter and beret-wearing standup bassist, swung in neo-beat style through "Nothing Can Be Done."

Nelson also plumbed his rock, reggae, R&B and Tejano roots, most notably during Ben Harper and Nelson shot smoking licks at one another on the Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider." With Nelson sitting out, Harper backed reggae luminary Toots Hibbert on his classic "Pressure Drop." A few numbers later, Nelson probed his "Opportunity to Cry" with the blues/R&B trio the Holmes Brothers. And he tossed leads back and forth with the Texas trio Los Lonely Boys' young guitarist Henry Garza on a raucous, Jimi Hendrix-styled version of War's "The Cisco Kid."

An abundance of Rolling Stones t-shirts in the house indicated Keith Richards' status as the draw of the night, and he did not disappoint. Taking the stage in a sporty gray fedora and a white shirt open to the waist as the crowd howled, the Stones guitarist strapped on an acoustic and rasped through Waylon Jennings' hit "We Had It All." He dropped into a curtsy in front of Nelson at the end of the number.

The audience was thusly primed for the night's blowout highlight. Richards, Nelson and Haggard grouped behind the grand piano as Jerry Lee Lewis walked from the wings to pound through "Trouble in Mind," with all hands sharing verses.

The inevitable "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" followed; Kid Rock (who earlier had dueted with Nelson on "Shotgun Willie") clambered atop Lewis' piano and joined the Killer for a bootheels-on-keys duet. It had suddenly become the Jerry Lee Show, but nobody in the theater -- least of all Nelson -- minded in the least.

After a night in the wings, Nelson's Family Band -- including sister Bobbie on piano, drummer Paul English and guitarist Jody Payne -- finally came on board to close the show with the gospel standard "I'll Fly Away" and the perennial "On the Road Again."

Nelson -- who graciously remained on stage to sign autographs for 20 minutes -- was often reduced to playing the role of sideman at his own gig. But his typically low-key and self-effacing performance was a compelling demonstration of his ability to mate himself to any sound or style you can name.

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telecaster wrote:
I want to see Keith act like it is the 1972 tour

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