Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die · Musings From the Road

You won't see no sad and teary eyes When I get my wings, and it's my time to

fly Just call my friends and tell them There's a party, come on by So just

roll me up and smoke me when I die

In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest

influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the

family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey.

Willie riffs on everything: music, wives, Texas, politics, horses, religion,

marijuana, children, the environment, poker, hogs, Nashville, karma, and more.

He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over eight decades, along with

favorite jokes and insights from friends and others close to him. Rare family

pictures, beautiful artwork created by his son Micah Nelson, and lyrics to

classic songs punctuate these charming and poignant memories. Willie Nelson

has touched millions, and none more deeply than his family, friends, and

bandmates, several of whom share, for the first time, intimate stories about

the Red Headed Stranger.

From teaching a granddaughter to play the guitar to touring with the

Highwaymen, from picking cotton while growing up in Texas to being home with

the tribe on Maui, Willie takes you on the tour bus and, through candid

observations and vivid recollections, gives you a front-row seat to his

remarkable world. But beware: "You know you shouldn't be reading this BS, it

could ruin you for all time to come," he says. "You could end up a social

outcast like me, an outlaw!"

At once a road journal written in his inimitable, homespun voice and a fitting

tribute to America's greatest traveling bard, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I

Die—introduced by Kinky Friedman, another favorite son of Texas—is a deeply

personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest

artists of our time, a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for

generations to come.