Tonight's guests wishing Willie a happy 90th include Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Allison Russell and at least one surprise superstar.
Welcome to Day 2 of our coverage of Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, the two-night tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl to Shotgun Willie on this, his 90th birthday weekend.
Night 1 featured performances from a genre-spanning assortment of artists, from Kris Kristofferson to Snoop Dogg to Miranda Lambert to Sturgill Simpson to Neil Young and Stephen Stills. Willie himself jammed with Young and Stills, before bringing out country giant George Strait for a pair of joyful duets, “Sing One With Willie” and the deathless “Pancho and Lefty.
As The Times’ Mikael Wood and Erin Osmon noted, the evening was both uplifting and melancholy, mortality not far from the minds of guests such as Norah Jones, who memorialized Willie’s late sister Bobbie. Kristofferson, 86, and battling the after-effects of Lyme disease, made a rare public appearance, joining Roseanne Cash to sing his 1971 classic “Loving Her Was Easier .
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