One of my favorite stories he told me was about how get to interview the most famous person he has ever interviewed, Willie Nelson.
“I was working at the Daily Texan at the time, and I was trying to get an interview with Willie Nelson because he was going to be playing at Austin City Limits (music festival). I reached out to his publicist, to try and get an interview, and got the usual blow-off type response talking about how ‘we will have to see if Willie has any extra time for an interview’ . It was a huge thing, getting Willie Nelson to be interviewed for a student paper! I didn’t think I would hear back form them until the next day I was driving down the freeway and I got a call. I picked up the phone and the person on the other line, with a soft, scratchy, whisper-like voice said ‘Is this Austin?’ and I said, ‘Yes, who is this?’
‘This is Willie.’
‘I don’t believe I know a Willie, sir.’
‘Willie Nelson?’
And that’s when I believe I literally said “Holy shit!’ Because it took me by so much surprise. I had to tell him that I had to call him back in about 5 minutes, because I was driving on the freeway.
And he was the most down-to-earth, nice guy. He was the type of person that can hold an interview all by himself, having so many stories, he has so many stories to tell!”
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