"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" clip
WILLIE NELSON
Willie Nelson has become such an American icon that people tend to forget his sublime artistry. A distinctive singer with a jazz vocalist's sense of timing, he's also one of country music's all-time great guitarists and songwriters (he penned "Crazy," "Hello Walls" and "Funny How Time Slips Away," among others.) This clip finds Nelson at a concert in '92, performing another original, "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," in which he expresses bitterness better than perhaps any pop scribe around. Posted March 25 at tampacalling.com.
This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2008.