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Monday, June 30, 2008

Willie's Place Set to Open This Week

The long-awaited opening of Willie's Place (as in Willie Nelson) will take place later this week in the town of Carl's Corner near Hillsboro. You might be familiar with this facility; it operated for many years as a truck stop named Carl's Corner on the southbound side of I-35. After an extensive renovation and expansion, it is now reopening as Willie's Place at Carl's Corner. It's appropriate that the reopening take place on the July 4 weekend because in its Carl's Corner days, this was the setting for several of Willie Nelson's famous picnics.

The events kicked off on June 30 with a sold out private benefit but the coming days bring several public events. On July 1 and 2, the facility's Whiskey River Saloon will be host to David Allan Coe & Ray Wylie Hubbard from 8pm to midnight.

On July 3 in the Willie's Place Theater, the day will be filled with free music. Here's the schedule at present:

10am Mike Siler
1pm Heather Myles
6pm Merle Haggard
8pm Ray Price
10pm Willie Nelson

Along with three stages, Willie's Place has a restaurant, gift shop and general store, facilities for truckers, and Willie's biodiesel fuel.

For More Information:
• visit http://www.biowillieusa.com

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posted by Paris & John @ 9:37 PM

1 Comments:

At Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:24:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hope to get there soon from Bangor, Maine (Home of the late and great Dick Curless). Been listening, while working, to Country Music as it should be via Direct TV's channel 811 Willie's Place. Best wishes.

 

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