Guilty Pleasures -- Willie Nelson


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Even at 75, Willie Nelson is still going strong.

Several weeks ago, Guilty Pleasures made the trip to Marymoor Park in Redmond, Wash., for the Willie concert, and the man did not disappoint -- although he did play "Whiskey River" twice, which may or may not have been on purpose.

And this weekend, Guilty Pleasures is hoping to find someone who shares a love for the Redheaded Stranger, and has DirecTV.

The satellite TV company will be broadcasting live and in high-definition Saturday's Farm Aid concert on The 101 Network. It'll air beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time from Mansfield, Mass. (Guilty Pleasures is pretty sure that means 1 p.m. our time.)

On the bill are, of course, Farm Aid founders Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young -- Guilty Pleasures totally fell in love with Neil Young after seeing him at the 2004 Farm Aid concert at the White River Amphitheatre -- as well as fellow Farm Aid board member Dave Matthews.

Also playing are Kenny Chesney, The Pretenders, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Earle and Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels, among many others. According to a news release on www.farmaid.org, there will also be interviews with artists, farmers and food activists, clips from the pre-concert press event, backstage coverage and an interactive application.

And just in case you can't make it through the whole seven-hour concert in one sitting, it'll be rebroadcast in its entirety four times: right after the end of the live broadcast and then three more times Sunday. (It's better than watching the Seahawks lose again, right?)

So, to totally misappropriate a Willie song for personal gain, if you've got the DirecTV honey, Guilty Pleasures has the time.

 

* Guilty Pleasures is a weekly look at whatever Guilty Pleasures wants to look at. Unless it's on DirecTV.



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