S3 E2: Paula Nelson on "Devil In A Sleepin' Bag" (special Willie's Bday episode)
This week, we ring in Willie\u2019s 89th birthday with his daughter Paula Nelson, who talks about \u201cDevil in a Sleeping Bag,\u201d off of his 1973 album Shotgun Willie. It\u2019s a song Willie wrote about his longtime drummer and best friend, Paul English\u2014who happens to be Paula\u2019s namesake\u2014and it gets her thinking about Paul\u2019s dual role as Willie\u2019s well-armed money-collector, a gunfight her dad was in, and hanging with Michael Jackson at the \u201cWe Are the World\u201d recording session\u2014before closing with some sweet memories of her dad\u2019s older sister, pianist Bobbie Nelson.