Texas Monthly.

Hey there, I'm John Spong with Texas Monthly Magazine, and this is One by Willie, a podcast in which I talk each week to one notable Willie Nelson fan about one Willie song that they really

love. And on this episode, Texas singer-songwriter slash country music star Leanne Womack

talks about a deep cut off of Willie's first album, Three Days. It's a Texas dance hall staple,

and it gets her thinking about growing up with a dad who was a country radio

station DJ in East Texas, and who also had a record collection that she liked to raid

when she was a little girl. And it also gets her thinking about the unexpected places where a songwriter

will find the lines to build an old school country song, and the lessons that she and her two daughters,

who are also both singer-songwriters, learned from going on the road with a songwriter. an old school country song, and the lessons that she and her two daughters,

who are also both singer-songwriters, learned from going on the road with Willie.

Let's do it.

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Three days that I dread to see a ride.

So a couple years ago, you were part of that huge really tribute concert in Nashville that George Strait played at and Jimmy Buffett and Cheryl Crow and Amy Lou Harris.

And you sang the song three

days. Why did you pick that song? I think if I remember correctly, I reached out to his team. So

William and those guys came back with three days. Okay. Because honestly, I don't know that there is a

Willie song that I don't like. So I would have done anything, you know.

Cool.

And great to get something from the early era, too, because if people want to stick to the

outlaw stuff, you know, let's go all the way back.

Right, right, right.

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