Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the misfits, Selena, way more that you've

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify

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listening. Let's get into it.

This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners. Please check the

show notes for more information. Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The Ballot of Willie Nelson, his trials and tribulations as an unorthodox songwriter and

Nashville. His creative rebirth is a free-spirited outlaw in Austin, and his ascension into legend

is so complex that we needed two episodes to properly tell this story. If you're just

getting him to this now, I suggest you hip-paws and go back to the last episode of Discrets

Land, part one of the Willie Nelson story. In this episode, we get into Willie's Texas

Reinvention as the ultimate outsider. A metamorphosis from Freak Flag Flyer to Mainstream

and Mainstay that is rife with tales of drug smuggling, arson, and international run-ins

with Johnny Law. We also get into his association with Gryfters, Conman and Thieves, and how

that led not only to one of the most publicized busts of a superstar in the 20th century,

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