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Music writer John Spong talks to notable Willie Nelson fans--think Kacey, Lyle, Booker T., Lucinda, Lanois, Whoopi, Brené, etc--about one Willie song they really love. Hear it here: onebywillie.com

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Yay, more OBW! It's one of my favorite road trip podcasts.

06.03.2026 03:29 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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One by Willie Music writer John Spong talks each episode to one notable Willie fan about one Willie song they love--then runs down the kinds of rabbit holes that open up when the subject is Willie Nelson. Starting ...

Yippee! @onebywillie.bsky.social and John Spong are coming back!

Listening to One by Willie (Introducing One by Willie, Season 7)

04.03.2026 12:58 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Frank Sinatra's "Songs For Swingin' Lovers!" was released by Capitol Records 70 years ago today on March 5, 1956 & later this month a new AAA 180g gatefold Tone Poet Vinyl Edition gives this joyous album the ultimate shine. Pre-order now: sinatra.lnk.to/SongsForSwin...

05.03.2026 14:24 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Bitin’ List 1990’s Edition:
THE IRS

21.10.2025 20:34 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Calling all Willie fans! New OBW hitting next week. Hear Kenny Chesney, Taj Mahal, George Saunders, Tami Neilson, Jamey Johnson, Matt Berninger, and way more...talking on why they love Willie Nelson.
Hear the new trailer here: bit.ly/4aZa3yU

04.03.2026 19:15 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

Have you listened to One by Willie?

14.08.2023 16:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The most significant contribution I've made to a single episode of @500songspodcast.bsky.social is to the Shakers bonus episode. They're great!

25.02.2026 18:27 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean Apologies for the delay in posting this episode — I had a chronic illness flare-up and a frankly awful January. With luck, part two of this story will be up before the end of February. For th…

Do my ears deceive me or is this the indepth breakdown of A Quick One I’ve always dreamed of? Not quick at all. “Everyone is forgiven a thousand times over” bravo @500songspodcast.bsky.social “Cello cello cello” indeed.

19.02.2026 22:22 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
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Oh wow. This made my week. @sponglr.bsky.social is bringing back One By Willie for another season.

15.01.2025 14:07 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Gregg Alexander had one of the great gradual pop pivots, ending up as the one-hit-wonder in the bucket hat rhyming Hanson with Marilyn Manson after flopping with his 1989 attempt at sensitive-boy pop-rock

10.02.2026 15:31 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 1

Well worth it. Fantastic podcast, every episode is a journey.

03.02.2026 09:24 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of my first pressing (stereo, UK) of Pet Sounds. I have since sold this record. Shocking, I know. It's a classic. It did a lot to change the face of popular music. But it's always been a record I admire rather than love. It's never got its hooks into me like 'Revolver' or 'Rubber Soul' does, and I get much more enjoyment out of later Beach Boys LPs such as 'Holland' and 'Carl And The Passions'. So, being brutal, and honest about my listening habits, I decided it had to go. Hopefully someone else who connects with it in a way I never did is really enjoying it.

The cover of my first pressing (stereo, UK) of Pet Sounds. I have since sold this record. Shocking, I know. It's a classic. It did a lot to change the face of popular music. But it's always been a record I admire rather than love. It's never got its hooks into me like 'Revolver' or 'Rubber Soul' does, and I get much more enjoyment out of later Beach Boys LPs such as 'Holland' and 'Carl And The Passions'. So, being brutal, and honest about my listening habits, I decided it had to go. Hopefully someone else who connects with it in a way I never did is really enjoying it.

The other Beach Boys are feeding the goats. Mike Love, however, is suspicious of the goats. Mikes got some treats in his pockets, which he *could* give the goats, but, because he’s greedy and likes Mike Love far more than he could ever like goats, he’s decided to keep the treats for himself.

03.02.2026 11:06 👍 109 🔁 14 💬 7 📌 2
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New Season: In “One by Willie,” Texas Monthly’s John Spong hosts intimate conversations with a range of prominent guests about the Willie Nelson songs that mean the most to them. www.texasmonthly.com/podcasts/ser...

23.01.2025 17:07 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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New OBW: Ray Benson--a 50-year friend and collaborator--goes deep on Willie and the Wheel's cover of the Bob Wills classic, "Going Away Party"...sending a well-informed valentine to Wills, songwriter Cindy Walker, and of course Willie Nelson himself.
Hear it here: bit.ly/3NBOGYG

15.11.2024 23:26 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions. Discord & Rhyme. One By Willie. Basic Folk. Man I listen to a lot of Millennials talking about music.

05.08.2025 18:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

All Fantasy Everything
Shutdown Fullcast
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One by Willie
The Watch

17.09.2025 23:38 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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One by Willie With the holiday season in full effect, we’re reaching back to OBW’s earliest days to re-up this Nov 2020 episode with Lumineer Wesley Schultz on Willie’s initial contribution to the holiday canon, “P...

A Yuletide gift from @sponglr.bsky.social and his excellent “One By Willie” podcast.

Can’t wait to give it a spin.

09.12.2025 16:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Willie Nelson - Living In The Promiseland (Official Video)
Willie Nelson - Living In The Promiseland (Official Video) YouTube video by WillieNelsonVEVO

Gunna post this everyday until we are this again!

youtu.be/G6lxpt8lzbo

24.12.2025 23:21 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

22.12.2025 15:27 👍 894 🔁 250 💬 22 📌 41
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Live from Farm Aid 40: Policymakers talk about the current farm crisis – Farm Aid Journey back to Farm Aid 40 in Minneapolis, where we spoke to some of the state's leading policymakers (Governor Tim Walz, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congresswoman Angie Craig) about the current farm crisis and about how to get a Farm Bill passed.

Today marks 800 days since the last #FarmBill expired! Learn what this means for farmers and what policymakers have to say about this massive pieces of legislation in the latest episode of our podcast.

Listen or read a transcript at:

10.12.2025 00:11 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Willie Nelson - Living In The Promiseland (Official Video)
Willie Nelson - Living In The Promiseland (Official Video) YouTube video by WillieNelsonVEVO

Gunna post this everyday until we are this again!

youtu.be/G6lxpt8lzbo

30.11.2025 19:27 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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‘One by Willie,’ Episode 7: Lee Ann Womack on 'Three Days' The Texas singer-songwriter and country music star on a song she’s been singing since childhood, the origins of inspired lyrics, and how Texas country songs are designed for dancing.

From the first season of @sponglr.bsky.social One By Willie podcast LAW and "Three Days"

www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/one-...

05.08.2025 20:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Loved reading this @stereogum.com story with dozens of legendary artists picking their favorite Neil Young songs. stereogum.com/2476602/80-a...

14.11.2025 23:27 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 2
S5 E4: Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die” This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright talks about a Willie hit of recent vintage, 2011’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” That may seem an odd focus song for Larry, a New Yorke

I’m late to this one, @sponglr, but this was an incredible way to spend a Friday afternoon.

Listening to One By Willie (S5 E4: Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die”)

As always, thanks.

15.03.2024 21:47 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How a Willie Nelson Song Almost Kept Charley Crockett Out of Jail The hard-core honky-tonker talks to us live from Luck, Texas, about “Face of a Fighter” and the other Willie songs he leaned on when he was homeless.

He’s been a touring machine, an overnight sensation after eight albums in five years. His “One by Willie” podcast episode is a great listen: www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/char...

13.10.2023 23:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Against the Grain: The Farm Aid Podcast Joins the Heritage Radio Network Against the Grain amplifies the diverse voices throughout farming and agriculture. We bring stories of farmers working to change the system to listeners.

We're excited and proud to announce that our podcast, Against the Grain, has joined the Heritage Radio Network — the only podcast network dedicated to food, beverages and the culinary world.

22.10.2025 20:47 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Friends, neighbors and Willie Nelson fans, it's your last chance to vote for the Signal Awards' Best Music Podcast. So click the link below and, to paraphrase Willie himself...VOTE HIM IN!
Cast your vote here: bit.ly/4nPu27Q

09.10.2025 15:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Big news, Willie Nelson fans: OBW's nominated for Best Music Podcast by the fine folks at the Signal Awards. If you get a sec, please click the link below and cast a vote. Or to paraphrase Willie himself...VOTE HIM IN!
Votes happen here: bit.ly/4nPu27Q
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06.10.2025 15:22 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

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06.10.2025 16:00 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Big news, Willie Nelson fans: OBW's nominated for Best Music Podcast by the fine folks at the Signal Awards. If you get a sec, please click the link below and cast a vote. Or to paraphrase Willie himself...VOTE HIM IN!
Votes happen here: bit.ly/4nPu27Q
@mauimom.bsky.social

06.10.2025 15:22 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0