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The grand opening of “Willie’s Place,” Nelson’s new
musical theater.

Hurricane Relief: From Willie’s Place to the Gulf
Coast

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that has crippled
America’s Gulf Coast, Willie Nelson is sending some relief from a little
truck stop in Texas. The grand opening of “Willie’s Place,” Nelson’s new
musical theater at Carl’s Corner truck stop, will send proceeds from the
September 26th and 27th debut concert to the regions hardest hit by Katrina
in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida.

The theater debut turned-relief-concert is dubbed “Hurricane Relief: From
Willie’s Place to the Gulf Coast.” Willie hopes the show will bring
attention to the dire circumstances of the families devastated by this
natural disaster and the overwhelming recovery needs of our neighbors in the
gulf coast states.

"This is a moment when each of us can take stock of what we can offer to
everyone affected by this catastrophe,” says Nelson, “I can give by playing;
it’s just giving a day’s work. I’ve been thinking that it would be nice, no
matter who you are, if all over the country people could give one day’s work
to the cause. There’s so much needed. Just like there are a million
musicians, there are also a million plumbers out there that can give a day’s
work. Imagine if everyone did.”

Willie is utilizing his Farm Aid network of resources and volunteers as the
vehicle to channel emergency assistance. Farm Aid pledged an immediate
$30,000 for hurricane recovery and is continuing to raise and distribute
funding for the wide-spread needs of Katrina’s victims.

“We’re coordinating with our farm group partners across the country to offer
immediate aid as well as develop additional longer-term actions that Farm
Aid and its donors can support," says Farm Aid Executive Director Carolyn
Mugar. “Already there is an outpouring of desire from family farmers to
help. Many have opened their homes and land to set up rural refugee camps.”

On Sept. 1st, Farm Aid activated their “Family Farm Disaster Fund” to
encourage donations so that farm families can get the help they need to
recover from the hurricane and continue farming. Individuals can
contribute on-line at www.farmaid.org or by calling 1.800.FARM-AID.

Contributions can also be made on Sept. 26th - 27th at the Carl’s Corner
hurricane relief concerts. Nelson hopes the relief concerts will also bring
attention to the pressing problem of gasoline supply that has intensified
with the hurricane’s destruction of offshore drilling platforms. With
escalating gas prices and dwindling petroleum resources, Willie knows there
is an urgent need for an alternative energy source. Carl’s Corner is the
filling station where Nelson hosted the July 3rd debut of “BioWillie,” a
type of Biodiesel fuel that’s made from vegetable oils and reduces carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide. Biodiesel is an entirely
renewable fuel that can be infinitely produced from agricultural crops,
alleviating dependency on petroleum reserves. A website,
www.wnbiodiesel.com is up on the web now, packed with consumer and technical
information about Biodiesel, its mission and its products.

“The price of gasoline affects our most essential needs,” says Nelson. “The
food we eat, the clothes we wear, the medicine we need to stay healthy, —it
all has to be transported in trucks. When fuel isn’t affordable it’s hard
to make sure people have access to their most basic needs, especially when
faced with a natural disaster.”

Reserved seat tickets are on sale now and available at Carl’s Corner Truck
Stop at (254) 582-8433 or online at www.willienelson.com. Tickets are $35.
Music starts at 8:00 PM. Special guests Johnny Lovett will open for Nelson
on Sept 26th and Darrell McCall on the 27th.

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