LDT ““Outlaw Humour: Willie Nelson Pulls a Prank Mid-Rehearsal and Shows He’s No Retirement Act””
Luck Ranch, Texas — Even at an age when many peers have swapped tour buses for rocking chairs, Willie Nelson proves he’s still one of the sharpest jokers in the country-music fraternity. During a recent rehearsal at his Texas ranch, Nelson paused the band mid-song, looked at the cameraman and quipped: “If y’all are filming, at least get my good side — I only got one left!”
The room broke into hearty laughter, but the real punchline came moments later when he turned to his beloved guitar Trigger and dead-panned: “He’s had more surgery than I have, and he still outworks me.”
Bandmates say that beyond the jokes, there’s a core seriousness to Nelson’s music-making — but also a refusal to let age strip his mischievous edge. Earlier in the month, he reportedly slipped a rubber rattlesnake into the tour manager’s boot, a prank-line dating back decades. On the ranch, it’s business, but it’s also classic Willie: smart, playful, and in full control of the stage and the punchline.
For fans, the takeaway is simple: time may add years, but it hasn’t added gravity to the wrong kind of seriousness. If anything, Nelson’s mischief is proof that age doesn’t have to mean “less fun” — it can mean “better story”.
