When late director Sydney Pollack asked Willie Nelson to contribute a song about life on the road for the 1980 musical drama Honeysuckle Rose, he quickly scribbled some lyrics on an airplane sickness bag to “On the Road Again.” The song became one of Nelson’s most famous songs, hitting No. 1 on the Country chart, […]
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