Willie Nelson is the proprietor of this authentic, old-time Texas honky-tonk, broadcasting live each day from the “Willie's Place” truck stop in Carl's Corner, Texas. The nickel jukebox is always stocked with vintage honky-tonk, western swing, and downhome country music, generally from the mid-‘60s and earlier.
Genres
Traditional, Honky Tonk, Roots Country, Twang, Cowboy
877-3WILLIE
In the Studio at Willie's Place
Bill Mack
Host
Weekdays Noon - 3 pm ET ; Sundays 10 am - Noon ET
A country radio pioneer, Bill Mack is a member of the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. He earned his nickname the "Midnight Cowboy" when he began hosting an overnight trucking show on WBAP in Ft. Worth in 1969. Mack is also an accomplished recording artist and songwriter, who received a Grammy Award in 1997 for "Best Country Song," "Blue," as recorded by LeAnn Rimes. His composition "Drinking Champagne" has been recorded by George Strait among others, and was honored with a "Million-Air" Award by BMI for over one million performances on air.
Clarence
Host
Weekdays 7 am - Noon ET Saturdays 3 pm – 7 pm ET
Born and raised in Texas, Clarence joined the wild bunch at Willie's Place after various jobs in Houston and New Orleans. In 1962, even though he was underage, he put his first nickel in a slot machine in Vegas and won fifty cents. Ever since, he's been fascinated with betting and nickels. Throughout his life, Clarence has bet on the horses and he's bet with dice...now he's bettin' on Willie's Place, the honky tonk that never closes!
Dallas Wayne
Host
Weekdays 3 pm – 7 pm ET Saturdays 11 am- 3 pm ET Sundays 5 pm – 9 pm ET
A native of Springfield, MO now based in Austin, TX, Dallas Wayne is a well-traveled singer-songwriter-actor and hardcore honky tonker that has released numerous albums under his own name and as a member of the Twangbangers. A lifelong Willie Nelson fan, Dallas says, “I feel so very much at home on Willie’s Place. This is a dream come true.”
