Texas Monthly

The Philadelphia Eagles Covered Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper” for Christmas. We Regret to Inform Cowboys Fans That It Slaps.

Here’s a sentence that’s going to sound like Mad Libs, but is somehow actually true: On the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line’s second Christmas album, right tackle Lane Johnson sings lead vocals on ...
American Songwriter

The Willie Nelson-Penned Track Inspired by an Atrophied Fort Worth Street Vendor That Roy Orbison Turned Into a Christmas Classic

Willie Nelson has been penning and recording incredible country tunes for years. Back in the early 1960s, before he blew up in the outlaw country scene, he spent quite a bit of time writing songs for ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Here’s the story on Willie Nelson’s ‘Pretty Paper.’ It’s real. And it was in Fort Worth

Adapted from columns Dec. 25, 2004; Dec. 24, 2010; and Dec. 24, 2016. The mystery of Fort Worth’s Christmas song is solved. It took help from readers in Palo Pinto County, plus one surprised family ...
brooklynvegan

Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom announce holiday album, share cover of Willie Nelson/Roy Orbison's "Pretty Paper"

Dean Wareham, his partner Britta Phillips, and frequent collaborator Sonic Boom have teamed up to make a holiday album. It’s titled A Peace of Us and will be out November 22 via Carpark. They made the ...