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Music: Rock/Pop
Willie Nelson & Family

When

Friday June 20 (8pm)

Where
The Pavilion at Ravinia (200 Ravinia Park Rd, Highland Park, 847.266.5100)
Price
$15 - 60
Details
http://ravinia.org/BuyTickets/eventdetail.aspx?&xid_show=99793848&month=6&year=2008
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Of late, the Red Headed Stranger has only made headlines via a string of so-so albums, dubious new-country collaborations (though we forgive him — we know he only did them to get out of bankruptcy), and pot busts. But thanks to his near-constant touring, we are reminded that Willie stands with the likes of Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, and Townes van Zandt as one of our most important singer/songwriters. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground," "Hello Walls," "Always on My Mind," and a litany of others are cemented in the canon of great American songs; tonight, Nelson and his band drown you in a whiskey river of his greatest hits.

Brett O'Bourke