# Great article about Willie Nelson and his guitar, Trigger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-willie-nelson-and-his-guitar-trigger/675003 "2013-11-28T14:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-willie-nelson-and-his-guitar-trigger/675003/1 "2013-11-28T14:32:38Z")
[http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/trigger?fullpage=1](http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/trigger?fullpage=1). I put this in the Great Ongoing Guitar Thread, but this article is so well-written, I wanted non-guitar-geeks to know about it. It’s from 2012, and tells the story of Willie discovering his voice as a musician, and how the guitar was an essential part of that. I don’t think I’ve read a better piece on the relationship between an artist and their favorite tool. I’ve read way too many pieces written from a gear-geek’s POV, or articles written for non-musicians that miss the boat - this is both insider and accessible. Happy Thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-article-about-willie-nelson-and-his-guitar-trigger/675003/2 "2013-11-28T15:20:06Z")
Excellent article. I read with amusement how he learned on a Sears Stella, which is what I first learned on. This quote in particular made me laugh: “Strings way up high off the neck and your fingers bleed when you learn to play,” he remembers. Too true. An F chord was a near impossibility.