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Eat Your Way To Peace
Hi, I’m Liz O’Garvey and one of the only 2 writers for Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute established by Willie Nelson, Jay Greathouse and myself back in 2007. This rare opportunity allowed Jay and myself to conduct years of in-depth research on the roots of violence, war, child abuse and domestic violence. One area [...]
Bee Spears Remembered
Willie Nelson hired Bee Spears in 1968 when Bee was only 19 years old after Willie’s bassist David Zetter was drafted during the Vietnam War. “I happened to be there when the guys were talking about finding a replacement,” Bee said. “One of the guys said, ‘Hell, let’s hire Bee. He doesn’t play worth a [...]
A Peaceful Solution Raam
If you are like Raam, then you have been seeking and promoting peace and fairness in the world as long for as you can remember. Then it comes as no surprise that when he found out about our A Peaceful Solution project it was a no brainer for him to record his own version. Hear [...]
Minnesota Needs Medical Marijuana
Marijuana is medicine and it’s legal for use in 14 states. Marijuana is also an easy to grow plant that can be sold for between one and four thousand dollars per pound depending on the variety and quality. Now if you’re an urban Minneapolis farmer who is really trying to make a go of it [...]
Peaceful Solution Clara Bellino
Hear “Peaceful Solution” by Clara Bellino *****Artist’s Statement***** I just played a benefit for Musicians for Peace with my band. At this benefit, the founder, Alan Moore, announced that I would sing a song called “A Peaceful Solution” written by Willie Nelson. We at Musicians for Peace are grateful that Willie Nelson joined us, but just to clarify: [...]
A Peaceful Solution Kyle Andrew Scott
Kyle Andrew Scott created the milestone #200 video of A Peaceful Solution. It sure is nice of Kyle to do this for peace, especially since no one we knew thought this project would last so long or get so many people involved. Be we did. We knew there we lots of people out there that [...]
Willie Nelson Peace Mission
Willie Nelson, Liz O’Garvey and Jay Greathouse collaborated in writing Our Mission for the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute in April, 2007. We launched this blog to represent our efforts toward peace and to reach out to the greater community of peaceful people by offering a platform to share news of peaceful activities around the [...]
