Music Legend Willie Nelson Brings Life To The Wild West In Debut Novel A Tale Out Of Luck

NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Lost Highway Records) - Country music icons don't get any bigger than Willie Nelson. Now, his foray into fiction adds to his already legendary career as an award-winning singer/songwriter, author and gritty modern-day hippie. A Tale Out of Luck, co-authored with Mike Blakely, is a classic western tale, that brings to life characters and themes central to any great Wild West novel-Texas Rangers, cattle rustling, Indians warriors, women of ill repute, saloons, shootouts and more.

A Tale Out of Luck was written by Nelson as the back story for his false-front western town which he built outside of Austin, and named, "Luck." Recently, Luck has served as the backdrop for a variety of events and productions including commercials, and the country music video, "Beer for My Horses."

Hank stepped outside into the freezing air, oblivious to the sleet that pelted his face under his hat brim on a hard-driving north wind. A rumble of thunder came from some distant hills. Half the crowd in the bar followed the procession outside, but stopped short of stepping into the fresh mud of Main Street. Gotch Dunnsworth grumbled at the cold, the wind, and the freezing rain, but slogged through the deepening mire and angled across to the general store. The lanterns were still burning in the store. Sam lengthened the wicks, giving more light, and dug around behind some crates under the counter until he produced one of the arrows removed from Wes James. Hank lay the arrow shaft from Gotch's fiddle case next to the one from under the counter. "Well, that settles that," he said. "That's Black Cloud's signature, alright. He's back."