WHEN WILLIE SMILES: The Playful Spark of “Maria”- Willie Nelson has spent a lifetime singing about the full range of human experience — love, loss, longing, and the quiet spaces in between. But every now and then, he leans into the lighter side, and in “Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me),” he reminds us that joy has just as much power as sorrow to bring people together.
The song opens with that familiar Willie shuffle — a rhythm that never hurries, never…
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