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WILLIE & MERLE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: INSIDE ARLYN***NEW***

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Willie & Merle Up Close and Personal: Inside Arlyn

Worldwide premiere of an exclusive performance and interview with Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard filmed in Austin, Texas.

Friday 9 June 2017 23:20 RTÉ One 

Recorded in Austin’s historic Arlyn Studios, this very special show documents Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s final moments together both in studio and on stage.

A veritable love letter to great music history, this hour long programme features an unprecedented glimpse into the moments shared by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard toward the end of Haggard’s life. The episode closely documents the time these legendary musicians spent at Arlyn recording their acclaimed final collaborative album ‘Django & Jimmie’ in a stunning live show which became one of the pair’s last ever joint performances. This is a poignant song-swap set that sees the duo breezing through their collective hits, peppered with banter and laughs between two old friends.

Seventy people sit on floor cushions, surrounded by candles and old oriental rugs, mere feet away from where Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson perform one classic tune after another including; Reasons to Quit, Crazy, Okie from Muskogee, On the Road Again, Rambling Fever, Fighting Side of Me and many more.

Behind the curtain, the comrades sit down with Dan Rather for an up-close interview spanning their decades-long careers and friendship. Woven together, these moments make for a piece of history which will be experienced exclusively through Inside Arlyn.

 

Willie & Merle Up Close and Personal – Inside Arlyn will air on RTÉ 1 Friday 9 June 2017 at 23:20

For more information and additional schedule details please contact:

South Wind Blows – Anna Job, anna@southwindblows.ie

 

About Arlyn Studios:

Arlyn Studios is Austin’s premier recording facility located in the heart of the city, occupying a portion of the historic Austin Opera House. Originally opened in 1984 by musician and Grammy-nominated industry veteran Freddy Fletcher, Arlyn quickly emerged as Austin’s foremost recording facility; attracting such music legends as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, and Sublime, to name a few. In December 2012, Freddy and Lisa Fletcher reopened Arlyn as a commercial studio after lending the space to an audio engineering school. The revamped space combines many of Arlyn’s original elements, including top-of-the-line vintage gear, with refurbished interiors and an updated 7,000 square foot layout which offers 3 distinct studio spaces including a multi-purpose “living room” space equipped for both recording and live performances.

Irish music fans will recognize Arlyn Studios as the setting for the most recent series of Other Voices, which featured performances from Mumford & Sons, Gregory Porter, Cage The Elephant, Conor Oberst and many more.

 

For more information please visit www.arlynstudios.com.