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NOTE: This blog was published on statesman.com in October 2017. I did eat the bugs. When my coworkers ignored this story and failed to promote it on the homepage, I didn't forgive them.
I ate this bug for journalism. At the State Fair, you can eat one, too.
NOTE: This story was published in the Austin American-Statesman in 2013.
Dawn of the Picnic: 40 years ago Eddie Wilson got Willie off to a steady start
DAVE DALTON THOMAS
PICNIC
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Tradition
COMING SPRING 2024 FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
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