Epic Willie Nelson Mural Now Being Destroyed In Austin, Texas

Downtown Austin, Texas has been the location of an epic mural featuring Willie Nelson and Janis Joplin since it debuted for the South by Southwest Festival in 2016. It has been one of those iconic landmarks on East 7th Street that immediately let you know you were at the epicenter of the Live Music Capital of the World.

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The strategy in Texas for the past hundred and fifty years has been to take advantage of all our square mileage and build out, but sometimes your adjacent land is limited, and you have to raise the roof, in this case by a whole lot, and build up.

Epic Willie Nelson Mural Now Being Destroyed In Austin, Texas

We may be losing our epic Willie Nelson mural, but all hope is not lost because according to this KVUE article, the original artist, Wiley Ross, has been asked to create a new tribute to Willie on the building next door.

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So, the skyline of Austin will continue to grow, and we will still be greeted by the warm and familiar face of Willie Nelson at the Seven Grand for many years to come. Not all traditions end with progress, some actually take on new life.

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I am very excited to see Ross get to work on the new mural, and look forward to the new vision that will most likely continue to tip its hat to the strong Texas traditions we all love.

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