
“It comes time for the funeral and it turns out that everybody is playing ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’ because she’s gotten drunk and told everybody that. However, Felker later found out that Johnson had that conversation with multiple people. You have to do that.’ And, solemn oath, yeah, I’m going to do that.” We’d been visiting and she said ‘Hey, you’ve got to play Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain by Willie Nelson at my funeral. “It got down the road and she’d been sick for a while and was kind of on her way out. The Turnpike Troubadours frontman went on to recount the conversation that led to co-writing “Pay No Rent” with John Fullbright.

With a laugh, he added, “She was one of the only people in town who you could drink tequila with at 10 in the morning on a Tuesday which was one of the things that brought us together.” “Anyway, we got to be big buddies,” Felker said. “I got back there and I got to be pals with my aunt, who I’d known forever… A lady named Lou Johnson who owns the Rocky Road Tavern. house located at 13127 W LYRIC Dr, Sun City West, AZ 85375 sold for 330,000 on Mar 15, 2022. Then, Evan talked about reuniting with his aunt.

The Turnpike Troubadours gathered a huge fanbase before going on a 2-year hiatus back in May of 2019.
