He is Willie Nelson. And these are his 50 essential songs. ‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,’ with Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, and Jamey Johnson. Image Credit: Liaison/Getty Images ...

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Willie Nelson wasn’t always a household name. A gifted songwriter, he penned “Crazy,” “Hello Walls” and “Pretty Paper,” but all were country hits for others in the early 1960s. As a ...

Willie Nelson young: '50s beginnings. Born in Texas in 1933, Nelson wrote his first original song when he was just 7 years old and never stopped, becoming a professional musician in the late '50s, ...

Lukas Nelson released his debut solo album, American Romance, after many years as the frontman for his former band, Promise of the Real. They toured for years, put out several amazing albums, and even ...

Nelson has always loved singing the songs of his friends as much as if not more than the ones he writes himself. In 1979, he ...

Air it did, and 50 years to the date of that first taping, that native Texas son, Willie Nelson, now 91, took the stage for a free golden anniversary celebration.

Nelson credited weed with helping him abandon cigarettes and other harmful inhalants. He has been smoking weed since 1978, ...

Willie Nelson, who is 91, released “Last Leaf on the Tree" on Friday, his second studio album this year. It's also his 76th solo studio album and 153rd album overall. Asked how many more he has ...

On Oct. 17, 1974, Willie Nelson took the stage at Austin PBS's Studio 6A to tape the inaugural episode of "Austin City Limits." The country music legend, dubbed "the patron saint of Austin" by ...

Willie Nelson was scuffling until this soon-to-be iconic album was released. advertisement. AudioPhix. Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger turns 50. Story by Jonathan Eig • 1w.

Willie Nelson wasn’t always a household name. A gifted songwriter, he penned “Crazy,” “Hello Walls” and “Pretty Paper,” but all were country hits for others in the early 1960s. As a ...