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Willie Nelson

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2025 - Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle
2024 - Last Leaf on the Tree
2024 - The Border
2023 - I Don't Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard
2023 - Bluegrass
2022 - A Beautiful Time
2021 - The Willie Nelson Family
2021 - That's Life
2020 - First Rose of Spring
2019 - Ride Me Back Home
2018 - My Way
2018 - Last Man Standing
2017 - God's Problem Child
2016 - Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
2016 - For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price
2015 - Django and Jimmie
2011 - Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
2010 - Country Music
2009 - American Classic
2008 - One Hell of a Ride
2008 - Two Men With the Blues
2008 - Playlist: The Very Best of Willie Nelson
2006 - Songbird
2006 - The Great American Songbook
2005 - Countryman
2005 - Songs
2004 - Outlaws and Angels
2004 - It Always Will Be
2004 - Nacogdoches
2003 - The Essential Willie Nelson
1998 - Teatro
1997 - Christmas With Willie Nelson
1995 - The Essential Willie Nelson
1994 - Super Hits
1989 - A Horse Called Music
1989 - One for the Road
1987 - Walking the Line
1984 - City of New Orleans
1983 - Tougher Than Leather
1982 - Always on My Mind
1981 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
1978 - Stardust
1975 - Red Headed Stranger
1974 - Phases and Stages
1973 - Shotgun Willie
1968 - Good Times
1967 - The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs
1962 - ... And Then I Wrote
0 - Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
0 - Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
0 - Classic Willie

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Origin
Abbott, Texas

Genre
Country

Style
Country

Mood
Bittersweet

Born

1933

Active
1956 to Present...

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Willie Hugh Nelson (Born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of Biofuel and the legalization of marijuana.
Born during the Great Depression, and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1956. In 1960, he signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1962, he recorded his first album, And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1964 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year. After mid-chart hits during the end of 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, and the failure to succeed in music, Nelson retired in 1972 and moved to Austin, Texas. The rise of the popularity of Hippie music in Austin motivated Nelson to return from retirement, performing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters.

In 1973, after signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album, Red Headed Stranger. The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, Wanted! The Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. During the mid 1980s, while creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like "On the Road Again", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", and "Pancho & Lefty", he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. During 1990 Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, that claimed that he owed US $32,000,000. It was later discovered that his accountants, Price Waterhouse did not pay Nelson's taxes for years. The impossibility of Nelson to pay his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments made by him during the 1980s. Nelson released in 1991 The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?, the profits of the double album, destined to the IRS and the auction of Nelson's assets cleared his debt by 1993. During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson continued touring extensively, and released albums every year. Reviews ranged from positive to mixed. Nelson explored genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, and folk. Nelson made his first movie appearance in the 1979 film, The Electric Horseman, followed by other appearances in movies and on television.

Nelson is a major liberal activist and the co-chair of the advisory board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which is in favor of marijuana legalization. On the environmental front, Nelson owns the bio-diesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel, which is made from vegetable oil. Nelson is also the honorary chairman of the Advisory Board of the Texas Music Project, the official music charity of the state of Texas.


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