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September 9, 2004

Q&A: Willie Nelson

On Bob Dylan, Ray Charles and Johnny Cash

One Hell Of A Ride

This anthology proves Willie Nelson was as much a country-music renegade when he wrote Patsy Cline's 1961 hit "Crazy" as he was in the Seventies when he grew out his hair, flipped Nashville the bird and cut Red Headed Stranger. His early-Sixties weepers, like "Hello Walls" and "Mr. Record Man,"...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Moment Of Forever

2008

Songbird

2006

You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker

2006

Countryman

2005

It Always Will Be

2004

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One of country & western's most popular, prolific, and distinctive singer/songwriters, Willie Nelson started out as a songwriter without much of a solo singing career and eventually became a star singer mostly covering pop and C&W standards. His dry, wry voice and plaintive, understated delivery helped him transcend country to reach wider pop audiences. In the '70s he spearheaded "outlaw" country ...

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