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May 19, 2009

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp Team for Return to U.S. Ballparks

Early start times, free admission for kids at family-friendly gigs
December 25, 2008

Willie on The Soft Path

At 75, Willie Nelson tours 200 days of the year, smokes weed nonstop, and is trying to launch a biodiesel revolution. On the bus with the world's mellowest man.
September 9, 2004

Q&A: Willie Nelson

On Bob Dylan, Ray Charles and Johnny Cash

Recordings and Reviews

Willie And The Wheel

In the early Seventies, Atlantic R&B producer Jerry Wexler signed Willie Nelson; the duo shared a fondness for the Western swing of Bob Wills and planned to record a tribute to the music. It got put off until just before Wexler's death in 2008, when they finally put this disc in motion. It was worth...

2009 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Two Men With The Blues

2008

One Hell Of A Ride

2008

Moment Of Forever

2008

Songbird

2006

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

2006

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Biography

Country music superstar Willie Nelson started out rather humbly as a songwriter who made his name 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 1970s he spearheaded "outlaw" country — the non-Nashville alliance between "redneck" country musicians and "hippie" rock musicians. His stature...

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