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The Poem That 6-Year-Old Willie Nelson Wrote That Launched His Songwriting Journey
Willie Nelson's songwriting journey has been a longtime in the making, and it stared when he wrote his first poem at just six years old.
Willie Nelson x 2 and nine more thing you must hear this week
A pair of new Willie Nelson projects -- his own album and a tribute -- lead a particularly busy week of new releases, with ...
Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’
Willie Nelson’s new album, “Oh What A Beautiful World," is his latest devoted to the songs of a specific composer. In this ...
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“People in Nashville Weren’t Ready”: How Willie Nelson Rewrote Music City After It Almost Broke Him
In the late 1960s, Willie Nelson worried he wasn't ready for Nashville. By the mid-1970s, he knew that Nashville hadn't been ...
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Classic Americana: Willie Nelson's own version of 'Crazy'
Our Classic Americana pick this week features Willie Nelson’s version of a song he wrote that became a massive hit for Patsy Cline.
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MARTIN: Willie Nelson proving age is nothing but a number, plus big artists taking Texas stages this summer
The first time I saw Willie Nelson in concert was July 4, 1976, at the Sterling Kelly Ranch near Gonzales. It was his fourth ...
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Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’
It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words ... “Oh What A Beautiful World” is Nelson’s latest album devoted to the songs of a specific songwriter, and in Crowell, he’s interpreting ...
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Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on 'Oh What A Beautiful World'
It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words ... “Oh What A Beautiful World” is Nelson’s latest album devoted to the songs of a specific songwriter, and in Crowell, he’s interpreting ...