Then, Phases and Stages, a concept album for which Willie abandoned Nashville altogether and recorded down in Muscle Shoals.

These songs were country hits in the 1970s and later became cultural standards that continue to endure decades later.

1973 – Holds the first annual Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in Texas. 1975 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.” ...

“Compulsively creative,” Coast Monthly called Saldivar last year—and that was before her Willie Nelson flowerpots ... “Crazy,” and “Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain.” ...

Willie Nelson is a country music icon ... thanks in part to Nelson’s spare cover of Fred Rose’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” His brand of country – by then known as “Outlaw ...

Top Songs: “On the Road Again,” “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” “Always on My Mind” Did You Know? Despite his “outlaw” image, Nelson played football in school and later served in ...