The song was inspired by Nelson's grandmother who read from the Bible and would often sing the Christian hymn "Rock of Ages" after dinner.

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.

Amy Lee Nelson, Willie's daughter, directed the documentary focusing on Ben Dorcy III – who has been hailed as the first-ever ...

The first time I saw Willie Nelson in concert was July 4, 1976, at the Sterling Kelly Ranch near Gonzales. It was his fourth ...

The country singer-songwriter on what she learned working with Mike Campbell and how playing drums influences her guitar style ...

No cause of death was cited but Billboard reports that he died “peacefully at home, with his wife Rikki by his side ... ranging from James Brown and Willie Nelson to Michael Jackson and ...

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

1970 – Moves back to Texas. 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 Cr ...

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The ex-wife of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has ... briefly in the late ‘70s—breaking up to momentarily date Willie Nelson, her costar in the film Honeysuckle Rose—and married Steven ...