Willie Nelson

By LindaLee Thanks to Ned for sending this picture he took of the mural in Nashville.  Ned was in town to see Kris Kristofferson.  Willie and Kris:  the guy’s got good taste, no denying it.  He wrote: “Speaking of Willie art – Was in Nashville yesterday to see  Kris Kristofferson bring the house down at the...

By LindaLee There are some disappointed fans in Kenansville, North Carolina tonight.  Willie Nelson and Family were not able to perform, owing to the fact that the North Carolina e North Carolina Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement cited members of Willie’s tonight, before the show, for posses...

By LindaLee “This performance by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds during the Farm Aid 2009 benefit concert was one of the lucky catches of the event. As I mentioned in the posts for Willie Nelson and Neil Young, press photographers were divided into two groups.

By LindaLee But the voice behind “Night Life” (also made famous by B.B. King) and “Crazy” (made immortal by Patsy Cline) did not stop with putting on a party. Willie Nelson, 76, rolled through blues and country tunes, singing “It’s Flooding Down in Texas,” as if Viking Hall’s 2,200-person crowd had asse...

By LindaLee artist: Kami Lerner Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute  at www.WillieNelsonPRI.com invites all individuals, network members, community representatives, and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) spokespersons throughout the world to submit press releases about their metho...

By LindaLee VERGE: The “Nashville Sound” is not so different from some of what we hear today, minus the schmaltzy background choruses, thank God. Still, there are strings at times, and there’s a certain radio-friendly sound that Nashville strives for. Willie Nelson didn’t fit then, and he doesn’t fi...

By LindaLee As befits the film’s spare approach, there’s almost no score. At one point the two protagonists sing an a cappella version of “Home on the Range.” Over the closing credits, an unseen Willie Nelson croons the same tune. Instead of segueing into other musical selections, as most movies do, the...

By LindaLee Nelson grew up in Austin, Texas, around people who were very real and down to earth, he said. This is why Nelson calls his band Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. Raphael has been a part of the Nelson family since 1973, when he first joined Willie Nelson’s band.

By LindaLee Thanks so much to Mark Hughes from the Willie Nelson General Store in Nashville for forwarding these pictures he took of Willie Nelson at the Ryman Theater last November 5, 2010.  Willie performed with Mickey Raphael, and other Nashville musicians, singing classic country songs, which...

By LindaLee Early compositions like “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away” became American hits in the hands of other performers, while “You Were Always On My Mind,” “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” and “On the Road Again” are a few of Nelson’s classics known and loved across the world.

By LindaLee In 2009 ‘Naked Willie” was released,’ a collection of Willie Nelson music recorded in Nashville early in Willie’s career. Mickey Raphael helped produce this album, which included stripping away the strings, horns, and generally overproduced sounds used as part of the”Nashville Sou...

Mazdra will be singing country songs made popular by artists such as Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, Willie Nelson and many more. ...

Willie Nelson, You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (2006) -- This heartfelt tribute to the Texas songwriter sparkles in every way. ...

Got a tip? Send it our way blog) Willie Nelson: And speaking of the long haul, the insanely prolific 76-year-old godfather of Austin music spent the past decade in a whirlwind of activity ... and more »

By LindaLee I should mention that Roland had a long and illustrious acting career that stretched nearly 60 years. He was one of the few Mexican actors who found mainstream success in Hollywood, including a string of movies playing the Cisco Kid in the 1940s. “Barbarosa” was his last film.

By LindaLee Nelson is on a perpetual tour and the 76-year-old legend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. He released a slew of albums this year, including “Willie and the Wheel,” “American Classic” and “Naked Willie.” How did Willie get “Naked”? Do you think Willie will ever retire?

al.com Willie, Moody Blues, Chicago, Aldean coming to VBC al.com Also, Willie Nelson, the legendary country musician and Red Headed Stranger, is coming to Huntsville Jan. 19 (a Tuesday) for a concert and tickets go on ...

Willie, Chicago, Moody Blues coming to VBC The Huntsville Times - al.com Also, Willie Nelson, the legendary country musician and Red Headed Stranger, is coming to Huntsville Jan. 19 (a Tuesday) for a concert and tickets go on ...

By LindaLee Willie Nelson Congressman Dennis Kucinich with Willie Nelson. Come and visit www.kucinich.us Video done by Chad Ely.    Willie sang this song at a fundraiser for Dennis Kucinich in Austin, Texas, in January 2004. Willie wrote this song on Christmas, 2003, and performed it for the first ti...

By LindaLee NELSON:  You’re stripped. NELSON:  It doesn’t lie.  NELSON:  It’s like a cantor in a church. YOAKAM:  It was a Johnny Cash moment – by default. NELSON:   Kill two birds with one stone. MUSICIAN:  You’d already made it as a songwriter in Nashville by then, so you weren’t an outsider.

Ray Price and Billy Bob Thornton and his band, The Boxmasters, are also scheduled to perform. Concert updates will be broadcast on "Willie's Place" ... Texas: Mo' country for old menToday's Trucking News all 8 news articles »

By LindaLee Matthew Houck and Willie Nelson Matthew Houck, Farm Aid To Willie LB:   Is it hard for a singer-songwriter to cover songs by other artists like Willie Nelson? LB: When you are tour, are you performing Willie Nelson music, from ’To Willie’?

Artist: Willie Nelson Album: American Classic Review: Willie Nelson may be America's greatest balladeer, capable of making any song sound like a standard. For all his genius, Nelson can be kind of lazy, and this disc — a sequel of sorts to his beloved 1978 standards collection, Stardust —...

By LindaLee A Tale Out of Luck: A Novel  A Tale out of Luck by WIllie Nelson, with Mike Blakely Country singer, and national icon, Willie Nelson has teamed up with Mike Blakely to write A Tale out of Luck, a western novel with a bit of a mystery thrown into the mix.

By LindaLee Interview with Kenny Chesney by Whitney Pastorek www.music-mix.ew.com “I produced a record with Willie Nelson [2008's Moment of Forever], and he was 70-something.  I flew to Santa Monica, California, at the Shutters hotel. He had his bus in the parking lot.  I got a room there, I woke up, I ran o...

By LindaLee His “overnight success” with 1975’s “Red Headed Stranger” came only after decades of struggling as a songwriter (hitting big with “Crazy” and “Night Life”) and as a performer. His return to Texas and a kind of sound that went against the increasing pop-rock style in country earned his mus...

By LindaLee WHEREAS, Willie Nelson is the 2009 Texas State Musician; this legendary Texas performer was playing the guitar at the age of 6 and performing at 10; after establishing himself in Nashville as a hit songwriter, he returned to Texas and soon became world-famous as an interpreter of his own...

By LindaLee I relaxed and offered him a hit which he accepted gratefully. I think I told him what kind of weed it was and I know I told him this was the first time I was going to see Willie Nelson play even though I’d been a real fan for almost thirty years.       

By LindaLee Matthew and his band will be part of the birthday celebrations at Willie’s Place Sirius/XM radio tomorrow, in honor of Willie’s 7th, and here is Willie talking about the band’s session recorded for Willie’s Place Sirius/XM right Here.**** Matthew Houck and his band Phosphorescent reco...

 RI He was particularly struck by the doggedness with which Nelson pursued a performing career when heavyweights such as Faron Young and Ray Price were telling him to stay home and be a songwriter. Meanwhile, no one was much interested in hearing his ...

By LindaLee The party is in full swing, and Rusty Spurs and his Cactus Cowboys (played by Johnny Bush and his band) play music while the guests dance,  when a young man runs into the ranch house and yells out that horse thieves have stolen all the horses. x

By LindaLee The documentary Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson includes interviews with some of Nelson’s closest friends, Turk Pipkin, Ray Price and a number of celebrities who’ve performed with Nelson - among them Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson and John Mellencamp. There’s also the rare...

By LindaLee Naked Willie is due March 17. I know, the “Naked Willie” thought is a bit off-putting. But the album title refers to the music, not to Nelson’s body. This concept came from Willie’s longtime harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, who was listening to early Nelson tracks on RCA recorded in Nashvil...

By LindaLee ALBANY — Willie Nelson couldn’t possibly play all his hits in one show, even a 2 1?2-hour show like Sunday night’s at the Palace. But veteran fans of Nelson don’t need to hear his hits; most are happy to hear the American icon sing anything.

By LindaLee If you’ve attended a solo Willie Nelson show you know what’s coming. Just as sure as a Texas Summer is hot and that your enchiladas at El Fenix will begin with chips and salsa, the Redheaded Stranger will deliver a canon of some of the best and most loved American songs spanning his 40 year care...

By LindaLee http://www.phyllisbrock.com . Denver singer/songwriter Phyllis Brock sings, “I Dreamed I Danced With Willie Nelson,” on her album ‘Shadows on the Moon.’ I Dreamed I Danced With Willie Nelson  I dreamed I danced with Willie Nelson, Up in them Bluegrass Hills. He took my hand and asked me to da...

By LindaLee The Haybilongs, from Florida, are the most recent group inspired to record the song, ‘A Peaceful Solution,’ which was written by Willie and daughter Amy Nelson.   Willie and Amy have each recorded this song, and have also offered it to any other artist who would like to record it and become...

By Stephen M. Deusner But the tracklist shows a real knowledge of Willie's songbook, disregarding obvious choices for offbeat catalogue cuts like "Reasons to Quit". And damned if Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck doesn't do right by the tune. He may be transporting the song across state lines, but he treats it w...

By Psychic Chic I got my Willie Nelson CD rolling around in my brain as I hum his version of "On the Road Again" because that's exactly what THIS Psychic (me) is feeling about the current situation. So, if you've got any old road maps in your glove compartment (I hope you know what that means), throw them out. Re...

By LindaLee J-Liddy recorded the first hip hop version of ‘A Peaceful Solution,’ the song about peace written by Willie and Amy Nelson, and you can hear him at the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute, at www.WillieNelsonPRI.com.  His created his version of  “A Peaceful Solution” for this new prod...

By LindaLee You’ve got to go back to ‘Crazy,’ Patsy Cline. How could you top that one? Also, Ray Price with ‘Night Life,’ Roy Orbison, ‘Pretty Paper’; Billy Walker, ‘Funny How Time Slips Away’; Faron Young, ‘Hello Walls.’ Those performances … there’s just no way to beat ‘em.I just heard a Hank Williams cl...

By localbands@chron.com (Sara Cress / Joey Guerra) Lone Star favorites sharing stage time include Robert Earl Keen, Jack Ingram, Los Lonely Boys, Kevin Fowler, Kelly Willis, the Weary Boys, Sunny Sweeney and the Eli Young Band. Texas has needed its own event like this for a long time," Fowler said. "I think this may be the biggest country mus...

By KEXP HONEY! Speaking of influences, the AP reports that country outlaw and Ryan Adams collaborator Willie Nelson won’t be cooling his heels in the slammer for his misdemeanor of marijuana possession, to which he’d pleaded guilty in Louisiana last year.Unfortunately, The Cooper Temple Cla...

By El Bicho Picture, if you will, a lonely honky-tonk on the outskirts of town, a glow from inside draws you near as the sound of clinking beer bottles and laughter calls your name. As you get closer the music from jukebox becomes clearer, three legendary country baritones stand out and shine like the N...

By Big Geez Although most of the songs are vintage classics, some are better known than others, and those would include among them Ray's performance of Harlan Howard's, "Heartaches By The Number", which also features guest artist Vince Gill, and "Why Me Lord", a delicious version with Willie and R...

By Amanda Trimble Just a few days before wrapping up their Last of the Breed tour, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Sixties country star Ray Price played a sold-out gig at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Seeing these three on one stage (accompanied by backing band Asleep at the Wheel) is a once-in-a-li...

By Jim Parsons Good morning, Houston. We don't know about you, but we at Houstonist have long been fans of Willie Nelson. And so, apparently, has local rapper/promoter/jeweler Paul Wall: Wall tells MTV News that he booked time at Nelson's studio to record his new album, Get Money, Stay True because he tho...

AUSTIN, Texas He has a seemingly endless playlist, his own brand of alternative fuel and a country club. Now Willie Nelson has something else his own record company.

By Irina Ageyeva Oh happy day! Ben & Jerry are presenting us with a whole new flavor to drool over. Yes folks, today marks the street date for Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler (peach ice cream with cinnamon sugar shortbread pieces). With the new creation, Willie joins the ranks of progressive pop c...

Willie Nelson arrested for having weed and mushrooms when his tour bus was pulled over in Beaux Bridge Louisiana. Um…dude. Did anyone notice that it was WILLIE FUCKING NELSON? MOVIES: TV: Bears slide past Minnesota at home, next up, Seattle, without Shaun Alexander.