Willie Nelson

Seven new entries - from artists ranging from Jack Ingram to Willie Nelson - were screened by the CMT New Music Video Evaluation Team this week.

Named after Willie Nelson 's best album, local group the Red-Headed Strangers knows something about classic country songwriting and even more about simple rootsy melodies.

By LindaLee www.signonsandiego.com Two American music icons, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, will perform Aug. 12 at Lake Elsinore Diamond Stadium with John Mellenacmp. The stadium, which has a concert capacity of 14,000, is the home of the Lake Elsinore Storm, the Class A California League San Diego Pad...

By LindaLee – Autographed Fender Guitar – Autographed Gretsch Snare Drum – Two 16” A Medium Zildjian Cymbols – Shure microphones – Merle Haggard Package: Autographed Box CD set, T-Shirt, Bandanas 2009 – Copy of “An Epic Life – Willie Nelson”  autographed by Willie Nelson and author Joe Nick Patoski

By LindaLee The Columbia Record Columbia, SC December 10, 1982 by Tom Connelly Willie Nelson repeatedly waved aside my apologies.  “Don’t go.  We have plenty of itme.  I am not giving any other interviews.” Interviews with Willie Nelson are hard to obtain, because of his obvious shyness, the pressing s...

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 There Will Always Be A Small Time By Kerry Doole www.exclaim.ca Kerry Doole:  Your songs are being performed by other artists but you also enjoy covering the songs of your peers. Corin Raymound:  That is how my heroes operated, the outlaws that came out of Nashville and those guys from Texas,...

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...

 TN Propelled by a band that included a saxophonist and two female backup singers, Kid Rock roared on with "Son of Detroit," a crowd-pleaser that tips its hat to such country icons as Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. ...

As a teenager in Texas, when I heard her music--and it was championed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ("Slow Movin' Outlaw")--it sounded like it had always been there. We did a radio show and talked about what it means as an artist to have a ...

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 The Houston-born musician, who now calls Austin home, has music in her blood. She learned to play piano at the age of 7 from her aunt and was taught to play guitar from her good friend, the late Clifford Antone, according to her Web site bio.

 NH Although he didn't become a star until the mid-'70s, Nelson spent the '60s writing songs that became hits for stars like Ray Price ("Night Life"), Patsy Cline ("Crazy"), Faron Young ("Hello Walls"), and Billy Walker ("Funny How Time Slips Away") as ...

The early 1960s were pivotal for Nelson, with three of his compositions hitting the country charts — “Hello Walls” (sung by Faron Young), “Funny How Time Slips Away” (Billy Walker) and “Crazy” (Patsy Cline). After two albums for the independent Liberty ...

By LindaLee photo by:  Adam Gerik http://www.pjstar.com by Danielle Hatch Willie Nelson has built a career on his outlaw image, but he could do no wrong on Sunday night when he performed in front of thousands at Summer Camp 2009 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe. Nelson is an icon, and the crowds treat...

By LindaLee The interviews on the bus are appropiately set against the soundtrack of the road, with traffic sounds and honking horns.  Billy Bob interviews Mickey about how he got started in music, his first musical performance (he played the triangle — who knew?), and how he became part of the Willie...

By LindaLee Billy Bob and his band the Box Masters spent a month on the road with Willie Nelson & Family this spring, and Mickey would join the band on stage and play with them, before getting back to his regular job of playing harmonica with Willie Nelson and Family.

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...

 GA For example, Johnny Cash appears with his country group The Highwaymen — which also featured Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson — but is also photographed with the Rev. Billy Graham. In addition to his Web site, McGuire has also published a ...

By LindaLee http://www.dowagiacnews.com by Jennifer Inman     Three musical legends will be within a stone’s throw of our communities this summer. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp hit the Cove July 4 for a huge concert. Tickets for this historic event go on sale Saturday at the Coveleski Sta...

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...

 South Africa Starring Steve McQueen and Jim Hutton. The History Channel, 5.50pm: Biography – A look at the rebel spirit in some of country music's biggest stars. Outlaws including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings refused to compromise.

By LindaLee Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, by Joe Nick Patoski, is a massive 500-pager that traces Nelson’s life and career from his traumatic childhood and early performing career to fledgling songwriting hits like “Crazy” and “Hello Walls” to his days as country music’s first real hippie to the pla...

 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 Anchoring the ship, of course, was Willie Nelson, the grizzled American legend known for his long braids and endless appetite for touring. On this excursion through a few Canadian cities, he was joined by old friend, 83-year-old Nashville gentleman Ray Price and the Boxmasters, the ban...

 TN I guess the most songs are by Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand, but I’m real heavy on Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and Randy Travis. I have all the Andrew Lloyd Webber music and my favorite singer is probably one who I heard on Broadway ...

By LindaLee All the many, many artists who have recorded this song have their own unique fresh take on the song, based on their own experience of music and peace and justice.  You can hear all the beautiful versions at the Willie Nelson Peace Research website at http://WillieNelsonPRI.com.  Willie...

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 The 75-year-old ‘outlaw’ country singer looks to some home-grown solutions to help President Obama fix the economic crisis http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk Willie Nelson has some advice for President Obama on how to fix the mess America has got itself into, and, just like the lyrics the gr...

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 For exactly one hour and a half, the irresistible 75-year-old and his trusty, well-worn, well-known, old Martin guitar named Trigger played song after hit song from Nelson’s six-decade career: “Still Is Still Moving to Me,” “Whiskey for My Men, Beer for My Horses,” “Funny How Time Slip...

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 Brody Vercher The best of them — and this will come as no surprise to Texans — is a man named Willie Nelson who has recently recorded an album so remarkable that it calls for a redefinition of the term “country music.” The difference between Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger and any other current C&W album,...

By LindaLee Willie Nelson undoubtedly still has “it.” Maybe it is that he doesn’t have a big persona, maybe it’s that he still uses “Trigger,” his legendary and well used hole-where-a-pick-guard-should-be guitar, or maybe it is just that Willie Nelson is a living definition of “it.”

By Daniel Kreps • The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach Announces Solo Debut, Tour Willie Nelson plots a tour of the western United States, the Black Keys schedule a quintet of shows and moe. jams on into 2009. Follow the jump for the complete set of tour dates. Willie Nelson November 21 - Jonesboro, AR @ ASU Convocatio...

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 LindaLee Beyong Golf, Nelson has kindly agreed to talk to Goldmine about his newest DVD release, Willie Nelson:  Live in Amsterdam.  (Image Enterainment) and a few other topics, including his most recent album, Rainbow connection (Island Records) and his forthcoming relase, The Great Divide.

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 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.