Willie Nelson

By LindaLee I had to post this picture again; it’s so nice.   PBS will air this Austin City Limits show featuring Willie Nelson, Mickey Raphael and Asleep at the Wheel tomorrow night.  I had to post this picture again; it’s so nice.   PBS will air this Austin City Limits show featuring Willie Nelson, Mick...

By LindaLee PBS will broadcast the Austin City Limits starring Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, on November 14, 2009.         From the ACL taping program on February 23, 2009: Singer-songwriter author, poet and actor, Willie Nelson rose to national stardom during the outlaw country movement o...

By LindaLee “Willie & the Wheel,” a collaboration with the group Asleep at the Wheel, is a swing dance concept album produced by “Mr. R&B,” the late Jerry Wexler. “American Classic” brings in Diana Krall and Norah Jones for a record of jazz standards. Willie Nelson & Family

You've no doubt heard of country musician Willie Nelson. With his signature hat and braids, the 76-year-old legend has played for high brow audiences and the low brow audience .

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 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.

 TX And it did work for a lot of the artists like Jim Reeves and Ray Price. It just didn't work for Willie. RO: On another topic, you're the one player from the Family Band that Willie does use on a lot of records and side projects that the Jazz at Lincoln ... Sun Spin: Willie Nelson JamBase

Mickey Raphael on Willie Nelson, Naked and Clothed Houston Press Sun Spin: Willie Nelson JamBase Music Review: Willie Nelson - Naked Willie Blogcritics.org

By LindaLee If you spend any time with Mickey Raphael, or read articles, you realize right away what a big Willie Nelson fan he is.    Think about it — for over thirty years, Mickey has been standing beside Willie Nelson on stage,  eyes focused on Willie.  That’s a lot of musical bonding.

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 Brody Vercher In the latest Rolling Stone, Vanessa Grigoriadis notes that aside from Willie Nelson’s project with Asleep at the Wheel, he has another album slated for early ‘09 titled Naked Willie. It’ll be produced by his harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, and consist of his RCA recordings from 1966 t...