I asked Merle, ‘Come sing on this,’ and he did," remembered Nelson as he started to revisit his 1989 song "A Horse Called ...

Johnny Christopher wrote the song, but Willie made it his own. Georgia on My Mind (1978) Though Ray Charles also sings this ...

He Wrote His First Song at Age Seven Growing up in Abbott ... the scent of weed wafts from what locals have dubbed "Willie World." Encompassing Nelson's 700-acre ranch and nearby properties ...

Country music is often viewed as conservative. Willie Nelson has a uniquely diverse audience, stemming from his liberal ...

Willie Nelson is one of the most significant musicians ... but Nelson's songcraft is really at the heart of his success — both the songs he has written, and the songs he chooses to record ...

The blazing firefight that inspired Willie Nelson's 1973 hit "Shotgun Willie" and gave him his iconic nickname of the same title.

Willie Nelson wrote the song when he was struggling to launch his career and legend has it that he nearly sold it at a knockdown price as he was so short of money. In his autobiography ...

The Allman Brothers kick-started his candidacy and Willie Nelson smoked marijuana at the White House. Mr. Carter’s tastes ...

He chose to crawl. Willie Nelson plays the final set at Farm Aid at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut ... Wakefield of Amarillo has written online about how she watched ...

Willie Nelson is a country music icon ... enrolling Willie in mail-order lessons at age six. He wrote his first song when he was seven and began playing in a local band at age nine.