Willie Nelson

Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, just north of Waco on April 29, 1933 but also celebrates on April 30.

Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, just north of Waco on April 29, 1933. But as he's explained in the past, he celebrates on the 30th, too.

A few obscure songs from one of the greatest songbooks in American music history. Willie Nelson performs in concert during The Luck Banquet on March 13, 2019 in ...

10. “Across the Borderline”: It’s the title track from something of a “comeback album” in 1993. Some of the covers are lovely (Cohen’s “Tower of Song”) and some are perhaps growers (the Beatles (“With a Little Help From My Friends”). But his voice – more frayed than it was before, but still unquestionably Willie – remains an incredibly expressive vessel. Nelson’s “My Way” (a Frank Sinatra tribute) and “That’s Life” (a companion album – check the album cover’s “In the Wee Small Hours” homage) are full of very old songs expressively reimagined. 9. “Spirit”: It’s a cheat to put an album on a list of songs. 7. “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”: Another standard, and the title track from a 2013 album that deserved more attention than it got. Nelson told me “Spirit” – ignored upon arrival in 1996 – might be his favorite recording of the scores he’s made. “And I thought it don’t matter, ‘cause it’s the holiday season, and you fill such a big empty space.” It’s a full narrative in under 40 words. 2. “The Local Memory”: Try the version from “Crazy: The Demo Sessions,” which – true to the title – collect some of Nelson’s spare early recordings he hoped to get other singers to cut. But the solo take on “Who’ll Buy My Memories, Vol. 1” has an absolutely perfect vocal and zero distractions from a direct and sad song. 1. “Let the Rest of the World Go By”: Nelson’s spirited “One for the Road” was a 1979 collaboration with the great singer-songwriter-keyboardist Leon Russell. It’s a studio recording that possesses the raggedy vibe of a live album. This week he releases “A Beautiful Time,” which is Nelson’s FOURTH album in the 2020s. Each album is a phase or stage or just another stop on one of the most rewarding discographies in popular recorded music.

Willie Nelson was born today in 1933 in Abbott, located 24 miles north of Waco. Nelson actually celebrates his birthday on two days: April 29 and April 30.

He will play the Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park in Dallas on July 2. To mark his birthday, Nelson is releasing his latest album today. So, it went out officially as the 30th.”

Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, just north of Waco on April 29, 1933. But as he's explained in the past, he celebrates on the 30th, too.

Happy birthday, Willie! Austin has been blessed to be one of your homes for so many years.We have a lot to get through so without further ado, as a birthday ...

Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. 87. With the new album, “A Beautiful Time,” Nelson now has 98 albums in his discography. 85. Nelson has a ranch where he lets horses run free in Hawaii, where he spends most of his time 71. When the IRS raided, Nelson mailed Trigger to his daughter in Hawaii for safekeeping. 84. Nelson is honorary chairman of the advisory board of the Texas Music Project, the official Texas music charity. 67. Nelson continued to top the charts with “Pancho & Lefty” in 1982, which he released with Merle Haggard and Chips Moman. 29. Tired of the corporate music scene in Nashville, Nelson moved to Austin in the early 1970s 61. In the summer of 1977, Nelson discovered his manager, Neil Reshen, had been filing tax extensions and not paying the IRS. 38. Nelson starred in “The Electric Horseman” alongside Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in 1979. 9. Nelson first learned to play “Amazing Grace” and wrote his first song when he was 7. 6. A lifelong performer, Nelson got onstage for the first time when he was five years old to recite a poem. 3. Nelson was born in 1933 in the tiny town of Abbott, Texas, which only had a population of about 326 people at the time.

Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, just north of Waco on April 29, 1933. But as he's explained in the past, he celebrates on the 30th, too.

Texas native and Grammy award-winning artist Willie Nelson turns 89-years-old today!

In Austin, you can find a statue of the singer, and several murals painted on walls of buildings honoring Nelson can be found throughout the state. After years of iconic music and achievements in Texas, the state's residents continue to show love and appreciation to the Grammy-winning artist. It's a benefit concert aiming to bring awareness to the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep families on their land. It also says Farm Aid has raised more than $64 million to promote resilience in the family farm system of agriculture. Nelson produced and starred in the pilot episode of PBS' Austin City Limits, taped on October 17, 1964. He's slated to kick off his latest tour on April 29 and 30 at the new Moody Center alongside George Strait and Randy Rogers Band. Nelson's tour runs until September 23, with a final show in Camden, New Jersey.