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Willie Nelson
Genre: Country
Origin: Abbott, TX, United States
Born/Formed: April 29, 1933
Zodiac: Taurus ♉ Read artist horoscope
Willie Nelson is one of the most groundbreaking, history-making country artists to have emerged in the 20th century, a key architect of the Nashville Sound of the ’60s and the outlaw-country movement in the ’70s. Born in Abbott, TX, in 1933 and influenced as much by jazz standards as country, he first found fame as a songwriter, penning standards of his own like the Patsy Cline smash “Crazy” and the Faron Young evergreen “Hello Walls.” Willie’s upbringing on Western swing’s boundary-busting jazz-country blend became an important ingredient of the special sauce he cooked up with the rough ’n’ ready outlaw-country template on mid-’70s albums like Shotgun Willie, Phases and Stages, and Red Headed Stranger, infusing the records with honky-tonk spirit and rock ’n’ roll attitude. Later, usually backed by his stalwart road band The Family, Willie brought his serpentine, swinging croon and Django Reinhardt-goes-cowboy guitar sound to explorations of the Great American Songbook (Stardust), gospel, and more. One of country’s most influential artists, the indefatigable road dog maintained a relentless recording and touring pace into his nineties.
![Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/b6/f7/49/b6f749c6-5d5c-cc69-73ec-4c7f26358a2c/828765726726.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/ca/a1/d4/caa1d494-e5b7-dd2c-f3d6-03684dadd292/886447676875.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![Are You Sure (feat. Willie Nelson) [Hidden Track]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music115/v4/31/2f/6c/312f6c94-3035-398b-8217-e79f0c2dfc63/15UMGIM22460.rgb.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/c5/a7/d0/c5a7d03a-fcdc-8b0d-a246-808db1e8bdde/884977736007.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) [With Willie Nelson]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/0e/40/c3/0e40c3bd-416b-57ce-2647-2b044191fee2/886443018266.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
