Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (fødd 30. april 1933) er ein amerikansk countrymusikar, låtskrivar og filmskodespelar.^[1]

Willie Nelson
Fødd	29. april 1933 (92 år)
Fødestad	Abbott
Fødenamn	Willie Hugh Nelson
Opphav	USA
Aktiv	1956–
Sjanger	country, pop, progressiv country, americana, blues, popstandardard, rock, Americana, countryrock, outlaw country
Instrument	gitar, stålstrengsgitar, elektrisk gitar, akustisk gitar, klassisk gitar, vokal
Plateselskap	Blue Note, Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Island Records, Legacy, Liberty, RCA Records, Universal Music Group Nashville, Challenge, Impex Records
Verka som	songar-låtskrivar, skribent, skodespelar, songar, gitarist, filmprodusent, forfattar, gründer, TV-produsent, studiomusiker, taekwondoutøver, filmregissør, fjernsynsskodespelar, musikkprodusent, miljøvernar
Gift med	Shirley Collie Nelson, Martha Matthews
Born	Lukas Nelson, Micah Nelson, Paula Nelson
Prisar	Grammy Legend Award, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Favorite Country Single, Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Favorite Country Single, Favorite Country Male Artist, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Single, Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Male Artist, American Music Award of Merit, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, Gershwin Prize, Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Nelson var fødd i Abbott i Texas.^[2] Han blei oppseda av besteforeldra sine i Arkansas.^[3][4]

Utvalde verk

Album

Willie Nelson i Cardiff 2007

• Yesterday's Wine (1971)
• Shotgun Willie (1973)
• Troublemaker (1973)
• Phases and Stages (1974)
• Red Headed Stranger (1975)
• Sound in Your Mind (1976)
• Wanted: The Outlaws! (1976), med Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser og Waylon Jennings*
• Stardust (1978)
• Willie and Family Live (1978)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1981], med Freddie Powers
• Greatest Hits and Some That Will Be (1981)
• The Winning Hand (1982), med Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson og Brenda Lee
• Always On My Mind (1982)
• Pancho and Lefty (1982), med Merle Haggard
• City of New Orleans (1984)
• Music From Songwriter (1984), med Kris Kristofferson
• Promised Land (1986)
• The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? (1992)
• Across The Borderline (1993)
• Healing Hands of Time (1994)
• Revolutions of Time 1975-1993 (1995)
• Teatro (1998)
• The Great Divide (2002)
• Crazy: The Demo Sessions (200)
• Angels & Outlaws (2004)
• Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia (2005)
• Countryman (2005)
• You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (2006)

• That's Life (2021)
• A Beautiful Time (2022)

Album med The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings og Kris Kristofferson)

• Highwaymen (Columbia, 1985)
• Live (Image, 1986)
• Highwaymen 2 (Columbia, 1990)
• The Road Goes On Forever (Liberty, 1995)
• Highwaymen Ride Again (Sony, 1995)
• Super Hits (Columbia, 1999)
• The Road Goes On Forever [Bonus Tracks] (Capitol/EMI, 2005)
• The Road Goes On Forever [CD & DVD] (Capitol, 2005)
• Country Legends (DeLuxe Holland, 2005)

Album med Waylon Jennings

• Waylon and Willie (RCA, 1978)
• WWII (RCA, 1982)

Singlar

(utval)

• «Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain» (1975, førsteplass på Hot Country Songs-lista)
• «Georgia on My Mind» (1978)
• «September Song» (1979)
• «White Christmas» (1979)
• «Help Me Make It Through the Night» (1980)
• «Let It Be Me» (1982)
• «Take It to the Limit» (1983)
• «Always on My Mind» (1982, førsteplass på Hot Country Songs-lista)^[5]
• «City of New Orleans» (1984, førsteplass på Hot Country Songs-lista)^[5]
• «Mendocino County Line», m. Lee Ann Womack
• «Have You Ever Seen the Rain» m. Paula Nelson (2019)^[6]

Filmar

Willie med gitaren sin «Trigger» i Cardiff i Wales (2007)

• The Electric Horseman (1979)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
• Thief (1981)
• Barbarosa (1982)
• Songwriter (1984)
• Red-Headed Stranger (1986)
• Stagecoach (1986)
• Wag the Dog (1997)
• Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me (1997)
• Half Baked (1998)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
• Angles In Montgomery (2006)