But as you’ll see in the below list of the Top 10 Willie Nelson ... versions of songs written by others. Johnny Bush’s “Whiskey River,” first recorded by Nelson in 1973 but perfected ...

Willie Nelson is one of ... performers in the world, 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 from others.

Sometimes lost in the fog of pot jokes about the world's most famous ... He Wrote His First Song at Age Seven Growing up in Abbott, Texas during the Great Depression, Nelson's grandfather bought ...

Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kenny Rogers are shining stars in country music ...

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 ...

Willie Nelson is as known for his activism as his incredible, long-lived country music career. Here's how he made a ...

Nelson attended Baylor briefly but dropped out in the 1950s as his musical career took off. By the late '80s, he was a bonafide superstar, having written and sung some of the most iconic songs in ...

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.