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EIGHTY SIX YEARS YOUNG TODAY!!!!
Willie Nelson: 10 Essential No. 1s
He is a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement award winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree and a member of both the Country Music and Songwriters Halls of Fame. He won the CMA for entertainer of the year in 1979 and in 2012, and he was the first recipient of the organizations Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Essentially, he is a national treasure.
While he prepares to release his new studio album Gods Problem Child on April 28, here are 10 essential Nelson No. 1s:
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
http://www.cmt.com/news/1776539/willie-nelson-10-essential-no-1s/
Willie Nelsons 86th Birthday to Be Celebrated With SiriusXM Concert Special
Dubbed Willie Nelsons 4-Day Birthday Weekend, the one-hour block kicks off April 27th at 7:00 p.m./ET and airs at various times through Tuesday night. The special consists of a conversation between Nelson and his daughter Paula, recorded at his kitchen counter during Marchs Luck Reunion, the annual music fest held at Nelsons ranch outside Austin, Texas. Nelsons full 45-minute Luck Reunion performance follows the interview, with special guest Nathaniel Rateliff joining the country icon and his sons Lukas and Micah on the show-closing gospel medley of Ill Fly Away and Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/willie-nelson-birthday-siriusxm-concert-828163/
panader0
(25,816 posts)A great guy.
malaise
(269,157 posts)of a decent human being - authentic to the bone marrow.
I think he's a global treasure. When I think country, he's always on my mind - and he's done some wicked reggae as well.
malaise
(269,157 posts)hear those guitars talk
Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Willie---live forever!!
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)This one's for you...
malaise
(269,157 posts)spanone
(135,861 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)for that stash
spanone
(135,861 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Only the authentic can do that
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I had a gerbil once who was fed with pot seeds and he lived twice as long as he was supposed to!
H2O Man
(73,593 posts)in concert last fall.
Happy birthday!
Recommended.
spanone
(135,861 posts)A great show....I've seen him several times since...a National Treasure
H2O Man
(73,593 posts)to a concert in many years. My sons brought me to see Ringo, then Willie and Neil Young a couple weeks later. Great shows.
spanone
(135,861 posts)H2O Man
(73,593 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)He was in concert with Neil Young.
malaise
(269,157 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)Celebrate!
java108
(129 posts)Who am I kidding? I planned on raising a spliff anyway.
Our government relaxed the laws - you can have five plants but they'll lock you up if you smoke in public.- wish Peter Tosh was alive for this
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Island - Jamaica - WI
ET Awful
(24,753 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Go DUers on twitter
malaise
(269,157 posts)Ken Burns
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Happy Birthday @WillieNelson. Here's an uncut clip from our upcoming COUNTRY MUSIC. On @PBS starting 9/15. @CountryMusic
https://twitter.com/KenBurns?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)safeinOhio
(32,714 posts)Live long Willie
malaise
(269,157 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Im delighted!
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)Early on, I really didn't like him or his music (silly me). As time went on, I grew to appreciate his acting ability and his humanitarian undertaking. I even enjoy his music now! He is a truly awesome human being with great talent! Happy birthday, Willie, and many more from one of your fans!
samnsara
(17,634 posts)Response to samnsara (Reply #37)
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stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Gothmog
(145,489 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)Have loved Willie for decades! Decades.
🎂 🎈🎈🎉
Today would have been my daughter's 36th birthday.
And it's Missy's 4th, she's our big yellow Lab who came into our lives via DUer MiniMe. 🐕
malaise
(269,157 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)And many more.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)He's booked solid into September.
Link: http://willienelson.com/tour/
He's enough to make that battery bunny jealous.