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Willie Nelson
Background information
Birth name	Willie Hugh Nelson
Born	April 30, 1933 (1933-04-30) (age 75)
Origin	Abbott, Texas, U.S.
Genre(s)	Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Folk, Reggae, Blues
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer, Session Musician, Actor, Activist
Instrument(s)	Acoustic Guitar
Years active	1956 – Present
Label(s)	Liberty, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia, Island, Justice Records, Lost Highway
Associated acts	Waylon Jennings The Highwaymen Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Ray Price Merle Haggard Johnny Bush Julio Iglesias U2 Kurt Nilsen
Website	www.willienelson.com
Notable instrument(s)
Martin N-20 "Trigger"

Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most beloved and notorious country music singers. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture. In recent years he has continued to tour, record, and perform, and this, combined with activities in advocacy of cannabis, as well as a well-publicized 2006 arrest for cannabis possession, have made him the subject of renewed media attention.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Popular songwriter 1.3 Austin 1.4 Outlaw country 1.5 Acting career 1.6 Hits, excesses, and Farm Aid 1.7 Hard-Drivin' American troubadour 1.8 Activism 1.9 Personal life 1.10 Popular image 1.11 The Willie Nelson family 2 Discography 3 Filmography 4 Books 5 Awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External links 8.1 Official websites 8.2 Interviews 8.3 Film 8.4 Photos

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

Nelson was born and raised in Abbott, Texas, the son of Myrtle and Ira D. Nelson, who was a mechanic and pool hall owner.^[1] His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. He wrote his first song when he was seven and was playing in a local band at age nine.^[2] Willie played the guitar, while his sister Bobbie played the piano. He met Bud Fletcher, a fiddler, and two siblings joined his band, Bohemian Fiddlers, while Nelson was in high school. While he was in high school he took part in the National FFA Organization (formerly know as the Future Farmers of America).

Beginning in high school Nelson worked as a disc jockey for local radio stations. Nelson had short DJ stints with KHBR in Hillsboro, Texas, and later with KBOP in Pleasanton, Texas, while singing locally in honky tonk bars.^[3]

Nelson graduated from Abbott High School in 1951. He joined the Air Force the same year but was discharged after nine months due to back problems.^[4] He then studied agriculture at Baylor University for one year in 1954.

In 1956, Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, to begin a musical career, recording "Lumberjack," which was written by Leon Payne. The single sold fairly well, but did not establish a career. Nelson continued to work as a radio announcer in Vancouver and sing in clubs. He sold a song called "Family Bible" for $50; the song was a hit for Claude Gray in 1960, has been covered widely and is often considered a gospel music classic.

[edit] Popular songwriter

Nelson moved to Nashville in 1960, but was unable to land a record label contract. He did, however, receive a publishing contract at Pamper Music. After Ray Price recorded Nelson's "Night Life" (reputedly the most covered country song of all time; a version "Night Life" was even recorded by convicted killer and former cult leader Charles Manson^[5]), Nelson joined Price's touring band as a bass player. While playing with Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, many of Nelson's songs became hits for some of country and pop music's biggest stars of the time. These songs include "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker), "Hello Walls" (Faron Young), "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison) and most famously, "Crazy" (Patsy Cline). Nelson signed with Liberty Records in 1961 and released several singles, including "Willingly" (sung with his wife, Shirley Collie) and "Touch Me."

He was unable to keep his momentum going, however, and Nelson's career ground to a halt. Demo recordings from his years as a songwriter for Pamper Music were later discovered and released as Crazy: The Demo Sessions (2003).

[edit] Austin

In 1965, Nelson moved to RCA Victor Records and joined the Grand Ole Opry. He followed this with a series of minor hits and then retired and moved to Austin, Texas. While in Austin, with its burgeoning "hippie" music scene (see Armadillo World Headquarters), Nelson decided to return to music. His popularity in Austin soared, as he played his own brand of country music marked by rock and roll, jazz, western swing, and folk influences. A lifelong passion for running and a new commitment to his own health also began during this period.

[edit] Outlaw country

Nelson signed with Atlantic Records and released Shotgun Willie (1973), which won excellent reviews but did not sell well. Phases and Stages (1974), a concept album inspired by his divorce, included the hit single "Bloody Mary Morning." Nelson then moved to Columbia Records, where he was given complete creative control over his work. The result was the critically acclaimed, massively popular concept album, Red Headed Stranger (1975). Although Columbia was reluctant to release an album with primarily a guitar and piano for accompaniment, Nelson insisted (with the assistance of Waylon Jennings) and the album was a huge hit, partially because it included a popular cover of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (written by Fred Rose in 1945). "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became Nelson's first number one hit as a singer.

Along with Nelson, Waylon Jennings was also achieving success in country music in the early 1970s, and the pair were soon combined into a genre called outlaw country ("outlaw" because it did not conform to Nashville standards). Nelson's outlaw image was cemented with the release of the album Wanted! The Outlaws (1976, with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser), country music's first platinum album. Nelson continued to top the charts with hit songs during the late 1970s, including "Good Hearted Woman" (a duet with Jennings), "Remember Me", "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time", "Uncloudy Day", "I Love You a Thousand Ways", and "Something to Brag About" (a duet with Mary Kay Place).

In 1978, Nelson released two more platinum albums, Waylon and Willie (a collaboration with Jennings that included "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," which was written and originally recorded as a hit single by Ed Bruce a couple of years earlier), and Stardust, an unusual, string-based album of popular standards. It was produced by Booker T. Jones. Though most observers predicted that Stardust would ruin his career, it ended up being one of his most successful recordings.

[edit] Acting career

Nelson began acting, appearing in The Electric Horseman (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Thief (1981), and Barbarosa (1982). Also in 1982 he played "Red Loon," in Coming Out of the Ice with John Savage. In 1984 he starred in the movie Songwriter with Kris Kristoferson guest starring. He then had the lead role in Red Headed Stranger (1986, with Morgan Fairchild), Wag the Dog (1997), Gone Fishin (1997) as Billy 'Catch' Pooler, the 1986 TV movie Stagecoach (with Johnny Cash), and Dukes of Hazard (2006) with Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson, whom along with Cash would form a band with Nelson called The Highwaymen).

He has continued acting since his early successes, but usually in smaller roles and cameos, some of which involve his status as a cannabis activist and icon. One of his more popular recent cameos was a performance in Half Baked as an elderly "Historian Smoker" who, while smoking marijuana, would reminisce about how things used to be in his younger years. Nelson also appeared as himself in the 2006 movie Beerfest, looking for teammates to join him in a mythical world-championship cannabis-smoking contest held in Amsterdam.

He has made guest appearances on Miami Vice, Delta, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons, Monk, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, King of the Hill, and The Colbert Report. He played Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard, the 2005 cinematic treatment of the television series, and was the only member of the big screen cast to reprise the role in the TV/DVD movie prequel The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007) (V). He also briefly appeared in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

[edit] Hits, excesses, and Farm Aid

The Eighties saw a series of hit singles: "[(originally made popular, "On the Road Again" from the movie Honeysuckle Rose and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (a rather incongruous duet with Julio Iglesias). There were also more popular albums, including Pancho & Lefty (1982, with Merle Haggard), WWII (1982, with Waylon Jennings) and Take it to the Limit (1983, with Waylon Jennings).

In the mid-1980s, Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash formed a group called The Highwaymen. They achieved unexpectedly massive success, including platinum record sales and worldwide touring. Meanwhile, he became more and more involved in charity work, such as establishing the Farm Aid concerts in 1985.

In 1990, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) handed Nelson a bill for $16.7 million in back taxes and seized most of his assets to help pay the charges. He released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? as a double album, with all profits going straight to the IRS. Many of his assets were auctioned and purchased by friends, who gave his possessions back to him or rented them at a nominal fee. He sued accounting firm Price Waterhouse, contending that they put him into tax shelters that were later disallowed.^[6] The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount.^[7] His debts were paid by 1993.

In 1996, Willie Nelson was featured on the Beach Boys' now out-of-print album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 singing a cover of their 1964 song "The Warmth of the Sun" with the Beach Boys themselves providing the harmonies and backing vocals. He also starred in Baywatch as an old man in boxer shorts.

[edit] Hard-Drivin' American troubadour

He released Across the Borderline in 1993, with guests Bob Dylan, Sinéad O'Connor, David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristofferson and Paul Simon.

During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson has toured continuously and released albums that generally received mixed reviews, with the exception of 1998's critically acclaimed Teatro (which was produced by Daniel Lanois—more commonly known for his work with U2—and featured supporting vocals by Emmylou Harris). Later that year, he joined rock band Phish onstage for several songs as part of the annual Farm Aid festival. He also performed a duet concert with fellow Highwayman Johnny Cash, recorded for the VH1 Storytellers series.

Nelson received Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. A star-studded television special celebrating his 70th birthday aired in 2003. In 2004, he released Outlaws & Angels, featuring guests Toby Keith, Joe Walsh, Merle Haggard, Kid Rock, Al Green, Shelby Lynne, Carole King, Toots Hibbert, Ben Harper, Lee Ann Womack, The Holmes Brothers, Los Lonely Boys, Lucinda Williams, Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis and Rickie Lee Jones. Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski will be released in April, 2008. Mr. Patoski did over 100 interviews with Willie, his family, his band, the people he grew up with in Abbott, and many others. This is part biography, part memoir, part history, from the depression to Willie as he celebrates his 75th birthday.

[edit] Activism

In 2004, Nelson and his wife Annie became partners with Bob and Kelly King in the building of two Pacific Bio-diesel plants, one in Salem, Oregon, and the other at Carl's Corner, Texas, (the Texas plant was founded by Carl Cornelius, a longtime Nelson friend). In 2005, Nelson and several other business partners formed Willie Nelson Bio-diesel^[8] ("Bio-Willie"), a company that is marketing bio-diesel bio-fuel to truck stops. The fuel is made from vegetable oil (mainly soybean oil), and can be burned without modification in diesel engines.^[9]

Nelson is a co-chair of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advisory board. He has worked with NORML for years for marijuana decriminalization and has produced commercials for NORML that have appeared on Pot TV programs. In 2005, Nelson and his family hosted the first annual "Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament," which appeared on the cover of High Times magazine.

On January 9, 2005, Nelson headlined an all-star concert at Austin Music Hall to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Tsunami Relief Austin to Asia raised an estimated $120,000 for UNICEF and two other organizations.

Nelson was a supporter of Kinky Friedman's campaign in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election. In 2005, he recorded a radio advertisement asking for support to put Friedman on the ballot as an independent candidate. Friedman promised Willie a job in Austin as the head of a new Texas Energy Commission due to Nelson's support of bio-fuels. (Friedman was on the ballot but came in fourth with 12.43 percent, losing to Republican Rick Perry.

Nelson supported Dennis Kucinich's campaign in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries. He raised money, appeared at events, composed a song ("Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth?"), and contributing a quote for the front cover of Kucinich's book for the campaign.

Nelson is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum.^[10]

Nelson is an advocate for horses and their treatment. He has been campaigning for passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) with the Animal Welfare Institute. He is on the Board of Directors and has adopted a number of horses from Habitat for Horses.^[11]

In March 2007, Ben & Jerry's released a new flavor, "Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler Ice Cream". Nelson's proceeds will be donated to Farm Aid.^[12] The flavor has been re-released^[13] and is now available, after Ben & Jerry's voluntary recall of 250,000 pints of the new flavor on March 19, 2007, as wheat was incorrectly excluded from the list of ingredients.^[14]

Willie Nelson founded the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute in April 2007. Nelson and his daughter Amy Nelson wrote a song called "A Peaceful Solution", which they released into the public domain, and encouraged artists to render their own version of the song, which he would feature on the Institute's web site.^[15]

Nelson questions the official story of what happened on September 11th. On February 4th, 2008, Nelson appeared on Alex Jones's radio show and talked about the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, stating his belief that the Twin Towers were imploded: "I saw one fall and it was just so symmetrical, I said wait a minute I just saw that last week at the casino in Las Vegas and you see these implosions all the time and the next one fell and I said hell there's another one - and they're trying to tell me that an airplane did it and I can't go along with that." ^[16][17]

[edit] Personal life

Willie Nelson has been married four times and fathered seven children.

1. Martha Matthews from 1952-1962. Children are Lana, Susie, and Billy (who died in 1991).
2. Shirley Collie from 1963-1971.
3. Connie Koepke from 1971-1988. Children are Paula Carlene and Amy Lee.
4. Annie D'Angelo from 1991-present. Children are Lukas Autry and Jacob Micah.

Nelson can trace his genealogy back to the American Revolutionary War, in which his ancestor John Nelson served as a major.^[18]

Nelson is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon international fraternity.

[edit] Popular image

Willie Nelson is widely recognized as an American icon. His distinctive music and other social and political activities sometimes take a backseat to his pop-culture public image (firmly grounded in the acknowledged reality of his life) - that of an elderly, lifelong marijuana-smoking, tax-evading, biodiesel-burning, old-school cowboy-hippie troubadour. His image is marked by his red hair, often divided into two long braids partially concealed under a bandana. He has been featured in recent advertisements for a variety of products and companies, including a 2002 spot directed by Peter Lindbergh for Gap where he performs Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" alongside Ryan Adams.

During the controversial mid-decade 2003 Texas redistricting attempt by Republicans in the Texas Legislature, Nelson supported the quorum-busting "Killer Ds," Democrats who left the state and briefly stayed at a Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma to prevent the Texas House of Representatives from considering the legislation.^[19] Nelson sent the legislators a case of red bandanas, T-shirts, and a case of whiskey with a note that read "Stand your ground."^[20] According to Time, "The Dems then broke into a campfire-style sing-along of Merle Haggard's 'Okie from Muskogee' from a second-floor balcony...At a press briefing that evening, legislator Jim McReynolds said, "We have not heard from Governor (Rick) Perry or Speaker (Tom) Craddick, but we have heard from the most powerful Texan of all, Willie Nelson."^[21]

In 2005, Democratic Texas Senator Gonzalo Barrientos introduced a bill to name 49 miles of the Travis County section of State Highway 130, after Nelson. At one point, Barrientos had 23 of the 31 state Senators as co-sponsors.^[22] The legislation was dropped after two Republican senators, Florence Shapiro and Jeff Wentworth, pulled the bill from the Senate's "Local and Uncontested Calendar" and Barrientos decided not to put it on the regular calendar. Republicans' objections were based on Nelson's lack of connection to the highway, his fundraisers for Democrats, his drinking and his marijuana advocacy.^[23][24]

Nelson also volunteered to narrate "The Austin Disaster, 1911", a little-known documentary about a flood in Potter County, Pennsylvania (see Floods in the United States). Before the tragedy, an unrelated William "Willie" Nelson repeatedly warned residents of possible dam failure.^[25]

In 2002 Willie released the album, "The Great Divide." A few songs on the album were written by Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 and Bernie Taupin. Rob Thomas contributed background vocals and made an appearance in the video for, "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)." Lee Ann Womack appeared on the song, "Mendocino County Line" which was also released as a single (Mendocino County is an actual county located in California. Mendocino county voters approved Measure G, which calls for the decriminalization of marijuana when used and cultivated for personal use). Other guests on "The Great Divide" include Kid Rock, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, and Alison Krauss. Willie also covered Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time."

Willie Nelson performed a duet on "Beer for my Horses" with Toby Keith on Keith's Unleashed album released in 2002. This song was released as a single in 2003 and Nelson shot a video with Keith in 2003. It won an award for "Best Video" at the Academy of Country Music Awards held on May 26, 2004.

In 2002, Nelson signed a deal to become the official spokesman of the Texas Roadhouse, a fast-growing chain of steakhouses in the U.S. Since then, Nelson has heavily promoted the chain (including a special on Food Network). Meanwhile the Texas Roadhouse itself installed "Willie's Corner" at several locations, which is a section dedicated to Nelson and decked out with memorabilia of him.

No stranger to controversy, he released the Tex-Mex style "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other," a song about gay cowboys, as a digital single through the iTunes Music Store on Valentine's Day 2006, shortly after the release of the film Brokeback Mountain (which also featured Nelson on the soundtrack). He deadpans his way through the song, with such phrases as "What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?" and "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out." The song was written and first recorded more than twenty years previously by musicologist/songwriter Ned Sublette and had also been covered, prior to Nelson's version, by queercore band Pansy Division.

In 2006, Julio Iglesias recorded Willie's hit "Always on My Mind" for Iglesias' upcoming Romantic Classics album, due out September 19, 2006. This song was recorded 20 years after Julio and Willie teamed up for "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."

In the April 2007 issue of Stuff Magazine Nelson was interviewed about his long locks.^[26] "I started braiding my hair when it started getting too long, and that was, I don't know, probably in the 70's."

On January 29, 2008 Nelson released his latest album entitled Moment of Forever.^[27] The album includes covers of classics, originals written by Nelson, and Worry B. Gone, a duet with Kenny Chesney (who co-produced the album with Buddy Cannon)^{[citation needed]}.

The January 2008 issue of the High Times magazine has Willie Nelson on the cover with an interview.^[28]

In May 2008, Nelson appeared on a duet with Norwegian pop star and former World Idol winner Kurt Nilsen on the country classic "Lost Highway". The single topped the Norwegian charts and was released on Nilsen's album Rise To The Occasion. Subsequent reports have stated that Nelson is eager to expand the collaboration further.^[29]

[edit] The Willie Nelson family

Nelson's touring and recording group is a collection of a number of longstanding members, including his sister Bobbie Nelson, longtime drummer Paul English, harmonicist Mickey Raphael, Bee Spears, Billy English (Paul's younger brother), and Jody Payne. Willie tours North America in his bio-diesel (aka "Bio-Willie" - Willie Nelson Bio-diesel) bus, the "Honeysuckle Rose IV."

Nelson's principal guitar is a Martin N-20 nylon-string acoustic, which he has named "Trigger", after Roy Rogers' horse. Constant strumming over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the sound hole. Its soundboard has been signed over the years by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and associates, from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Filmography

Year	Movie
1979	The Electric Horseman
1980	Honeysuckle Rose
1981	Thief
1982	Barbarosa
1984	Songwriter
1986	Red-Headed Stranger
1986	Stagecoach
1988	Once Upon a Texas Train
1996	Starlight
1997	Gone Fishin'
1997	Wag the Dog
1998	Half Baked
1999	Outlaw Justice
2003	The Austin Disaster, 1911
2005	The Dukes of Hazzard
2006	Beerfest
2006	Broken Bridges[30]
2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007	Blonde Ambition
2008	Swing Vote
2008	Surfer Dude
2008	Shoot Out of Luck
2008	The Boom Boom Room

[edit] Books

Willie: Autobiography	1988	Bud Shrake	ISBN 0-8154-1080-8
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes	2002		ISBN 0-375-50731-0
The Tao of Willie	2006	Turk Pipkin	ISBN 1-59240-197-X
Willie Nelson: An Epic Life	2008	Joe Nick Patoski	ISBN 0316017787

[edit] Awards

Year	Organization	Award
1975	Grammy	Best Male Country Vocal Performance
1976	CMA	Vocal Duo of the Year
1976	CMA	Single of the Year
1976	CMA	Album of the Year
1977	American Music Awards	Favorite Single
1978	Grammy	Best Male Country Vocal Performance
1978	Grammy	Best Country Performance by Duo/Group W/Vocals
1979	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
1979	ACM	Entertainer of the Year
1980	Grammy	Best Country Song
1982	Grammy	Best Male Country Vocal Performance
1982	CMA	Single of the Year
1982	CMA	Album of the Year
1982	American Music Awards	Favorite Male Artist
1982	ACM	Single of the Year
1982	ACM	Album of the Year
1983	CMA	Vocal Duo of the Year
1983	American Music Awards	Favorite Album
1984	CMA	Vocal Duo of the Year
1984	American Music Awards	Favorite Male Artist
1984	ACM	Single of the Year
1985	ACM	Single of the Year
1986	American Music Awards	Favorite Single
1986	American Music Awards	Favorite Male Artist
1987	American Music Awards	Favorite Male Artist
1990	Grammy	Legend Awards
1995	TNN/Music City News	Minnie Pearl Award
1995	TNN/Music City News	Living Legend
1999	Grammy	Lifetime Achievement Award
2002	Grammy	Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
2002	CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards	Video Collaboration of the Year
2002	CMA	Vocal Event of the Year
2003	CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music	#4 ranking
2003	Grammy	Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
2004	CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards	Video Collaboration of the Year
2008	Grammy	Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

[edit] See also

• Academy of Country Music
• Austin Dam (until 1911 failure, and afterward until 1942 failure) (in Pennsylvania in the US)
• Best selling music artists
• Country Music Association
• Evergreen, Colorado
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
• List of best-selling music artists
• List of country musicians
• Music of Austin

[edit] References

• Allen, Bob. (1998). "Willie Nelson." In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 374-6.

[edit] External links

[edit] Official websites

• Willie Nelson's "World Headquarters" (Official Site)
• Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute (Official Site)
• Willie Nelson's Live Music Downloads (Official Site)
• Club Luck
• at the Country Music Hall of Fame
• Farm Aid's Official Site
• BioWillie Fuel
• Nelson's Biodiesel Company
• Willie Nelson - MySpace
• Official Willie Nelson Lost Highway Artist Page
• Willie Nelson at Rolling Stone
• Willie Nelson at Last.fm

[edit] Interviews

• Willie Nelson: A Pot-Smoking Outlaw-Hippie From Austin
• Fresh Air Interview
• Willie Nelson Bets on Biodiesel

[edit] Film

• Willie Nelson at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] Photos

• Will at the Ritz 1974

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NAME	Nelson, Willie Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American entertainer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Abbott, Texas, United States of America
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH