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Willie
Nelson(born
Willie Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933)
is an American entertainer and songwriter, born
and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his
greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw
country" movement of the 1970s.
His grandparents William Alfred Nelson
and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers gave him
mail-order music lessons starting at age
six. Willie played the guitar, while
Bobbie played the piano. He met Bud
Fletcher, a fiddler, and both siblings
joined his band, Bohemian Fiddlers,
while Nelson was in high school.
After graduation, Nelson joined the Air Force, but left after about a
year due to back problems. He also
attended Baylor University for one year.
Eventually, he became a DJ at a country
music radio station in Fort Worth, while
singing locally in honky tonk bars. 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.
Eventually Nelson moved to Tennessee,
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), 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.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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