With a career spanning six decades, Willie Nelson is one of the most well-known artists in country music history and is credited with being one of the leading members of the 1970s Outlaw Country era. In 1985, he teamed up with fellow outlaw artists Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash to create the powerhouse country music group, The Highwaymen.
Throughout his 60-year-long career, activist, author, and native Texan Nelson has released 115 solo/collaboration albums, won seven GRAMMY® awards, written countless hit songs for other country music icons, and received county music’s highest honor in 1993 when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
With a career spanning six decades, Willie Nelson is one of the most well-known artists in country music history and is credited with being one of the leading members of the 1970s Outlaw Country era. In 1985, he teamed up with fellow outlaw artists Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash to create the powerhouse country music group, The Highwaymen.
Throughout his 60-year-long career, activist, author, and native Texan Nelson has released 115 solo/collaboration albums, won seven GRAMMY® awards, written countless hit songs for other country music icons, and received county music’s highest honor in 1993 when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
With a career spanning six decades, Willie Nelson is one of the most well-known artists in country music history and is credited with being one of the leading members of the 1970s Outlaw Country era. In 1985, he teamed up with fellow outlaw artists Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash to create the powerhouse country music group, The Highwaymen.
Throughout his 60-year-long career, activist, author, and native Texan Nelson has released 115 solo/collaboration albums, won seven GRAMMY® awards, written countless hit songs for other country music icons, and received county music’s highest honor in 1993 when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.