Before Willie Nelson moved to Austin, braided his hair, and created a country music counter-culture, he was a clean-cut songwriter cutting his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. While Willie, then known ...

One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. A predilection for writing lyrics and drinking helped Nelson find his people there. The late songwriter Hank Cochran, a ...

During his VH1 Storytellers performance alongside another legendary singer Johnny Cash, Nelson took a moment to share the original title of this song. “The original title was 'Stupid,'" Nelson told ...

The country legend penned hits for everyone from Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin. Here are eight songs you might not know Willie Nelson wrote.

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We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of songwriters, it should have been added that "adversity plus talent – ...

On this day (August 21) in 1961, Patsy Cline started the recording sessions for “Crazy” at Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Written by Willie Nelson, “Crazy” became a hit for Cline and her ...

She knew her time on earth was short. When you think of the legends of country music, Patsy Cline has to be close to the top ...

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One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. Willie Nelson drove into Houston from the Pacific Northwest in 1958 with big dreams, dubious prospects and a growing family.

When singer Willie Nelson was still a relatively unknown songwriter in Nashville, he was a vendor of sorts and selling his songs to more prominent artists for a chance to get them heard. One of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During his VH1 Storytellers performance alongside another legendary singer Johnny Cash, Nelson took a moment to share the original ...