Some big time stars - Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Craig Morgan and Willie Nelson, to name a few - are putting their old guitar strings to good use. They're donating them to an orginization that recycles the strings and turns them into bracelets.
Dan ‘Bee’ Spears, who served as the bassist in Wille Nelson‘s touring band for over 40 years and who played on several of the singer’s crucial albums, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday (Dec. 8). Spears was 62.
Country legend Willie Nelson has been forced to postpone back-to-back shows this week due to an unspecified illness. A statement on his website only explained Thursday night’s postponement in Washington D.C., saying, “The show tonight at 9:30 Club has been postponed due to illness. All tickets will be honored for the new date once it is rescheduled. Check back soon for more details.”
Willie Nelson is one of the first country stars to comment on the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the legend is giving the demonstrations a big thumbs up. Nelson wrote a poem that could be titled ‘We’re the Ones With the 99,’ and along with his wife, recites it in the video below.
Even as rescue workers continue to battle the wildfires that have raged through Texas throughout September, organizers are putting together a benefit to help pay for some of the more than $250 million worth of damage the fires have left behind.
Scheduled for October 17, ‘Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas’ has lined up an impressive array of artists and bands with roots in the Lone Star State, including the Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, and Lyle Lovett.
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Over the course of his long career, Willie Nelson has dabbled in a wide variety of genres, from reggae to adult contemporary to blues and beyond. Along the way, he’s worked with and covered a staggering number of artists — and now that list includes Coldplay.
Nelson covered the band’s hit song ‘The Scientist’ recently, contributing his version to the soundtrack of a short film entitled ‘Back to the Start.’
May 18, 2011 As Jamey Johnson gets ready to join Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown tour, he'll have to find small chunks of time to get his other projects done.
May 12, 2011 This year's Farm Aid concert will go where it's never gone before: the state of Kansas.
May 7, 2011 Classic country this morning will spotlight some songs around the lady we aree all giving honor to this weekend - "Mom."
April 29, 2011 Willie Nelson will wrap up his Country Throwdown tour on Independence Day in his favorite way.
April 12, 2011 One-point-six million dollars — and counting. So far, that's what a concert in Hawaii to help victims of last month's disaster in Japan has brought in.
April 1, 2011 A Texas judge says Willie Nelson won't have to sing in court to resolve marijuana possession charges — and a suggestion that he do so was a joke.
