“Because I spent so much time listening to the stock market report,” said Hugh, and later, Willie and The Correspondents. The name ‘Willie’ was a tribute to Willie Nelson, and ‘The Correspondents’, because most members of the band had a connection to the Canberra Press...
Nelson has outlived nearly every member of that band, which backed him for decades of constant touring and recording. His little sister and piano player,Bobbie Nelson, died last year. She got her own tribute from Norah Jones, who banged the keys through the younger Nelson's s...
he would segue instead into the gospel hymn “I’ll Fly Away”). All are songs of loss, love, hope and faith in the hereafter — the greatest tribute Willie Nelson could offer his beloved sister.
“There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” Nelson once said of his Highwaymen bandmate at a 2009 award show tribute.Kristofferson, 88, died last month at his home on Maui, Hawaii. “He was a great songwriter. He left a lot of fantastic songs around for the rest of...
Spring” and earned his 53rd Top 10 album, a number for the record books as Nelson is the only artist to have a Top 10 album in seven consecutive decades (1960s to 2020s). His latest project, “That’s Life,” was released February 26th and is a big band tribute to Fran...
Maroon 5, Diplo, Willie Nelson NYE Concerts Air on SiriusXM Steve Aoki, Widespread Panic, KC & the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang will also perform year-end sets Music By Ryan Reed Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson Score Surprise Grammy Nominations Country icons land in two unexpected...
Related: Tom Petty Country Tribute Album To Feature Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, More [Listen] The 2024 Outlaw Festival Tour will kick off on June 21st in Alpharetta, GA and run through September 17th when it closes in Buffalo, NY. For three months, Willie and company will...
Ahead of the show, Johnson revealed to Taste of Country that it was the ACM's decision for him to tribute Nelson with his performance — but the decision of the exact song was all his. "When they asked me to perform, I thought, ''Til You Can’t' or 'Human.' And you got your ...
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Nelson has been an elder statesman for a very long time, but he has chosen to stay in the thick of things, even as the wheels on the bus begin to slow. Members of the Family Band that traveled so many miles with him have been exiting the stage of late: Bee Spears died in 201...