Despite his previous three marriages ending in divorce, Willie Nelson’s fourth wifeAnnie D’Angelois 100 percent the 91-year-old country music legend’s perfect match. Annie spent her younger years as a professional makeup artist. In fact, that’s how the pair met. After working in the m...
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’ Jennings started writing the song and asked Nelson to help him finish it during a late-night poker game. By all accounts, Nelson’s contribution was minimal, with his third wife Connie recalling, ‘The only part Willie came up with was ‘Through teardrops and laughter they walk through ...
In “One by Willie,” Texas Monthly’s John Spong hosts intimate conversations with a range of prominent guests about the Willie Nelson songs that mean the most to them. But this series isn’t just about the songs. It’s about what music really means to
wife Barbara. My Aunt Linda's mother. Us cousins have grown up and have the stories of our parent's experiences with willie. He has been an indirect influence on all of us growing up and still does. We are honored to be a relative to the man that saw Willie Nelson's potential when...
When I talked to Lukas about another song off of this record, Lukas Nelson, he said, “Yeah, if you look real close, you can see the fear in her eyes as she’s trying to sing with him.” I don’t see it. Susan Tedeschi: I was thinking the same thing, actually. John Spong: ...
Willie Nelsonpostponed several showsearlier this year because a band member had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. That band member, it turns out, was him. For a week, the country legend fought the virus. He says, "I had a pretty rough time with it," but his wife Annie tells ...
Arguably the funkiest Willie has ever been, “Devil in a Sleepin’ Bag,” from 1973’sShotgun Willie, slinks along like a snake covered in motor oil. A recount of a tour gone bad — the band gets pneumonia, the bus loses a wheel — the song name-checks Nelson’s then-wife Connie...
Three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year Alan Jackson was honored with the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 CMA Awards, following a tribute performance by Dierks Bentley, Carrie Underwood, Jon Pardi, Lainey Wilson.
According to Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, Cline's husband and manager, Charlie Dick, had irritated his wife by playing a Nelson song over and over, leaving a bad taste in her mouth when the songwriter's name was mentioned. As a result, when Nelson and fellow Pamper Music scribe Hank ...