Partygoers at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July picnic had reasons to celebrate that didn’t involve fireworks. The Red-Headed Stranger returned to the stage after missing multiple stops along the Outlaw ...

Willie Nelson songs are essential to the fabric of American music. Whether the Abbott, Texas, native wrote them himself or interpreted the tunes of others with his idiosyncratic singing style, songs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, in May 1975, a stripped-down album called “Red Headed Stranger” changed the country music landscape and forever ...

With more than six decades of making music, and more than 100 albums released during that time, it's not easy paring down to Willie Nelson's most essential tracks. And no discussion of the country ...

My first encounter with Willie Nelson was pretty much the same as every other fan of ol' Shotgun Willie: I was an 8-year-old watching an episode of King of the Hill. (OK, I might be a tad younger than ...