Happy Birthday Willie Nelson!!!

[spanone]

EIGHTY SIX YEARS YOUNG TODAY!!!!

Willie Nelson: 10 Essential No. 1s

Willie Nelson will go down in history as one of country music’s most prolific hit-makers. In a radio interview from 1996, he revealed he wrote and co-wrote “Crazy,” “Funny How Time Slips Away” and “Night Life” within one week. To date, Nelson has written more than 2,500 songs, recorded more than 250 albums and appeared in more than 25 films. But ironically enough, some of his greatest hits were covers.

He is a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement award winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree and a member of both the Country Music and Songwriters Halls of Fame. He won the CMA for entertainer of the year in 1979 and in 2012, and he was the first recipient of the organization’s Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Essentially, he is a national treasure.

While he prepares to release his new studio album God’s Problem Child on April 28, here are 10 essential Nelson No. 1s:

“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”

http://www.cmt.com/news/1776539/willie-nelson-10-essential-no-1s/


Willie Nelson’s 86th Birthday to Be Celebrated With SiriusXM Concert Special

Willie Nelson turns 86 on Monday and his curated SiriusXM channel Willie’s Roadhouse is celebrating with four days of special programming this weekend.

Dubbed “Willie Nelson’s 4-Day Birthday Weekend,” the one-hour block kicks off April 27th at 7:00 p.m./ET and airs at various times through Tuesday night. The special consists of a conversation between Nelson and his daughter Paula, recorded at his kitchen counter during March’s Luck Reunion, the annual music fest held at Nelson’s ranch outside Austin, Texas. Nelson’s full 45-minute Luck Reunion performance follows the interview, with special guest Nathaniel Rateliff joining the country icon and his sons Lukas and Micah on the show-closing gospel medley of “I’ll Fly Away” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/willie-nelson-birthday-siriusxm-concert-828163/

[panader0]

1. Many happy returns of the day!

A great guy.

[malaise]

2. Willie Nelson is my definition

of a decent human being - authentic to the bone marrow.

I think he's a global treasure. When I think country, he's always on my mind - and he's done some wicked reggae as well.

[malaise]

3. Willie and Paul Simon

hear those guitars talk

[Bayard]

16. Wow

Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

Willie---live forever!!

[B Stieg]

4. MANY Happy Returns, Willie!

This one's for you...

[malaise]

5. This one is for him

[spanone]

6. Willie at work..

[malaise]

7. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

for that stash

[spanone]

8. Austin City Limits Hall of Fame 2014: Willie Nelson

[malaise]

11. The thing about Willie is that he fits in everywhere

Only the authentic can do that

[Sunlei]

32. the medicine herb is why he's 86 and strong!

[B Stieg]

50. Agreed!

I had a gerbil once who was fed with pot seeds and he lived twice as long as he was supposed to!

[H2O Man]

9. I saw him

in concert last fall.

Happy birthday!

Recommended.

[spanone]

10. I first saw Willie on Halloween night at the Troubadour in Los Angeles....1974

A great show....I've seen him several times since...a National Treasure

[H2O Man]

14. I hadn't been

to a concert in many years. My sons brought me to see Ringo, then Willie and Neil Young a couple weeks later. Great shows.

[spanone]

17. Musical Cornerstones of our era....

[H2O Man]

19. Definitely!

[malaise]

12. How cool was that

[H2O Man]

13. Very!

He was in concert with Neil Young.

[malaise]

21. Willie and Toots in Portland, Jamaica

[yortsed snacilbuper]

15. Willie Nelson sure is a good guy.

https://www.ksat.com/news/luck-ranch-over-70-rescue-horses-roam-willie-nelsons-hill-country-ranch?fbclid=IwAR28ePS9cXSTloZGVI6CmaoWvkjjUwfTC_7Get_GZ0UJsHa5TWfgwtqCD20

[Sunlei]

24. He sure is great, a beautiful ranch & his entire family helps with the horses.

[malaise]

40. Willie is a bridge over troubled water

[gademocrat7]

18. Happy Birthday, Willie!

Celebrate!

[java108]

20. Tonight I shall raise a spliff in his honor!

Who am I kidding? I planned on raising a spliff anyway.

[malaise]

22. ROFL

Our government relaxed the laws - you can have five plants but they'll lock you up if you smoke in public.- wish Peter Tosh was alive for this

[Sunlei]

25. 5 plants? what state is that? In Texas police still search car carpets for seeds.

[malaise]

27. State?

Island - Jamaica - WI

[ET Awful]

35. I'll never smoke weed with Willie again. . . .

[Sunlei]

23. Happy Birthday Willie- Thanks for all the help rescuing the Horses! We all Love You!

[malaise]

26. We need a Happy Birthday Willie hashtag today

Go DUers on twitter

[malaise]

28. From Ken Burns

Ken Burns
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Verified account

@KenBurns
2h2 hours ago
More
Happy Birthday @WillieNelson. Here's an uncut clip from our upcoming COUNTRY MUSIC. On @PBS starting 9/15. @CountryMusic

https://twitter.com/KenBurns?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Sunlei]

33. Thanks for the music link!

[safeinOhio]

29. Here is what I hear.

Live long Willie

[malaise]

30. Check this out - deep

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/23/602233513/first-listen-willie-nelson-last-man-standing

Last Man Standing

[dewsgirl]

31. I love him!

[malaise]

39. Check this out

[lunatica]

34. He looks great for his age!

I’m delighted!

[pazzyanne]

36. For me, Willie was an aquired taste!

Early on, I really didn't like him or his music (silly me). As time went on, I grew to appreciate his acting ability and his humanitarian undertaking. I even enjoy his music now! He is a truly awesome human being with great talent! Happy birthday, Willie, and many more from one of your fans!

[samnsara]

37. i never thought of his music as Country.. it was just Willie...

[stonecutter357]

38. Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson's 10 Greatest Duets

[Gothmog]

41. Happy Birthday to a great Texan

[malaise]

42. Willie Nelson and His Sons Discuss Growing up on Tour and Performing as a Family

[Duppers]

43. Happy Birthday, Willie! 🎂

Have loved Willie for decades! Decades.

🎂 🎈🎈🎉



Today would have been my daughter's 36th birthday.
And it's Missy's 4th, she's our big yellow Lab who came into our lives via DUer MiniMe. 🐕

[malaise]

44. Too sad

[Stellar]

45. Happy Birthday, Willie 'You were always on my mind' Nelson!🎂

And many more.

[spanone]

46. 👍🏼

[lpbk2713]

48. Willie Nelson is just plain amazing.

He's booked solid into September.

Link: http://willienelson.com/tour/

He's enough to make that battery bunny jealous.

[akraven]

49. Go, Willie! Happiest, and hang in there.