Willie Hugh Nelson (fødd 30. april 1933) er ein amerikansk countrymusikar, låtskrivar og filmskodespelar.[1]

Willie Nelson

Fødd29. april 1933 (90 år)
FødestadAbbott
FødenamnWillie Hugh Nelson
OpphavUSA
Aktiv1956–
Sjangercountry, pop, progressiv country, americana, blues, popstandardard, rock, Americana, countryrock, outlaw country
Instrumentgitar, stålstrengsgitar, elektrisk gitar, akustisk gitar, klassisk gitar, vokal
PlateselskapBlue Note, Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Island Records, Legacy, Liberty, RCA Records, Universal Music Group Nashville, Challenge, Impex Records
Verka somsongar-låtskrivar, skribent, skodespelar, songar, musikar, gitarist, filmprodusent, forfattar, gründer, fjernsynsprodusent, studiomusiker, taekwondoutøver, filmregissør, fjernsynsskodespelar, musikkprodusent, miljøvernar
Gift medShirley Collie Nelson, Martha Matthews
BornLukas Nelson, Micah Nelson, Paula Nelson
PrisarGrammy Legend Award, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Favorite Country Single, Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Favorite Country Single, Favorite Country Male Artist, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Single, Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Male Artist, American Music Award of Merit, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, Gershwin Prize, Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Nelson var fødd i Abbott i Texas.[2] Han blei oppseda av besteforeldra sine i Arkansas.[3][4]

Utvalde verk endre

Album endre

 
Willie Nelson i Cardiff 2007
  • Yesterday's Wine (1971)
  • Shotgun Willie (1973)
  • Troublemaker (1973)
  • Phases and Stages (1974)
  • Red Headed Stranger (1975)
  • Sound in Your Mind (1976)
  • Wanted: The Outlaws! (1976), med Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser og Waylon Jennings*
  • Stardust (1978)
  • Willie and Family Live (1978)
  • Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1981], med Freddie Powers
  • Greatest Hits and Some That Will Be (1981)
  • The Winning Hand (1982), med Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson og Brenda Lee
  • Always On My Mind (1982)
  • Pancho and Lefty (1982), med Merle Haggard
  • City of New Orleans (1984)
  • Music From Songwriter (1984), med Kris Kristofferson
  • Promised Land (1986)
  • The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? (1992)
  • Across The Borderline (1993)
  • Healing Hands of Time (1994)
  • Revolutions of Time 1975-1993 (1995)
  • Teatro (1998)
  • The Great Divide (2002)
  • Crazy: The Demo Sessions (200)
  • Angels & Outlaws (2004)
  • Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia (2005)
  • Countryman (2005)
  • You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (2006)

Album med The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings og Kris Kristofferson)

  • Highwaymen (Columbia, 1985)
  • Live (Image, 1986)
  • Highwaymen 2 (Columbia, 1990)
  • The Road Goes On Forever (Liberty, 1995)
  • Highwaymen Ride Again (Sony, 1995)
  • Super Hits (Columbia, 1999)
  • The Road Goes On Forever [Bonus Tracks] (Capitol/EMI, 2005)
  • The Road Goes On Forever [CD & DVD] (Capitol, 2005)
  • Country Legends (DeLuxe Holland, 2005)

Album med Waylon Jennings

  • Waylon and Willie (RCA, 1978)
  • WWII (RCA, 1982)

Singlar endre

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Filmar endre

 
Willie med gitaren sin «Trigger» i Cardiff i Wales (2007)
  • The Electric Horseman (1979)
  • Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
  • Thief (1981)
  • Barbarosa (1982)
  • Songwriter (1984)
  • Red-Headed Stranger (1986)
  • Stagecoach (1986)
  • Wag the Dog (1997)
  • Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me (1997)
  • Half Baked (1998)
  • The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
  • Angles In Montgomery (2006)

Kjelder endre

  1. Historien om rock. Den norske bokklubben. 1989. ISBN 8252518141. 
  2. Patoski 2008, s. 13.
  3. Patoski 2008, s. 6.
  4. Reid 2004, s. 218.
  5. 5,0 5,1 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. s. 294–296. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2. 
  6. «Willie Nelson - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?». Daily Play MPE®. July 24, 2019. Henta September 28, 2019. 
Bibliografi
  • Reid, Jan (2004). The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock: New Edition. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70197-7. 
  • Reid, Jan; Sahm, Shawn (2010). Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72196-8. 
  • Reinert, Al (August 1976). «Texas Monthly». Domain : The Lifestyle Magazine of Texas Monthly 4. ISSN 0148-7736. Henta 24. mai 2011. 

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