Wille Nelson's impact on American music is indelible. He stands at the crossroads of all the sounds and colors of this country.
Willie
An Autobiography
Description
Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country's imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America's heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie's story: his depression ere childhood; his stormy marriages; his will experiences with drugs, booze and women; his long rise to stardom; his musical and personal experiences with Waylon Jennings, Julio Iglesias, Kris Kristopherson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt.
Pages368
Released2000
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLyons
ISBN9781461661313
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
WIllie Nelson is a profound, original songwriterin a class with Stephen Foster who contrives to enrich our lives with classics.
Kris Kristofferson
If America only had one voice, it would be Willie's.
Emmylou Harris
Refreshingly free of bitterness, pettiness and finger-pointing, Willie: An Autobiography is chock full of delightful, hilarious, self-effacing and often revelatory anecdotes.
Bob Allen
