Willie Nelson

**Willie Hugh Nelson** (føddur 30. apríl 1933 í Abbott, Texas í USA) er ein amerikanskur countrysangari og sangskrivari, rithøvundur, yrkjari, sjónleikari og kannabis-aktivistur. Han gjørdist kendur við sínum sokallaða "outlaw country" tónleiki í 1970'unum, og hevur framvegis ikoniskan status, serliga innan amerikanska poppmentan. Nelson hevur givið tónleik út síðani tíðliga í 1960'unum, og hann hevur framført kendar sangir sum "On the Road Again", "Highwayman", "Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain", "City of New Orleans", "Funny How Time Slips Away" og "Always On My Mind". 

Hóast komin væl til aldurs so heldur Willie Nelson fram við at túrnera og upptraðka við konsertum og peningainnsavnan til vælgerandi endamál saman við øðrum kendum tónleikarum, m.ø. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, og Dave Matthews. Hann hevur eisini hildið fram við at gera nýggjar innspælingar, gjarna í nýggjum sjangrum, so sum reggae, blues, jazzi, fólkatónleiki og poptónleiki.

## Virðislønir

Grammy Legend Award, eisini rópt Grammy Living Legend Award, er ein amerikanskur tónleikaprísur, ið Recording Academy lutar út til listafólk, sum gjøgnum íkast yvir eitt langt tíðarskeið hava havt stóra ávirkan á tónleikaídnaðin. Willie Nelson fekk tillutað henda prísin í 1990. 

Í 2000 fekk hann tillutað ein Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. 

## Tónleikaútgávur

* 1961 – Love & Pain 
* 1962 – And Then I Wrote 
* 1963 – Here's Willie Nelson 
* 1965 – Country Willie: His Own Songs 
* 1966 – Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style 
* 1966 – Live Country Music Concert 
* 1967 – Make Way for Willie Nelson 
* 1967 – The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs 
* 1968 – Good Times 
* 1968 – Texas in My Soul 
* 1969 – My Own Peculiar Way 
* 1970 – Both Sides Now 
* 1970 – Laying My Burdens Down 
* 1971 – Willie Nelson & Family 
* 1971 – Yesterday's Wine 
* 1972 – The Willie Way 
* 1972 – The Words Don't Fit the Picture 
* 1973 – Shotgun Willie 
* 1974 – Phases and Stages 
* 1975 – Red Headed Stranger 
* 1976 – The Sound in Your Mind 
* 1976 – The Troublemaker 
* 1977 – To Lefty from Willie 
* 1978 – Stardust 
* 1978 – Willie and Family Live 
* 1979 – One for the Road 
* 1979 – Pretty Paper 
* 1979 – Sings Kris Kristofferson 
* 1979 – The Electric Horseman 
* 1980 – Honeysuckle Rose 
* 1980 – San Antonio Rose 
* 1981 – Somewhere over the Rainbow 
* 1982 – Always On My Mind 
* 1982 – Old Friends 
* 1983 – Take It to the Limit 
* 1983 – Tougher Than Leather 
* 1983 – Without a Song 
* 1984 – Music from "Songwriter" 
* 1984 – Angel Eyes 
* 1984 – City of New Orleans 
* 1984 – Portait in Music 
* 1985 – Brand on My Heart 
* 1985 – Funny How Time Slips Away 
* 1985 – Half Nelson 
* 1985 – Me and Paul 
* 1986 – Partners 
* 1986 – The Promiseland 
* 1987 – Island in the Sea 
* 1987 – Seashores of Old Mexico 
* 1988 – What a Wonderful World 
* 1989 – A Horse Called Music 
* 1990 – Born for Trouble 
* 1992 – The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? 
* 1993 – Across the Borderline 
* 1994 – Moonlight Becomes You 
* 1994 – Healing Hands of Time 
* 1995 – Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph 
* 1995 – Six Hours at Pedernales 
* 1996 – Just One Love 
* 1996 – Spirit 
* 1996 – How Great Thou Art 
* 1997 – Christmas with Willie Nelson 
* 1997 – All of Me 
* 1997 – Hill Country Christmas 
* 1998 – Teatro 
* 1999 – Night and Day 
* 2000 – Clean Shirt 
* 2000 – Memories of Hank Williams, Sr. 
* 2000 – Me and the Drummer 
* 2000 – Good Ol' Country Singin' 
* 2000 – Milk Cow Blues 
* 2001 – Rainbow Connection 
* 2001 – Tales Out of Luck 
* 2002 – The Great Divide 
* 2002 – Stars & Guitars 
* 2003- Run That By Me One More Time 
* 2003- Picture In A Frame- Med Kimmie Rhodes 
* 2004 – Live at Billy Bob's Texas 
* 2004 – Outlaws and Angels 
* 2004 – It Always Will Be 
* 2005 – Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia 
* 2005 – Countryman 
* 2006 – You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker 
* 2006 – Live from Austin, Texas 
* 2006 – Songbird 
* 2007 – Last of the Breed 
* 2007 – Willie Nelson Christmas 
* 2007 – Gravedigger 
* 2008 – Moment of Forever 
* 2008 – Two Men with the Blues

## Leinkir úteftir

* Almenn heimasíða. 
* Willie Nelson á *[[Rolling Stone]]*. 
* Willie Nelson á IMDb, The Internet Movie Database. 
* Willie Nelson diskografi á Discogs. 
* Heimasíðan hjá Texas Music Project.

## Keldur

 

Bólkur:Amerikanskir tónleikarar
Bólkur:Amerikanskir sjónleikarar
Bólkur:Amerikanskir sangarar
Bólkur:Amerikanskir rithøvundar
Bólkur:Country sangarar
Bólkur:Country tónleikarar