• Willie Nelson is a country musician and singer-songwriter whose career has spanned almost four decades.

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Willie Hugh Nelson
  2. Nickname: The Red Headed Stranger
  3. Born: April 30,1933
  4. Birth Place: Abbott, Texas
  5. Married four times
  6. Children: 7
  7. Grammy Awards: 10
  8. Was part of the platinum selling band [The Highwaymen
  9. Acted in several films such as The Electric Horseman (1979)
  10. Established the Farm Aid benefit concerts in 1985
  11. Arrested in 2006 for possession of marijuana

• Career

  As a member of the "Outlaw Country" movement of the late 1970s, Nelson released a number of highly successful solo records - as well as collaborations with fellow country musicians like Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. After pursuing a brief acting a career, Nelson returned to music in the 1980s and released some of hit best known songs, including "On the Road Again" and "Always on My Mind." He continues to record and perform new material and has become involved with a company that markets biodiesel to truckers. He is also a fierce advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

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