Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is a country musician, singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist whose career began in the early 1960s. He was born and raised in Abbott, TX.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio He received his first guitar from his grandparents when he was six years old.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio In 1980, he played a leading role in the movie Honeysuckle Rose. The soundtrack of the movie featured several of his songs.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio

In November 2010, Willie Nelson was arrested after marijuana was found on his tour bus.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/willie-nelson-arrested-marijuana-posession/story?id=12255712 While pulled into a routine inspection station in Sierra Blanca, Texas, an officer noticed a smell coming from the tour bus. A search of the bus turned up the illegal substance and Nelson, 77, claimed that the marijuana was his. He was one of three who were arrested at the scene. Nelson paid a $2,500 bond and was released.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/willie-nelson-arrested-marijuana-posession/story?id=12255712

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.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio 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. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio He continues to record and perform new material and has become involved with a company that markets biodiesel to truckers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6826994/ns/us_news-environment/ He is also an advocate for the legalization of marijuana.http://wn.com/Willie_Nelson_Advocates_For_The_Legalization_Of_Marijuana

Willie Nelson began his career when he was nine and started playing a guitar in a local band while his sister played the piano.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio In high school he had a band called Bohemian Fiddlers which included a fiddler by the name of Bud Fletcher. Willie also worked as a disk jockey while in high school and sang in Honky Tonk bars.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio While in high school, Willie was also active in the Future Farmers Of America which led him to study agriculture at Baylor University for one year in 1954. Prior to Baylor and after graduating from high school in 1951, Willie joined the Air Force but was discharged after 9 months due to back problems.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio In 1956, Willie moved to Vancouver, WA to start a music career. He recorded a song written by Leon Payne called Lumberjack which sold some, but not enough to start his career. He continued in radio as an announcer and sang in clubs.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005268/bio