Willie Nelson
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| Born: 04/30/1933 Abbott, TX |
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Biography: Texas born-and-bred musical legend Willie Nelson cracked into showbiz as a disc jockey in Fort Worth. He went on to join the Ray Price band, writing tunes for Price as well as a slew of other artists (Nelson's the man who penned Patsy Cline's signature tune "Crazy"). Fronting his own group, The Outlaws, Nelson played the tanktown and honky-tonk circuit before scoring with his 1975 hit "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain." In 1979, he made a laudable film debut as Robert Redford's sidekick in The Electric Horseman; one year later, he starred in the C&W "Intermezzo" clone Honeysuckle Rose (1980), for which he also wrote the score, including the chartbuster "On the Road Again." Nelson's acting resumé includes several made-for-TV westerns, among them 1990's A Pair of Aces and its 1992 sequel, and a 1987 remake of Stagecoach; he also appeared as "himself"--and a very weather-beaten self it was--in a 1995 TV-movie biopic of country star Dottie West. |
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DVDs that Willie Nelson appeared in...
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- 11/17/2009 - Hempsters: Plant the Seed
- 10/20/2009 - Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson Play the Music of Ray Charles
- 01/13/2009 - Swing Vote
- 12/30/2008 - Surfer, Dude
- 11/25/2008 - A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
- 11/11/2008 - Beer for My Horses
- 10/28/2008 - Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
- 09/30/2008 - The Unforeseen
- 08/19/2008 - Fighting with Anger
- 04/01/2008 - Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary
DVDs that Willie Nelson worked on "behind the scenes"...
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- 08/19/2008 - Fighting with Anger - Singer
- 04/01/2008 - Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary - Composer (Music Score)
- 12/04/2007 - The Hottest State - Songwriter
- 11/21/2006 - Nobelity - Producer
- 03/14/2006 - Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love Me - Songwriter
- 03/07/2006 - Stagecoach - Composer (Music Score)
- 06/22/2004 - Songwriter - Executive Producer
- 07/25/2000 - Ruckus - Composer (Music Score)
- 05/06/1998 - The Electric Horseman - Singer