Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the pop-oriented restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. Nelson has a...
