During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson continued touring extensively, and released albums every year. In 1992, Nelson released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? the profits of the double album-destined to the IRS-and the auction of Nelson's assets cleared his debt. The difficulty of paying his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments he had made during the 1980s. In 1990, Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, which claimed that he owed $32 million. In 1985, he helped organize the first Farm Aid concert to benefit American farmers the concerts have been held annually ever since and Nelson has been a fixture, appearing at every one. During the mid-1980s, while creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like " On the Road Again", " To All the Girls I've Loved Before", and " Pancho and Lefty", he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, Wanted! The Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. In 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album Red Headed Stranger. In 1973, after signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. The ongoing music scene of Austin motivated Nelson to return to performing, appearing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters. After mid-chart hits in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Nelson grew weary of the corporate Nashville music scene, and in 1972 he moved to Austin, Texas. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1964 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year. In 1960 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and later signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including " Funny How Time Slips Away", " Hello Walls", " Pretty Paper", and " Crazy". He worked as a disc jockey at radio stations in his native Texas, and in several radio stations in the Pacific Northwest, all the while working as a singer and songwriter throughout the late 1950s. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U.S. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player.
Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.īorn during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of the 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. Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician.
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