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Willie Nelson turns 92 years old

Willie Nelson turns 92 years old

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Willie Nelson is 92 today. Depending on who you ask, he might have been 92 yesterday. If you ask Nelson, he claims both April 29 and on April 30th as a birthday.

“I was born on the 29th before midnight, but it was only registered in the County Courthouse the next day, the 30th,” he said. “So I only do both days.”

The most popular, living, living Outlaw The Country Music celebrated its 90th birthday in 2023 like the icon, which he is with a 50-art concert with two nights in the Hollywood Bowl from Los Angeles. The fans bought every ticket and a ticket brought them to both evenings.

Nelson sang at his Birthday Party Concert, which they Called Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90. The Cross-Genre Lineup So including allison Russell, Beck, Billy Strings, Bobby Weir, Booker T. Jones, Buddy Cannon, Charley Crockett, Charlie Sexton, Chris Stapleton, Daniel Lanois, Dave Matthews, Dwight Yoakam, Edie Brickell, Emmylou Harris, Gary Clark Jr., George Strait, Jack Johnson, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, Leon Bridges, Lily Meola, Lukas Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Margo Price, Miranda Lambert, Nathaniel Rateliff, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Orville Peck, Particle Kid, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Shooter Jennings, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Stills, Sturgill Simpson, The Avett Brothers, The Chicks, The Lumineers, Tom Jones, Tyler Childers, Warren Haynes, Waylon Payne and Ziggy Marley.

The show was broadcast on CBS a few months later and is available as a 2CD+Blu-ray deluxe edition.
For those who missed the show – in honor of Nelson's birthday – there are three highlights here:

Willie Nelson with George Strait:

George Strait does not very often go into the spotlight these days, but he made the trip to Los Angeles to “sing with Willie on his birthday”. Nelson and Strait shared the stage, Strait Serenading Nelson with his song about how he could never sing with him. Strait published “Sing One with Willie” in 2019, a collaboration with Nelson. The men sat on stools, played their acoustic guitars and sang about their adoration for each other.

Texts belong: (Strait) Look at me now, I sing with Willie | Thank you, man, you just made my career | (Nelson) Well, you should say something, Strait | I always thought we would sound great And I finally had to sing one with Ol 'George

Texas Royalty also has a duetted in Nelson's famous cooperation “Pancho and Lefty”.

Willie Nelson and Snoop Dog:

Snoop Dog praised with Death Row Trackhose immediately after the street. He asked Nelson if they could sing the next song “In The Key of Smoke”.

Nelson started his 2012 fan favorite “Roll Me Up”. The complete poetry is: roll me up and smoke me when I die. Snoop Dog smoked on stage and danced in his seat when Nelson covered the characteristic acoustic guitars.

“Someone smokes out there tonight?” Asked Snoop Dog. “Roll one for Mr. Nelson.”
The fact that the disrespectful performance followed was used to highlight the variety of Nelson's music and friend group.

Kris Kristofferson and Rosanne Cash:

Kristofferson was 86 years old and had health for many years when Rosanne Cash helped him honor his dear friend Willie Nelson in Hollywood. Nelson and Kristofferson founded the super group, the motorway man, with Cash's father Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Kristofferson had stopped performing a long time ago and lived in Hawaii, but went on a journey to honor his old friend. The audience exploded when they saw him. He and Cash made a delicate version of his song “Lovin 'she was easier (than everything I will ever do again).” When Kristofferson gave a great hug in the end, it was impossible not to feel the love and respect of the group.
Kristofferson died the following year.

(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for A+E networks)

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