Willie Nelson
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English
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For more than 40 years, Willie Nelson has been a national treasure, contributing many memorable songs to our musical canon. His impact, however, extends far beyond the scope of his music. A champion of family farms, Nelson has helped mobilize support for the American farmer, both as a founder of Farm Aid and more recently as one of the nation's most knowledgeable and recognized advocates of the use of biodiesel-a clean-burning, renewable fuel made...
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English
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Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country's imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America's heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie's story: his depression ere childhood, his stormy marriages, his will experiences with drugs, booze and women, his long rise to stardom, his musical and personal experiences with...
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over the course of eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from family, bandmates,
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Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Stories of Willie Nelson and Paul English's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone untold—until now.
Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right-hand man for 70 years.
Together, the two men roamed the country by putting on shows, getting into a few scrapes, and bringing
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Books on Tape
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English
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Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for other performers), Willie finally found his own voice—the gentle but unmistakably honest sound that has made him an American icon. Now the master of harmonization has created a guide to finding harmony...
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English
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"Nelson's unmistakable voice shines through . . . funny, inspirational and bawdy, with a well-honed sense of humor." —Kirkus Reviews
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville,...
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville,...
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Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (41 min., 25 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Following a Grammy win for Best Country Solo Performance, living legend Willie Nelson releases his 70th studio album. Along with the title track, it includes the songs Blue Star; Love Just Laughed; and We Are the Cowboys.
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Legacy
Pub. Date
2014
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1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Willie Nelson, one of music's most celebrated singer-songwriters, releases his first new album featuring mostly original songs in nearly twenty years. Included is The Git Go, a collaboration with Jamey Johnson.
... a self-portrait of a long, up-and-down life - specifically the life of an artist.--NPR Music
Grade of A. This is one more gem for your essential Willie collection.--Country Weekly
In his ninth decade, this Texas troubador still is making...
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Willie's stash volume 2
Publisher
Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (39 min., 42 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
11) That's life
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Publisher
Legacy
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Honoring the enduring inspiration of Frank Sinatra is Willie Nelson's second album of classics made famous by the Chairman of the Board. Nelson delivers 11 new studio performances, coming alive in a musical landscape animated by lush string and vibrant horn arrangements.
13) My way
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Publisher
Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (35 min., 20 sec.) : CD audio, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
viii, 392 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
Description
The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
Appears on list
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"Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a dusty small town in east Texas. Their close relationship ... is the longest-lasting bond in either of their lives. In alternating chapters, this ... dual memoir weaves together their lives as they experienced them both side-by-side and apart with powerful, emotional stories from growing up,...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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394 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The legendary singer and songwriter celebrates his 90th birthday by exploring the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, with never-before-seen photos and ephemera.
20) Thief
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Criterion collection volume 691
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A no-nonsense ex-con safecracker plans to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist, but discovers that escape is not as simple as he hoped.