Willie Nelson was born on April 30, 1933 to Myrle Marie and Ira Doyle Nelson. His grandparents, William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Smothers, whom he and his sister Bobbie called "Daddy" and "Mama", gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. He wrote his first song when he was seven and played in a local band at age nine.
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. Nelson started studying music from mail order material that his grandparents gave him.The Nelson family moved from Arkansas to Abbott, Texas during the Great Depression in 1929 because their lands could no longer grow cash crops. Nelson's grandfather, William, was a blacksmith who mainly drafted horses and fixed farm equipment. His son Ira became a mechanic and pool hall owner, and during the summer, like most of Abbott's inhabitants, the Nelson family picked cotton.
Personal Data
Full name : Willie Hugh Nelson
Nickname : Red Headed Stranger, The Ambassador to Weedville, Shotgun Willie
place of birth date : April 30, 1933 Abbott, Texas, United States
Height ; 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Genres : Country, country rock, outlaw country, alternative country
Occupations : Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Actor, Activist
Instruments : Vocals, guitar
Labels : Liberty, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia, Island, Justice Records, Lost Highway
Associated acts : Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
Nelson Family
* Daughter: Amy Nelson. Born in 1973; mother, Connie Koepke
* Daughter: Lana Nelson. Born in 1953; mother, Martha Matthews
* Daughter: Paula Nelson. Born in 1969; mother, Connie Koepke
* Daughter: Susie Nelson. Born in 1956; mother, Martha Matthews
* Father: Ira Nelson.
* Mother: Myrle Nelson.
* Sister: Bobby Lee Nelson.
* Son: Billy Nelson. Born c. 1958; mother, Martha Matthews; committed suicide by hanging himself on Dec. 25, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee; married to Janet Caldwell and had recently separated before his suicide; had undergone a 30-day hospital program for alcohol abuse in 1990
* Son: Jacob Micah Nelson. Born in 1990; mother, Annie D Angelo
* Son: Lukas Autry Nelson. Born in 1989; mother, Annie D Angelo
Nelson Career
In 1956, Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington to begin a formal musical career. His first record was Lumberjack, which was written by Leon Payne. The single sold 3,000 copies. Nelson continued working as a radio announcer and singing in Vancouver clubs. He sold the song Family Bible for US$50 to a guitar instructor, and the song turned into a hit for Claude Gray in 1960. Nelson moved to Nashville in 1960, but no label signed him.
Nelson's acting debut was in the 1979 movie, The Electric Horseman; this was followed by Honeysuckle Rose, Thief, and Barbarosa. In 1982 he played the role of Red Loon in Coming Out of the Ice along John Savage. In 1984 he starred in Songwriter, along fellow singer Kris Kristofferson. He portrayed the lead role in the 1986 film version of his concept album Red Headed Stranger. Other movies among his acting career include Wag the Dog, Gone Fishin' (as Billy 'Catch' Pooler), the 1986 television movie Stagecoach (with Johnny Cash); Half Baked, Beerfest, The Dukes of Hazzard, Surfer, Dude and Swing Vote. He has also made guest appearances on Miami Vice (1986's "El Viejo" episode), Delta, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons, Monk, Adventures in Wonderland, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, King of the Hill, The Colbert Report and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
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