Willie Nelson News Archives

Music fans packed First Arena Tuesday night for Willie Nelson's concert. "I always loved ," said Walter Cunningham of South Corning, who said his favorite Nelson tune is "Crazy," made popular by Patsy Cline.

Willie Nelson is the original rambler, the man who embodies the country poet rock star.

"You're under arrest for the murder of Dawn Hamilton," the officer said. Bloodsworth, a former Marine, was convicted of sexual assault, rape and first-degree murder in the death of 9-year-old Dawn and sentenced to death.

Country singer and songwriter Trent Tomlinson is not the sensitive balladeer type.

Music fans packed First Arena Tuesday night for Willie Nelson's concert. 'I always loved ,' said Walter Cunningham of South Corning, who said his favorite Nelson tune is 'Crazy,' made popular by Patsy Cline.

Texas native Pat Green got his start in country music while still attending college in the mid-'90s. As a teenager, Green quickly took to the sounds of several Lone Star State performers like Robert Earl Keen, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson.

Over the past decade, Willie Nelson has seamlessly slid into his role of country music's elder spokesman.

As he's done for almost five decades, Willie Nelson is on the road again and will make a stop at 9 p.m. Saturday in the Mari Showroom of the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville.

Droughts in recent years have stretched water supplies and it wasna t that long ago that you could almost walk across lakes in Benbrook, Weatherford, and elsewhere.

ROBERT EARL KEEN is more a legend than a celebrity. For more than 25 years, the Houston native has been writing smart, plucky songs about misfits and barflies and has recorded a string of well-received albums, including the landmark " A Bigger Piece of Sky " in 1993 and " Picnic " in 1997.

Start: Oct 23, 2009 End: Oct 23, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Price: $8 in advance and $10 at show time.

Recent Training Webcasts * Exotic Metal Extrication Challenges * When It's Your Final Option, The FDNY PSS With apologies to famed country singer Willie Nelson, I am here to announce that come June of 2010, I will be on the road again.

It's 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and I'm sitting with Arkey Blue at Arkey's Silver Dollar, a storied dance hall in the basement of Bandera's General Store.

FEATURE, OCTOBER 8, 2009 PARADISE PAVED Does Willie Nelson know?: It's ironic that the thousands of acres of farmland surrounding the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater are targeted for commercial development ["Local Harvest," Annie Zaleski , Roy Kasten , Christian Schaeffer ]. I was part of an exhibit in this year's Homegrown Village titled "Save It, ...

Editor's note: With Chet Flippo out of town on a news assignment, we're revisiting one of his most popular columns -- the one featuring the recipe for Chet's Tennessee Velvet Chili.

Country star Willie Nelson will perform at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in early December, the casino announced today.

Texas songwriter Guy Clark may have had it right: you probably don't need a whole lot to get through life, just stuff that works.

Chris Young scores his first number one hit this week with "Gettin' You Home " rising to the top of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

In 2000, when Willie Nelson played Wild Adventures Theme Park, he performed on his 67th birthday.

Here is a list of upcoming events. It's extensive and we're sure you'll find something you like.

Jamey Johnson was drawling his way through a rueful country waltz at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday night, and his audience, small but boisterous, just kept up the din.

The grizzled country singer and activist, who helped create the annual Farm Aid concert in 1986, joined Dave Matthews and Neil Young onstage before ending the show with many of the event's performers and a choir of Native Americans.

TIM MITCHELL News-Gazette) EFFINGHAM, Ill. a ' One of central Illinois ' major entertainment venues is closing its doors in early December.

Ever since Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis released last year's fabulous live album "Two Men with the Blues," I've been waiting for the country king and the jazz prince to bring their show to the Bay Area.

Farm Aid praised family farmers for their ingenuity and perseverance at its sold-out benefit concert held today at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo., just outside of St.

Farm Aid, the longest-running benefit concert in the country, calls it the "good food" movement.

Singer/songwriter Neil Finn gathered family and friends in his native New Zealand to create and record a double album in three weeks.

Jason Mraz isn't a family farmer in the traditional sense that embodies the spirit of Farm Aid.