Nelson released in 1991 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 by 1993. The impossibility of Nelson to pay his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments made by him during the 1980s. It was later discovered that his accountants, Price Waterhouse did not pay Nelson's taxes for years. During 1990 Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, that claimed that he owed US $32,000,000. 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 & 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 rise of the popularity of Hippie music in Austin motivated Nelson to return from retirement, performing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters. After mid-chart hits during the end of 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, and the failure to succeed in music, Nelson retired in 1972 and 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 1962, he recorded his first album, And Then I Wrote. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1960, he signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1956. During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky tonks.
After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. 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 Biofuel 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 at the end of the 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 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist.
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