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Willie Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. Nelson achieved his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but he remains an icon of American pop culture. He has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians. In recent years, Nelson's recordings have branched out into different musical genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, folk, and popular music. On The Simpsons, Nelson voiced himself in the episode "Behind the Laughter", where he performs a "Phony Awards" show.

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  • Willie Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. Nelson achieved his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but he remains an icon of American pop culture. He has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians. In recent years, Nelson's recordings have branched out into different musical genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, folk, and popular music. On The Simpsons, Nelson voiced himself in the episode "Behind the Laughter", where he performs a "Phony Awards" show.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson es un cantautor y guitarrista estadounidense de música country, que se hizo célebre como representante del llamado movimiento outlaw country durante los años 70.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (nacido en Abbott, Texas el 30 de abril de 1933) es [[Archivo:Willie Nelson.jpg|thumb|250px|Willie Nelson en el 2000, año en que se estrenó el episodio en el que sale, con su versión Simpsonizada.]] un compositor, letrista, cantante y guitarrista estadounidense de música country, que se hizo célebre como representante del llamado movimiento outlaw country durante los años 70.
  • After Downing Street, July 23, 2008: "Willie Nelson, speaking on the Alex Jones show, has just announced that he would be a driving factor in a new Farm Aid-type event that will focus on supporting Dennis Kucinich's efforts to impeach george bush. It will also be an anti-war event. This plan is literally coming together as I type. Willie has just committed to it." One observer claims Willie broached the idea of featuring 9/11 questions in the program.
  • Willie Nelson is a character that first appears in "Hank's Got the Willies". He is Hank Hill's "best friend" and hero. After this episode, Willie Nelson is never seen again. He is voiced by himself.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music. He made a guest appearance in "Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger", being accused of killing a guy named Sonny Cross.
  • Willie 'Wheatie' Nelson is an American Country-Western singer, and Stephen's Stoned Friend. He was Stephen's guest on the March 20, 2007 edition of The Colbert Report. Nelson is known for his touring pansy-fueled, orgy bus, from which Toby Keith barely escaped with his butt-kickin' boots and his full, supple, womanly lips. Nelson's crimes are not mitigated by Keith's "narc-issistic" personality, however. Nelson will have plenty of time to contemplate his past liberal crimes in the newest camp at Gitmo, "Camp Chong".
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933, Abbott, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and actor who appeared as retired Texas Ranger Jake Pierson in the episode "El Viejo" of the series Miami Vice.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country music singer- songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. 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. 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. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Born during the Great Depression, and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song a
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (/wɪli nɛlsən/; born April 29, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. 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. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
  • Willie Nelson (b. 1933) is a country music singer who has been recording studio albums since the early 1960s. He was a member of the country supergroup The Highwaymen in the late 1980s, with Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. He was parodied by Sesame Street Live as Wooly Nelson. In 2001, Nelson titled his 55th album after the first track, a cover of "The Rainbow Connection". That same year, he was honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame where he posed for photos with Judy Collins, "The Rainbow Connection" composer Paul Williams, and award presenter Kermit the Frog.
  • Not THE Willie Nelson, as he has personally clarified, Willie Nelson is a spiderlike creature, somewhat resembling an onion. He has taken up residence in the Aqua Teens' attic, although he is seldom seen. Nelson is a placid individual and is generally (though not always) courteous to others, which belies his grisly tendency to murder human beings and use them for food. In Party All the Time, the aliens in Frylock's dream have Willie's body. In Eggball, Willie appears on Shake's pinball machine.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən/; born April 29, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. 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. 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 theNashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
  • Singer Willie Nelson has a 5th degree black belt in the Korean martial art Gongkwon Yusul, which is sometimes reported in the press as being taekwondo. Nelson has also studied taekwondo, for which he holds a 2nd degree black belt. He has been studying martial arts for over 20 years.
  • Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. Nelson is a co-chair of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advisory board. He has worked with NORML for years, fighting for marijuana legalization. In 2005 Nelson and his family hosted the first annual "Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament", leading to a cover appearance and inside interview in the January 2008 issue of High Times magazine. After his arrest for possession in 2010, Nelson created the Tea Pot party under the motto "Tax it, regulate it and legalize it!".
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