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Willie Nelson

Ryman Auditorium

November 5, 2009

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The legendary Willie Nelson comes to town this fall!  You won't want to miss his show at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium.

As a songwriter and a performer, Willie Nelson played a vital role in post-rock & roll country music. Although he didn't become a star until the mid-'70s, Nelson spent the '60s writing songs that became hits for stars as well as releasing a series of records on Liberty and RCA that earned him a small, but devoted, cult following. During the early '70s, Willie aligned himself with Waylon Jennings and the burgeoning outlaw country movement that made him into a star in 1975. Following the crossover success of that year's The Red Headed Stranger and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," Nelson was a genuine star, as recognizable in pop circles as he was to the country audience; in addition to recording, he also launched an acting career in the early '80s. Even when he was a star, Willie never played it safe musically. Instead, he borrowed from a wide variety of styles, including traditional pop, Western swing, jazz, traditional country, cowboy songs, honky tonk, rock & roll, folk, and the blues, creating a distinctive, elastic hybrid. Lost Highway, an album of duets with country and pop singers ranging from Shania Twain to Elvis Costello, appeared in 2009. Also appearing in 2009 was the jazz-inflected American Classic from Blue Note Records. (CMT.com bio by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Steve Leggett, All Music Guide.)

Bio courtesy of CMT.com.

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  Tickets: $35.50-$69.50/ticket; on sale Friday, September 25 at 10:00am

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  November 5, 2009

  Times:
  Thursday 7:30pm

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  Ryman Auditorium

  116 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219

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