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Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson

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Willie Hugh Nelson is an American musician, songwriter, actor, and social movement figure. Nelson is one of the iconic figures of renegade country music, a genre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a riposte to the traditional, conservative Nashville sound of the time.

Category
Musicians
Nationality
United States
Born
1933-04-29
Wikidata
Q206112
Occupations singer-songwriterwriteractorsingerguitaristfilm producerauthorentrepreneurtelevision producerrecording musicianTaekwondo athletefilm directortelevision actormusic producerenvironmentalistcomposerband leader
Aliases Red Headed StrangerShotgun WillieWillie Hugh NelsonWillie Nelsonwillie nelsonwillie nelsonwillie nelsonwillie nelson

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