Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline are pillars of country music. Nelson wrote Cline’s most famous hit, “Crazy,” and sang her praises over the years. Despite their careers overlapping in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

Before Willie Nelson moved to Austin, braided his hair, and created a country music counter-culture, he was a clean-cut songwriter cutting his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. While Willie, then known ...

Legendary singer Patsy Cline’s hit song, “Crazy,” was originally written and recorded by none other than superstar Willie Nelson. And Cline initially faced a couple of obstacles in turning his demo ...

One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. A predilection for writing lyrics and drinking helped Nelson find his people there. The late songwriter Hank Cochran, a ...