This list was originally published in April 2016. Formed the 1980s country music supergroup 'The Highwaymen' with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. “I thought it was the funniest thing in the world. He was the subject of the Toby Keith song 'Ill Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again'. “All of a sudden, we were outlaws,” Nelson told Rolling Stone in 2014, reflecting on the country music rebellion he was credited with launching. Whether he was crooning Countrypolitan fare in the Sixties - his 1962 debut album …And Then I Wrote is remarkable for its wealth of enduring songs - or busting down doors with Waylon Jennings in the Seventies, Nelson was always making waves with that unmistakable voice. It’s impossible to hear a Willie Nelson performance and not identify it as such. Music this meaningful is well-suited to a memorial service it’s less overtly sad than funeral music, but not as cheerful as music played at a celebration of life service. A lot of his songs have become more introspective. As Nelson has aged, his songwriting has matured, too. The songs he has written are beyond measure and so. Best Contemporary Willie Nelson Funeral Songs. The Texas native has written some of music’s most important titles, from “Crazy,” made famous by Patsy Cline, to “Funny How Times Slips Away,” covered by Elvis Presley.Īnd then there are the songs with which he has become synonymous, thanks to his charmingly eccentric vocal delivery. Since releasing his first single Willie has given us countless albums from country to gospel and in between. But the fact is that Nelson’s own works deserve a volume or two. When Nelson first played the song it had the title Stupid.

When Willie Nelson released his 2016 tribute album to the Gershwin brothers, he was showing his reverence for the Great American Songbook. Im crazy Crazy for feeling so lonely Im crazy Crazy for feeling so blue I knew that youd.

Willie nelson i am so lonely song