The year 2023 was a pretty big one for Willie Nelson, who celebrated his 90th birthday back in April. The country music legend — who is best known for shaping the outlaw country subgenre of the late ...

The first time Willie Nelson met Waylon Jennings, he told him to stay in Arizona. At the time, it was still early on in both country legends’ careers, and Jennings was performing at a bar in Phoenix, ...

Waylon Payne grew up uniquely immersed in the music of Willie Nelson. His mother, singer Sammi Smith, revolutionized country music with her 1971 recording of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It ...

In the mid-1980s, an over-the-hill quartet called the Highwaymen stormed the country-music world. In the Nashville scene of the time, they looked like a bunch of grizzled dopers, which they were. For ...

Willie Nelson saw Waylon Jennings perform at JD’s nightclub in Tempe in 1965 and was immediately impressed. Nelson and Jennings rebelled at Nashville's music restrictions, sparking the outlaw country ...

Hear songs from Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and more, inspired by a new book. By Lindsay Zoladz I’m a sucker for anything remotely related to country music’s outlaw ...