ʻO Willie Nelson he mea hoʻokani mele ʻAmelika, mele, haku mele, mea kākau, haku mele, mea hana, a me ka mea keaka.
Me ka lanakila nui o kāna mau album Shotgun Willie a me Red Headed Stranger, ua lilo ʻo Willie i kekahi o nā inoa koʻikoʻi loa i ka mōʻaukala o nā mele ʻāina ʻAmelika.
Ua hānau ʻia ma Texas, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Willy e hana mele i ka makahiki 7, a ma ka 10 ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o kahi hui.
I kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Texas me kāna hui ʻo Bohemian Polka, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke mele.
Ua komo ʻo Willy i ka US Air Force i kona puka ʻana mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
I ka waena o ka makahiki 1950, ua hoʻomaka ka manaʻo nui o kāna mele "Lumberjack". Ua koi kēia iā Willy e haʻalele i nā mea ʻē aʻe a nānā wale i ke mele.
Ma hope o kona komo ʻana i ka Atlantic Records i ka makahiki 1973, ua kaulana ʻo Willie. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo kāna mau mele ʻelua ʻo Red Headed Stranger a me Honeysuckle Rose i hoʻohuli iā ia i kiʻi ʻāina.
Ma ke ʻano he mea keaka, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Willie ma nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku he 30 a ʻo ia ka mea kākau kumu o kekahi mau puke. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻoikaika liberal a ʻaʻole i haʻalele i ka hōʻike ʻana i kona mau manaʻo i ka legalization o ka mariuana.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Willie Nelson ma ʻApelila 29, 1933 ma Abbott, Texas i ka wā o ke kaumaha nui.
ʻO kona makuakāne, ʻo Ira Doyle Nelson, i hana ma ke ʻano he mīkini, a ʻo kona makuahine ʻo Myrl Marie, he wahine hale.
ʻAʻole hauʻoli maoli ʻo Willy i kona wā kamaliʻi. Ma hope koke iho o kona hānau ʻana, haʻalele kona makuahine i ka ʻohana, a i kekahi manawa ma hope mai, ua haʻalele pū kona makuakāne i kāna keiki kāne a me kāna kaikuahine ma hope o ka male ʻana i kekahi wahine ʻē aʻe.
Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Willie a me kona kaikuahine ʻo Bobbie e ko lāua mau kūpuna, i noho ma Arkansas a he kumu mele. Mahalo iā lāua i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Willy lāua ʻo Bobby e hilinaʻi i ke mele.
Ua loaʻa iā Willy kāna kīkā mua i ka makahiki 6. He makana ia na koʻu kupuna kāne. Ua lawe kona kupuna kāne iā ia a me kona kaikuahine i ka hale pule kokoke loa, kahi i hoʻokani ai ʻo Willy i ke kikā a hīmeni kona kaikuahine i ka ʻeuanelio.
I ka makahiki 7, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Nelson e kākau i kāna mau mele ponoʻī, a i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai ua komo ʻo ia i kāna hui mele mua. I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻokani mele ana ʻo ia ma ka mokuʻāina.
Ua ʻohi kona ʻohana i ka pulupulu i ke kauwela, a ua loaʻa iā Willy ke kālā ma ka hoʻokani pila ʻana i nā mele ma nā pāʻina, nā keʻena, a me nā hale liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe.
He ʻāpana ʻo ia o kahi hui mele ʻāina liʻiliʻi kūloko, ʻo Bohemian Polka, a ua aʻo nui ʻia mai ka ʻike.
Ua hele ʻo Willie i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Abbott. Ma ke kula, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoihoi i ka haʻuki a ua komo ʻo ia i loko o nā kime pōpeku a me nā kime pōpeku o ke kula. Ma laila, hīmeni a hoʻokani pila ka mea hoʻokani pila no kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo The Texans.
Ua puka 'o ia mai ke kula ki'eki'e i ka makahiki 1950. Ma hope mai ua komo ʻo Willie i ka American Air Force ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, akā ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai no ka ʻeha hope.
Ma ka waena o 1950s ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui ʻo Baylor kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka mahiʻai, akā i ka hapalua o ka papahana ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e haʻalele a hahai i ka mele me ka ikaika.
I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, me ka huikau a me ka pōʻino, ua neʻe ʻo Willy i nā wahi like ʻole e ʻimi i ka hana. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele i Portland, kahi i noho ai kona makuahine.
Ka lawelawe Willie Nelson
I ka makahiki 1956, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Willy e ʻimi i kahi hana manawa piha. Hele ʻo ia i Wanekoua, Wakinekona. Ma laila ʻo ia i hui ai me Leon Payne, he mea hoʻokani mele kaulana i ka ʻāina, a ua haku ʻia ke mele "Lumberjack" ma muli o kā lākou hui pū ʻana.
Ua kūʻai aku ka mele i ʻekolu kaukani kope, i mahalo ʻia no kahi mea pena indie.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia i lawe mai iā Willy i ka kaulana a me ke kālā, ʻoiai ua kūpono ʻo ia iā lākou. Ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he disc jockey no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i Nashville.
ʻAʻohe mea hana!
Ua hana ʻo Willy i kekahi mau demos a hoʻouna iā lākou i nā lepili hoʻopaʻa leo nui, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopiʻi ʻia kāna mele jazzy a me ka waiho ʻana iā lākou.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻike ʻia kāna mau mele mele e Hank Cochran, nāna i hāʻawi iā Willie iā Pamper Music, kahi lepili mele kaulana. No Ray Price ia.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo Ray i ka mele a Willy a kono iā ia e hui pū me nā Cherokee Cowboys, a ma hope iho ua lilo ʻo Willy i ʻāpana o ka hui ma ke ʻano he bassist.
I nā makahiki 1960, ʻo ka huakaʻi ʻana me nā Cherokee Cowboys he mea maikaʻi loa ia no Willy, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia kāna talena e nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka hui.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana mele a kākau i nā mele no kekahi mau mea pena. I kēia wā mua o kāna ʻoihana, ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā mea hoʻokani mele ʻāina ʻo Faron Young, Billy Walker a me Patsy Cline.
A laila ua paʻi kekahi o kāna mau mele i ka papa kiʻi ʻāina ʻo Top 40.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi duet me kāna wahine ʻo Shirley Colley i kapa ʻia ʻo "Willingly". ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo, ua lilo ke ala i mea kaulana. Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i nā lepili i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope a ua hui pū ʻo ia me RCA Victor (ʻo RCA Records i kēia manawa) i ka makahiki 1965, akā ua lilo hou ʻo ia i disillusioned.
Ua hoʻomau kēia a hiki i ka 1970s mua, i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e haʻalele i ke mele ma muli o kāna mau hemahema a hoʻi ʻo ia i Austin, Texas, kahi āna i kālele ai i ka hānai puaʻa.
Ka nānā 'ana i nā hewa a me ka holomua holomua
A laila noʻonoʻo pono ʻo ia i nā kumu o kona hāʻule ʻana i ka mele a hoʻoholo e hāʻawi i ke mele i kahi manawa hope loa. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo me nā mele pōhaku i hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā mea hoʻokani pila kaulana.
Ua hana ka hoʻololi a ua pūlima ʻo ia me Atlantic Records. ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka maoli o kāna ʻoihana mele!
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Willie i kāna album mua no Atlantic i kapa ʻia ʻo Shotgun Willie i ka makahiki 1973. Hōʻike ka album i kahi kani hou, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa koke nā loiloi maikaʻi. Akā naʻe, i loko o nā makahiki, ua loaʻa i kēia album ka ikaika a loaʻa i ka kūleʻa hoʻomana.
ʻO "Bloody Mary Morning" a me kahi uhi uhi o "After the Isone Gone" ʻelua o kāna mau hits i ka waena o 1970s. Akā naʻe, ua manaʻo ʻo Willy ʻaʻohe ona mana hoʻomohala piha i kāna hopena hope.
I ka makahiki 1975, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Willy i ka album "Red Headed Stranger", i lilo i mea kaulana.
I ka makahiki 1978, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Willy i ʻelua album: Waylon lāua ʻo Willie a me Stardust. A ʻo nā album ʻelua he mau mele nui a hoʻohuli iā Willy i hōkū ʻāina nui loa o ka lā.
Aia i ka 1980s, ua hōʻea ʻo Willy i ka piko o kāna ʻoihana, e hoʻokuʻu ana i kekahi mau hits. ʻO kāna kiʻi uhi no ka album ʻo Elvis Presley ʻo "Always on My Mind" mai ka album o ka inoa hoʻokahi i poʻokela i nā palapala he nui.
ʻO ka album, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1982, ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo quadruple platinum. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka hōkū pop Latin ʻo Julio Iglesias no ka mea hoʻokahi "To All The Girls I Loved Before", kahi mea nui i ka hana a Willie.
ʻO ka Highwaymen, i hana ʻia e Willy, he hui nui kaʻao mai kekahi mau hōkū mele ʻāina e like me Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson a me Waylon Jennings. Ua maopopo mua ko lākou holomua me ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana o ka album inoa ponoʻī.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hopena o nā makahiki 1980 i ka puka ʻana mai o nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻōpio he nui i hahai i ke ʻano o Willie.
Akā e like me nā manawa a pau, ʻaʻole hiki ke mau loa nā mea a pau, a ua hoʻomaka koke ka lanakila o Willy e nalo mālie.
ʻO ka kūleʻa o kāna album solo 1993 Across The Border i ukali ʻia e kekahi hit a ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka Country Music Hall of Fame i kēlā makahiki.
I nā makahiki i hala aʻe nei, ua lanakila ʻo Willy me nā mele he nui e like me Spirit, Teatro, Night and Day and Milk.
ʻOiai ma hope o kona piha ʻana i 80, ʻaʻole i hoʻōki ʻo Willy i ka hana mele a ma 2014, i kona lā hānau 81st, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Nelson i kahi album hou, ʻo Band of Brothers.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kēia album i kahi hit i helu ʻia ma nā palapala ʻāina ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa.
Ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo Willie i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā moʻolelo TV. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana loa ʻo "The Electric Horseman," "Starlight," "Dukes of Hazzard," "Blonde with Ambition," a me "Zolander 2."
Ua kākau pū ka mea hoʻokani pila ma mua o ka hapalua o nā puke; ʻO kekahi o kāna mau puke kaulana loa ʻo "Life Facts and Other Dirty Jokes," "Pretty Paper," a "He Moʻolelo Long: Koʻu Ola."
ʻO ke ola pilikino Willie Nelson
Ua male ʻo Willie Nelson ʻehā mau manawa i kona ola. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila ka makua kāne o nā keiki ʻehiku. Ua male ʻo ia iā Martha Matthews, Shirley Collie, Connie Koepke a me Annie D'Angelo.
Noho ʻo ia me kāna wahine i kēia manawa, ʻo Marie, a me kā lāua mau keiki kāne ʻelua ma Hawaii.
Ua lōʻihi loa ʻo Willie i mea puhi pakapaka a he mea puhi pakalōlō kaumaha nō hoʻi.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna kākoʻo no ka legalization marijuana ma nā kahua he nui.
