"INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE: AND THEN I WROTESIDEMAN AND SONGWRITER, 1933-1963One Hell of a RideWillie Nelson A Classic & Unreleased CollectionCrazy: The Demo SessionsThe Early YearsAnd Then I Wrote . . . Here's Willie NelsonThe Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus MoreCHAPTER TWO: MY OWN PECULIAR WAYIN PURGATORY WITH RCA, 1965-1972The Winning Hand (Monument, 1982)Country Willie-His Own Songs (RCA, 1965)Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style (RCA, 1966)Country Music Concert (RCA, 1966)Make Way for Willie Nelson (RCA, 1967)""The Party's Over"" and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs (RCA, 1967)Texas in My Soul (RCA, 1968)Good Times (RCA, 1968)My Own Peculiar Way (RCA, 1969)Both Sides Now (RCA, 1970)Laying My Burden Down (RCA, 1970)Willie Nelson and Family (RCA, 1971)The Words Don't Fit the Pictures (RCA, 1972)The Willie Way (RCA, 1972)Naked Willie (RCA/Legacy, 2009/1972)CHAPTER THREE: RED HEADED STRANGERCONCEPT ALBUMS AND STARDOM, 1973-1978Yesterday's Wine (RCA, 1971)Shotgun Willie (Atlantic, 1973) Phases and Stages (Atlantic, 1974)The Complete Atlantic Sessions (Atlantic, 2006/1974)Red Headed Stranger (Columbia, 1975)Willie Nelson Live (RCA, 1975)Wanted! The Outlaws (RCA, 1976)The Sound in Your Mind (Columbia, 1976)The Troublemaker (Columbia, 1976)To Lefty from Willie (Columbia, 1977)Waylon & Willie (RCA, 1978)Stardust (Columbia, 1978)Willie and Family Live (Columbia, 1978)CHAPTER FOUR: OLD FRIENDSTRIBUTES, DUETS, AND SOUNDTRACKS, 1979-1982One for the Road (Columbia, 1979)Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson (Columbia, 1979)Pretty Paper (Columbia, 1979)Sweet Memories (Columbia, 1979)The Electric Horseman (Columbia, 1979)San Antonio Rose (Columbia, 1980)Honeysuckle Rose (Columbia, 1980)Family Bible (Songbird, 1980)Willie Nelson and Dany Davis & the Nashville Brass (RCA, 1980)Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Columbia, 1981)Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) (Columbia, 1981)Always on My Mind (Columbia, 1982)In the Jailhouse Now (Columbia, 1982)WWII (RCA, 1982)Old Friends (Columbia, 1982)CHAPTER FIVE: TOUGHER THAN LEATHERA NEW LEASE ON LIFE, 1983-1992Pancho & Lefty (Epic, 1983)Tougher than Leather (Columbia, 1983)Take It to the Limit (Columbia, 1983)Without a Song (Columbia, 1983)Angel Eyes (Columbia, 1984)City of New Orleans (Columbia, 1984)Music from Songwriter (Columbia, 1984)Me and Paul (Columbia, 1985)Funny How Time Slips Away (Columbia, 1985)Brand on My Heart (Columbia, 1985)Highwayman (Columbia, 1985)Half Nelson (Columbia, 1985)The Promiseland (Columbia, 1986)Partners (Columbia, 1986)Walking the Line (Epic, 1987)Island in the Sea (Columbia, 1987)Seashores of Old Mexico (Epic, 1987)What a Wonderful World (Columbia, 1988)A Horse Called Music (Columbia, 1989)Highwayman 2 (Columbia, 1990)Live from Austin TX (New West, 2006/1990)Born for Trouble (Columbia, 1990)Clean Shirt (Epic, 1991)Revolutions of Time . . . the Journey: 1975-1993 (Columbia, 1995/1992)
CHAPTER SIX: SPIRITFOLLOWING HIS MUSE, 1993-2000Across the Borderline (Columbia, 1993)Nacogdoches Waltz (Justice, 1993)Super Hits (Legacy, 1994)Six Hours at Pedernales (Step One, 1994) The Road Goes on Forever (Liberty, 1995)Spirit (Island, 1995)Just One Love (Justice, 1995)Augusta (Sundown, 1995)How Great Thou Art (Finer Arts, 1996)VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson (American, 1998)Teatro (Island, 1998)Night and Day (Free Falls, 1999)Me and the Drummer (Luck, 2000)Milk Cow Blues (Island, 2000)CHAPTER SEVEN: YOU DON'T KNOW MEIN THE WILDERNESS, 2001-2012Rainbow Connection (Island, 2001)Joy (Free Falls, 2001)The Gypsy (Indigo Moon, 2001)The Great Divide (Lost Highway, 2002)All of Me-Live in Concert (BCI, 2002)Willie Nelson & Friends--Stars & Guitars (Lost Highway, 2002)The Essential Willie Nelson (Legacy, 2003)Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90-Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Legacy, 2023)Live and Kickin' (Lost Highway, 2003)Run That by Me One More Time (Lost Highway, 2003)Live at Billy Bob's (Smith Music 2004)Outlaws and Angels (Lost Highway, 2004)It Will Always Be (Lost Highway, 2004)Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia (Lost Highway, 2005)Countryman (Lost Highway, 2005)You Don't Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (Lost Highway, 2006)Songbird (Lost Highway, 2006)Last of the Breed (Lost Highway, 2007)It's Magic (Diamonddisc, 2007)Moment of Forever (Lost Highway, 2008)Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note, 2008)Willie and the Wheel (Bismeaux, 2009)Lost Highway (Lost Highway, 2009)American Classic (Blue Note, 2009)Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (Blue Note, 2011)Remember Me, Vol. 1 (R&J, 2011)Heroes (Legacy, 2012)CHAPTER EIGHT: BAND OF BROTHERSTHE COMEBACK, 2013-2024Let's Face the Music and Dance (Legacy, 2013)To All the Girls . . . (Legacy, 2013)Band of Brothers (Legacy, 2014)December Day . . . Willie's Stash, Vol. 1 (Legacy, 2014)Django & Jimmie (Legacy, 2015)Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Legacy, 2016)For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price (Legacy, 2016)God's Problem Child (Legacy, 2017)Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash, Vol. 1 (Legacy, 2017)Last Man Standing (Legacy, 2018)My Way (Legacy, 2018)Ride Me Back Home (Legacy, 2019)First Rose of Spring (Legacy, 2020)American Outlaw (Blackbird, 2020)That's Life (Legacy, 2021)Willie Nelson Family (Legacy, 2021)A Beautiful Time (Legacy, 2022)Live at Budokan (Legacy, 2022)Bluegrass (Legacy, 2024)The Border (Legacy, 2024)Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy, 2024)EPILOGUEACKNOWLEDGMENTSPHOTO CREDITSINDEX"