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Pareles, Jon (April 9, 2003). "POP REVIEW; Marathon of Music To Celebrate Nelson, 70". The New York Times . Retrieved February 14, 2011. In 2010, Austin, Texas renamed Second Street to Willie Nelson Boulevard. The city also unveiled a life-size statue to honor him, placed at the entrance of Austin City Limits' new studio. [226] The non-profit organization Capital Area Statues commissioned sculptor Clete Shields to execute the project. [227] The statue was unveiled on April 20, 2012. [228] The date selected by the city of Austin unintentionally coincided with the number 4/20, associated with cannabis culture. In spite of the coincidence and Nelson's advocacy for the legalization of marijuana, the ceremony was scheduled also for 4:20pm. During the ceremony, Nelson performed the song " Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die". [229] The same year, Nelson was honored during the 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards as the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was also named after him. [230] In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music. [231] The following year, he was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. Also included among the first inductees was his friend Darrell Royal, whose jamming parties that Nelson participated in were the source of inspiration for the show. [232]

Adding to his resume of successful collaborations, the following year Nelson joined with Johnny Cash, Jennings and Kristofferson to form the country supergroup the Highwaymen. “You wouldn’t think that our four uneven voices would blend. But they did. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle,” Nelson writes of the group in It’s a Long Story. Vinson, Christina (July 26, 2013). "Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn + More Duet With Willie Nelson on Upcoming 'To All the Girls' Album". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media . Retrieved July 29, 2013. We're really excited to bring you the first, of what we hope will be many, blogs from our colleague and former editorial team member, Willie Towers. As he explores Scotland, both near to home and further afield, he'll be sharing his adventures - and thoughts - with us in his Where's Willie? blog. In this first post, he whisks us off to the remote islands of St Kilda to join him in fulfilling a life long ambition. St Kilda: Island on the edge of the worldFarias, Robbie (February 6, 2023). "Willie Nelson wins Grammy for best country album and best country solo performance". Austin American-Statesman . Retrieved February 6, 2023.

Nelson signed with Liberty Records and was recording by August 1961 at Quonset Hut Studio. His first two successful singles as an artist were released by the next year, including " Willingly" (a duet with his soon-to-be second wife, Shirley Collie, which became his first charting single and first Top Ten at No.10) and " Touch Me" (his second Top Ten, stalling at No.7). [36] Nelson's tenure at Liberty yielded his first album entitled ...And Then I Wrote, released in September 1962. [37] In 1963 Collie and Nelson were married in Las Vegas. He then worked on the west coast offices of Pamper Records, in Pico Rivera, California. Since the job did not allow him the time to play music of his own, he left it and bought a ranch in Ridgetop, Tennessee, outside of Nashville. [27] Fred Foster of Monument Records signed Nelson in early 1964, but only one single was released: "I Never Cared For You". [38]

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BBC News staff (May 28, 2010). "Willie Nelson to have street named after him in Texas". BBC News . Retrieved March 27, 2011. Kennedy, Scott Hamilton (2019). "The Garden Movie» About The Film". Thegardenmovie.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019 . Retrieved June 20, 2019. Ward, Mike (April 27, 2005). " 'No highway for Willie". Austin American Statesman. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012 . Retrieved March 27, 2011.

Sometime early in the game, Mets traveling secretary, Lou Niss, called Willie Mays’ apartment in New York and reached him on the phone. Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny (1996). Waylon: An Autobiography. Warner Brooks. ISBN 978-0-446-51865-9. In 2008, Nelson released Moment of Forever, which garnered much critical praise. He also scored a Grammy that same year for the single "Lost Highway," a duet performed with Ray Price, whose recording of “Night Life” nearly a half-century before had been one of Nelson’s earliest successes. Collaborations: Snoop Dogg, Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow and More CBS Music staff (February 3, 2011). "Last.fm Trends: Willie Nelson's On Grammy Road Again". Last.fm. CBS. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011 . Retrieved May 22, 2011. Chilton, Martin (December 14, 2012). "Willie Nelson interview: Don't fret about the end of the world". The Telegraph Limited. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022 . Retrieved December 14, 2012.Nelson, Willie (2007a). On the Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and the Future of the Family Farm. Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55591-624-4. Kane, Coleen (May 30, 2008). "Woody Harrelson plans a 40-day desert-island starvation". Plenty. MNN Holdings . Retrieved September 20, 2011. In April 2010, Nelson received the "Feed the Peace" award from The Nobelity Project for his extensive work with Farm Aid and overall contributions to world peace. On June 23, 2010, he was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. [224] Nelson is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum. [225]