Willie Nelson performing at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington.

Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre

Canon camera, Willie Nelson Blvd. sign, Austin, TX, 1-20-2013

This was the 10th anniversary of Willie Nelson's Outlaw Tour. I have to say I only recently began to appreciate his artistry. He is 93 years old and that is a good reason to sit to perform. His voice shows his age a bit but his singing was quite good. I did not realize that his guitar playing is so good. If he has arthritis it does not show. He started playing a couple of medleys of his well known songs. It was, for me late and there was a long late ride home. As luck would have it as I was half way up the steps to exit in launched into a trademark "On the Road Again. Very impressive. This is a photo of one of the giant screens. Outlaw country is a subgenre of American country music created by a small group of artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known collectively as the outlaw movement, who fought for and won their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of the era. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe and Jerry Jeff Walker were among the movement's most commercially successful members. The music has its roots in earlier subgenres like Western, honky tonk, rockabilly, and progressive country, and is characterized by a blend of rock and folk rhythms, country instrumentation, and introspective lyrics The movement began as a reaction to the slick production and limiting structures of the Nashville sound developed by Chet Atkins and other record producers.[Wikipedia]

Willie Nelson Boulevard sign.

I took photo at Willie's Place near Hillsboro, TX.

USA for Africa in a 1985 promotional photo.

Waxworks - Sep 06

Lone Star Dude Model cowboy hat created by the Texas Hatters for Willie Nelson c. 1973, enshrined at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN

Country Music Hall of Fame placard