Songwriters and Musicians

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson had gotten rid of his tuxedo jacket by the time he returned to his tour bus following a TV taping during the late 1990s. The key moment came after I asked him to name a few of his favorite songs.

This image of Nelson cradling the Martin classical guitar he calls Trigger was used as the cover shot of the 2003 album, Crazy: The Demo Sessions, a collection of his earliest recordings in Nashville.

Ed Rode
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