"Willie Nelson: An Epic Life" Book

Written by: Joe Nick Patoski

Willie Nelson has done it all. He's been a genre-bending music maker, door-to-door vacuum salesman, movie star, disc jockey, Zen Bubba, honky-tonk king wizened philosopher, articulate poet, unrepentant hippie, committed road dog, and champion of the common man. 

From his first performance at age four, Willie has been driven to make music and to live life on his own terms. A songwriter of exceptional depth, he found success only after abandoning Nashville, Tennessee and moving to Austin, Texas, where he created an instantly recognizable new country music. Willie's Red Headed Stranger made country cool to a new generation of fans. Wanted: The Outlaws was the first country album to sell a million copies. And On the Road Again became the anthem for Americans on the move.

This acclaimed biography draws on more than one hundred interviews with Willie, his family, band, and friends ti capture a life truly epic in scope - from Willie's humble Depression-era roots to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks; from his flirtations with whiskey, women, and weed to his triumph with the #1 hit Always on my Mind; from his nearly career-ending battles with the IRS to his ultimate redemption and ascension to American folk hero.