| 1 | * BreakthroughHit: "Family Bible" as a songwriter (a top 10 hit for Claude Gray in 1960); "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" as a singer. |
| 2 | * CreatorCouple: His second wife, Shirley Collie, was also a musician. She played bass for him for a while, and sang duet vocals on his first chart hit, "Willingly". |
| 3 | * Administrivia/FormerTropeNamer: Ten with a Two, now BeerGoggles. |
| 4 | * InMemoriam: "He Won't Ever Be Gone", a tribute song to his good friend Music/MerleHaggard after he passed away in 2016. |
| 5 | * MoneyDearBoy: Thanks to his accountants from Price Waterhouse not paying his taxes for years and some bad investments in TheEighties, the IRS seized most of Nelson's assets in 1990, claiming he owed them $32 million. His attorney managed to negotiate a settlement down to $6 million, leading him to record ''The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?'' in 1992, a highly acclaimed double album performed by him alone on vocals and guitar, to pay off the debt. |
| 6 | * NonActorVehicle: He's had occasional acting roles in films and TV series. |
| 7 | * ProductionPosse: Nelson's band, the Family, performs on his studio albums and also serves as his road band. Some of Nelson's longtime members have included his sister Bobbie Nelson (piano), along with Paul English (drums), Bee Spears (bass), Jody Payne and Grady Martin (both guitarists) and Mickey Raphael (harmonica). |
| 8 | * [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment The Shelf of Album Languishment]]: His gospel album ''The Troublemaker'' was recorded in 1973, rejected by his then-label, then released three years later by his new label. |
| 9 | * Nelson, who is one-quarter Cherokee,[[note]]although not an official enrolled member of the tribe[[/note]] is also famous for his social conscience. His concern for family farmers led him to create the Farm Aid concert series with Music/NeilYoung and Music/JohnMellencamp. More recently [[https://www.indianz.com/News/2014/08/18/neil-young-and-willie-nelson-s.asp he and Young participated in]] "[[http://indigenousresistancejuly2014.blogspot.com/2014/09/willie-nelson-neil-young-honored-for.html Harvest the Hope]]," a benefit show to raise awareness and protest of the controversial [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline Keystone Oil Pipeline]] project. They were [[https://www.myantelopecountynews.com/nelighnews/private-ceremony-nelson-young-presented-buffalo-robes invested with sacred buffalo robes]] by leaders of the Great Sioux Nation at this event. |
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