Willie Nelson ndi woyimba waku America, woyimba, wolemba nyimbo, wolemba ndakatulo, wotsutsa, komanso wochita zisudzo.
Ndi kupambana kwakukulu kwa ma album ake Shotgun Willie ndi Red Headed Stranger, Willie wakhala mmodzi mwa mayina otchuka kwambiri m'mbiri ya nyimbo za dziko la America.
Wobadwira ku Texas, Willy adayamba kupanga nyimbo ali ndi zaka 7, ndipo pofika zaka 10 anali kale m'gulu loimba.
Ali wachinyamata, adayendera dziko la Texas ndi gulu lake la Bohemian Polka, koma kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku nyimbo sikunali cholinga chake chachikulu.
Willy adalowa nawo gulu lankhondo la US Air Force atangomaliza maphunziro ake kusekondale.
M'katikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1950, nyimbo yake "Lumberjack" inayamba kutchuka kwambiri. Izi zidakakamiza Willy kusiya china chilichonse ndikungoyang'ana nyimbo.
Atalowa nawo Atlantic Records mu 1973, Willie adatchuka kwambiri. Makamaka, nyimbo zake ziwiri za Red Headed Stranger ndi Honeysuckle Rose zinamupangitsa kukhala chithunzi cha dziko.
Monga wosewera, Willie adawonekera m'mafilimu opitilira 30 ndipo ndi wolemba nawo mabuku angapo. Anakhala wochirikiza ufulu ndipo sanazengereze kufotokoza malingaliro ake pakuvomereza chamba.
Ubwana ndi unyamata
Willie Nelson anabadwa pa April 29, 1933 ku Abbott, Texas panthawi ya Great Depression.
Bambo ake, Ira Doyle Nelson, ankagwira ntchito yokonza makina, ndipo amayi ake, Myrl Marie, anali mayi wapakhomo.
Willy sanakhale ndi ubwana wosangalatsa. Mayi ake atangobadwa kumene, ndipo patapita nthawi, bambo ake anasiyanso mwana wawo wamwamuna ndi mlongo wake atakwatira mkazi wina.
Willie ndi mlongo wake, Bobbie, analeredwa ndi agogo awo, omwe ankakhala ku Arkansas ndipo anali aphunzitsi a nyimbo. Zinali zikomo kwa iwo kuti Willy ndi Bobby adayamba kutsamira nyimbo.
Willy adapeza gitala yake yoyamba ali ndi zaka 6. Inali mphatso yochokera kwa agogo anga. Agogo ake aamuna anatenga iye ndi mlongo wake kupita ku tchalitchi chapafupi, kumene Willie ankaimba gitala ndipo mlongo wake ankaimba uthenga wabwino.
Ali ndi zaka 7, Nelson anayamba kulemba nyimbo zake, ndipo patapita zaka zingapo analowa m’gulu lake loyamba loimba. Pamene ankayamba sukulu yasekondale, ankaimba nyimbo m’dera lonselo.
Banja lake linkatola thonje m’chilimwe, ndipo Willy ankapeza ndalama poimba nyimbo m’maphwando, m’maholo ndi m’malo ena ang’onoang’ono.
Anali m'gulu laling'ono la nyimbo za dziko lakwawo, Bohemian Polka, ndipo adaphunzira zambiri kuchokera kuzochitikazo.
Willie adapita ku Abbott High School. Ali kusukulu, anayamba kuchita chidwi ndi masewera ndipo anali m’gulu la timu ya mpira ndi basketball pasukulupo. Kumeneko, woimbayo ankaimbanso ndi kuimba gitala gulu lotchedwa The Texans.
Anamaliza maphunziro ake kusekondale mu 1950. Pambuyo pake Willie adalowa nawo ku American Air Force atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale, koma adachotsedwa chaka chimodzi chifukwa cha ululu wammbuyo.
Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1950s adalowa ku yunivesite ya Baylor komwe adaphunzira ulimi, koma pakati pa pulogalamuyo adaganiza zosiya ndi kutsata nyimbo mwakhama.
M’miyezi ingapo yotsatira, Willy anasamuka m’malo osiyanasiyana kukafunafuna ntchito mosokonezeka ndi kuwonongeka. Anaganiza zopita ku Portland, kumene amayi ake ankakhala.
Ntchito Willie Nelson
Pofika mu 1956, Willy anayamba kufunafuna ntchito yanthawi zonse. Anapita ku Vancouver, Washington. Kumeneko anakumana ndi Leon Payne, yemwe anali wolemekezeka woimba nyimbo, ndipo nyimbo "Lumberjack" inalengedwa chifukwa cha mgwirizano wawo.
Nyimboyi inagulitsa makope zikwi zitatu, zomwe zinali zolemekezeka kwa wojambula wa indie.
Komabe, izi sizinabweretse kutchuka kwa Willy ndi ndalama, ngakhale kuti ankamuyenerera kwambiri. Adagwira ntchito ngati disc jockey kwazaka zingapo zotsatira asanasamuke ku Nashville.
Palibe chomwe chimagwira ntchito!
Willy anapanga ma demos ena ndikuwatumiza ku zolemba zazikulu zojambulira, koma nyimbo zake za jazzy ndi zotsalira sizinawasangalatse.
Komabe, luso lake lolemba nyimbo linazindikiridwa ndi Hank Cochran, yemwe adalimbikitsa Willie ku Pamper Music, chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha nyimbo. Anali a Ray Price.
Ray adachita chidwi ndi nyimbo za Willy ndipo adamuitana kuti alowe nawo gulu la Cherokee Cowboys, pambuyo pake Willy adakhala mbali ya gululo ngati woimba bassist.
Pofika kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, kuyendera ndi Cherokee Cowboys kunakhala kopindulitsa kwambiri kwa Willy, popeza luso lake linazindikiridwa ndi mamembala ena a gululo.
Anayambanso kupanga nyimbo ndi kulemba nyimbo za ojambula ena angapo. Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake imeneyi, adagwirizana ndi oimba a dzikolo Faron Young, Billy Walker ndi Patsy Cline.
Ndipo angapo mwa nyimbo zake adagunda tchati cha Top 40 mayiko.
Pambuyo pake adalemba duet ndi mkazi wake Shirley Colley wotchedwa "Willingly". Ngakhale samayembekezera, nyimboyo idakhala yotchuka. Anasintha zolemba patatha zaka zingapo ndipo adalowa nawo RCA Victor (tsopano ndi RCA Records) mu 1965, koma adakhumudwanso.
Izi zinapitirira mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1970, pamene anaganiza zosiya nyimbo chifukwa cha kulephera kwake ndipo anabwerera ku Austin, Texas, kumene anaika maganizo ake pa kuweta nkhumba.
Kusanthula zolakwa ndi kupambana bwino
Kenako anaganizira mozama zifukwa zimene analepherera kuimba ndipo anaganiza zopatsa nyimbo mwayi womaliza. Anayamba kuyesa nyimbo za rock mosonkhezeredwa ndi oimba otchuka a rock.
Kusinthako kunagwira ntchito ndipo adasaina ndi Atlantic Records. Ichi chinali chiyambi chenicheni cha ntchito yake yoimba!
Willie adatulutsa chimbale chake cha Atlantic chotchedwa Shotgun Willie mu 1973. Albumyo idatulutsa mawu atsopano, koma sanalandire ndemanga zabwino nthawi yomweyo. Komabe, kwa zaka zambiri, chimbale ichi chinakula kwambiri ndipo chinapambana bwino m'magulu achipembedzo.
"Bloody Mary Morning" ndi buku lachikuto la "After the Ison Gone" anali nyimbo zake ziwiri zomwe adaziimba mkatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Komabe, Willy adaganiza kuti alibe mphamvu zowongolera pazotsatira zake zomaliza.
Mu 1975, Willy adatulutsa chimbale "Red Headed Stranger", chomwe chidakhalanso chotchuka.
Mu 1978, Willy adatulutsa nyimbo ziwiri: Waylon ndi Willie ndi Stardust. Ndipo ma Albamu onsewo anali otchuka kwambiri ndipo adasandutsa Willie kukhala nyenyezi yayikulu kwambiri masiku ano.
Kale m'ma 1980, Willy adafika pachimake pa ntchito yake, akutulutsa nyimbo zingapo. Chojambula chake chachikuto cha chimbale cha Elvis Presley "Always on My Mind" chochokera mu chimbale cha dzina lomweli chidakwera ma chart ambiri.
Nyimboyi, yomwe idatulutsidwa mu 1982, idatsimikiziridwa ndi quadruple platinamu. Anagwirizananso ndi katswiri wa pop waku Latin, Julio Iglesias pa nyimbo imodzi ya "To All The Girls I Loved Before", ndikuwonetsanso gawo lina lofunika kwambiri pantchito ya Willie.
A Highwaymen, opangidwa ndi Willy, anali gulu lodziwika bwino kuchokera kwa akatswiri angapo oimba nyimbo zamayiko monga Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson ndi Waylon Jennings. Kupambana kwawo kunali koonekeratu ndi kutulutsidwa koyamba kwa album yodzitcha yekha.
Kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 kunatuluka oimba ambiri achichepere omwe amatsatira kalembedwe ka Willie.
Koma monga nthawi zonse, si zonse zomwe zingakhale zamuyaya, ndipo kupambana kwa Willy posakhalitsa kunayamba kuzimiririka pang'onopang'ono.
Kupambana kwa chimbale chake cha 1993 cha Across The Border kudatsatiridwa ndi kugunda kwina ndipo adalowetsedwa mu Country Music Hall of Fame chaka chomwecho.
M'zaka zingapo zotsatira, Willy adachita bwino ndi ma Albums angapo monga Spirit, Teatro, Night ndi Day ndi Mkaka.
Ngakhale atakwanitsa zaka 80, Willy sanasiye kupanga nyimbo ndipo mu 2014, pa tsiku lake lobadwa la 81, Nelson anatulutsa chimbale china, Band of Brothers.
Chimbale ichi chinaphatikizapo kugunda komwe kunali nambala wani pama chart a dziko kangapo.
Willie adawonekeranso pafupipafupi m'mafilimu ndi pa TV. Ena mwa makanema ake otchuka ndi "The Electric Horseman," "Starlight," "Dukes of Hazzard," "Blonde with Ambition," ndi "Zolander 2."
Woimbayo adalembanso mabuku oposa theka la khumi ndi awiri; ena mwa mabuku ake otchuka ndi "Life Facts and Other Dirty Jokes," "Pretty Paper," ndi "It's a Long Story: My Life."
Moyo waumwini Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson anakwatiwa kanayi m’moyo wake. Woimbayo ndi bambo wa ana asanu ndi awiri. Anakwatiwa ndi Martha Matthews, Shirley Collie, Connie Koepke ndi Annie D'Angelo.
Panopa akukhala ndi mkazi wake wapano, Marie, ndi ana awo aamuna aŵiri ku Hawaii.
Willie wakhala wosuta kwambiri kwa nthawi yaitali komanso wosuta chamba kwambiri.
Wawonetsa kuthandizira kwake pakuvomerezeka kwa chamba pamapulatifomu angapo.
