It's a long story : my life / Willie Nelson with David Ritz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Willie, 1933- author.

Ritz, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nelson, Willie, 1933-.

Nelson, Willie.

Country musicians--United States--Biography.

Country musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

It is a long story

Place of Publication:

New York : Little Brown and Company, 2015.

Summary:

The iconic Country Music Hall of Fame artist and 10-time Grammy winner shares the story of his personal life and career, from his early ambitions and indelible relationships through his bankruptcy and founding of Farm Aid.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One My Beginning

1. Home

2. To all the Girls at School

3. First Family Band

4. Zeke

5. Falling into the 1950s

6. Mission City and Other Stops along the Way

7. Positive Thinking

8. Coastin''

Part Two Songs Falling From The Sky

9. Back to Cow Town

10. Dark Night of the Soul

11. The Store

12. Hello, Hits

13. The Offenders

14. Farm Life

15. Waylon

16. now

Part Three Teardrops And Flowers

17. Time

18. Reboot

19. Game Changers

20. Happy Fourth, 1973

21. Pure Sunshine and Purple Jesus

22. Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House

23. Against the Grain

Part Four Over The Rainbow

24. Silver Screen

25. Always

26. "Burn the Fucker Down!"

27. Falling in Love

28. Keep on Truckin'

29. "Listen to the Blues They're Playing / Listen to What the Blues Are Saying"

Part Five Spirit

30. High

31. Rainbows

32. Abbott

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780316403559

0316403555

OCLC:

890625869