This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads (Always On My Mind), autobiographical road songs (On the Road Again) and catchy rhythms (Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys) started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on April 30, 1933, in Depression-era Abbot, Texas. After his mother abandoned the family and his father died, he and sister Bobbie Lee were raised by gospel-singing grandparents. Working in the cotton fields, Willie was ...[Read Story]