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Topic: Hugh Nelson


  
  Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details
Nelson continues to be a thriving, relevant, and progressive musical force in 2006.
Nelson tours tirelessly, climbing aboard Honeysuckle Rose III (he rode his first two buses into the ground), and takes his music and fans on a seemingly endless journey to places that were well worth the ride.
Nelson's convention-busting stardom, combined with the concurrent popularity of maverick Waylon Jennings, prompted journalist Hazel Smith to dub the trend "Outlaw Music" and a movement was underway.
www.laphil.org /resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=2633   (627 words)

  
 Willie Nelson
His parents divorced when Willie Nelson was a very young boy, and it was the heart of the depression, so Nelson and his sister were entrusted to their paternal grandparents.
Nelson sold another song, "Family Bible", to a guitar teacher for $50, who in turn sold the tune to Claude Gray, who had a hit with it in 1960.
Nelson's sister Bobbie has played the piano in his band since long before he was famous, but says she thinks of all the boys in the band as her brothers.
www.nndb.com /people/636/000022570   (1014 words)

  
 NPR : Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: Willie Nelson and Jackie King
Singer/songwriter Willie Hugh Nelson was born April 30, 1933, in Abbott, Texas.
Nelson developed an interest in music early, singing in church when he was 4 and writing his first song when he was around 7.
Nelson's second single for Liberty, "Touch Me" in 1962, took him to No. 7 on the country charts; this was his biggest-selling record until 1975.
www.npr.org /programs/pianojazz/previousguests/summer2004/nelson.html   (669 words)

  
 Willie Nelson - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Willie Hugh Nelson was born April 30, 1933, in the tiny farming community of Abbott, Texas.
Nelson's outsider mystique gained a name in 1976 with the release on RCA Records of Wanted: The Outlaws, a compilation of tracks cut by Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser.
Henceforth, Nelson was a charter member of "the outlaw movement." What that meant, essentially, was having creative control over one's own records, which had long been the practice of rock artists.
www.leadingauthorities.com /24089/Willie_Nelson.htm   (946 words)

  
 Nelson, Sir Hugh Muir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Griffith (q.v.) became premier, Nelson was elected leader of the opposition, but when Griffith resigned in March 1893 to become chief justice, Nelson formed a coalition with McIlwraith taking the portfolios of treasurer and vice-president of the executive council.
Nelson did most valuable work as treasurer during the depression which followed the financial crisis of 1893.
Nelson had an intimate knowledge of men, and was an excellent parliamentarian with a good grasp of constitutional matters and a keen understanding of financial questions.
www.electricscotland.com /history/australia/nelson_hugh.htm   (482 words)

  
 Hugh Nelson - Ken Compton
In November of 1922, my mother was born but unfortunately Hugh Nelson had died two months earlier at or near Trinidad, Texas of malaria.
At the time, she had no idea who this person was (Lois was the second daughter of Hugh Nelson's from his first marriage).
He advised my mother that she had in fact two half sisters, one of which was alive and well in New York, this was Lois, the second daughter of Hugh Nelson and his first wife.
www.rootsweb.com /~txchambe/HughNelson.htm   (534 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Nelson was a son of Thomas Nelson Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, Philip Nelson was a vestryman, justice of the peace and owned up to 33 slaves.
His unit was assigned to the flamboyant J.E.B. Stuart, but when Nelson failed to win re- election to his command, he became an aide to General Richard B. Ewell.
Nelson served in the 1862 Valley Campaign and the Seven Days battles near Richmond before he became sick and died in August 1862.
www.bikepptc.org /pp100/longbranch.htm   (526 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nelson's eclectic style and warm stage presence found a receptive audience in a music scene which came to be labelled progressive country.
Nelson found himself owing the Internal Revenue Service millions in back taxes for the years from 1975 through 1981, due to what he avowed was bad advice and bad investments.
Nelson's friends and fans helped him by taking up collections and buying up his property so that he would be able to eventually buy it back.
www.library.txstate.edu /swwc/archives/music/willie.html   (1246 words)

  
 Walmart.com - Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nelson's gentle performance of the country standard "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" was a number 1 country hit and also made number 21 on the US pop charts in 1975.
Nelson had originally wanted to record the song with Merle Haggard, but Haggard did not care for it; Nelson recorded an emotional and convincing version on his own, and it went to number 5 in the US charts.
Nelson is a true outlaw and probably the greatest legend and performer in country music since Hank Williams.
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 The Life of Willie Nelson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nelson and his sister, Bobbie, were raised by their grandparents after their father died and their mother ran away.
Nelson continued to DJ and sing in clubs, and sold a song called "Family Bible" for fifty dollars; the song was a hit for Claude Gray in 1960, has been covered widely, and is often considered a gospel music classic.
Nelson's touring and recording group is a collection of a number of long-standing members, including his sister Bobbie Nelson, longtime drummer Paul English, Bee Spears, and Jody Payne.
www.rsmmusic.com /the_life_of_willie_nelson   (1689 words)

  
 Hugh Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Nelson was also a Canadian parliamentarian and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Sir Hugh Muir Nelson KCMG (31 December 1835 - 1 January 1906) was Premier of Queensland from 1893 to 1898.
When Griffith became premier, Nelson was elected leader of the opposition, but when Griffith resigned in March 1893 to become chief justice, Nelson formed a coalition with McIlwraith taking the portfolios of treasurer and vice-president of the executive council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Nelson   (603 words)

  
 Old Vestry Minutes
The Rev John J. Norwood, Rector of the Parish, presided and Hugh Nelson was elected secretary of the meeting.
Hugh Nelson was elected Lay Delegate and Peter Saunders Alternate Lay Delegate to the next Council of this Diocese.
Hugh Nelson is directed to write to the Bishop of this Diocese, and ask him to advise the Vestry whom to call to the rectorship of this parish.
www.trinityepiscopalrmva.com /old_vestry_minutes.htm   (5651 words)

  
 Hugh Nelson and family
Their fourth son was John, and Hugh Neilson, was one of 2 sons born to John on 4 June 1803.
Hugh married Susanna Moore in 1860 and John married Elizabeth Jane Moore.
There may be photos of Hugh, Margaret and their sons - I am in touch with someone in Alberta, Canada.
www.mccaskie.org.uk /Nelson.htm   (408 words)

  
 Willing Signer Willie Nelson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Willie Hugh Nelson was born April 30, 1933 in the tiny Depression-era farming community of Abbott, Texas.
Nelson served briefly in the Air Force after high school until he was discharged for a bad back, which has plagued him throughout his life.
Nelson managed to turn this setback into a publicity windfall when he released his fund-raising double album, The IRS Tapes: Who’ll Buy My Memories?, with all profits going straight to the IRS.
www.autographcollector.com /willienelson.html   (1312 words)

  
 The Founding of Nelson
A street car system started by Nelson Electrical Tramway Company in 1899 and a Gasworks started in 1900 were also later taken over and operated by the City until the second half of the century, when they were supplanted by bus transit and natural gas.
World War II produced another Nelson hero, Victoria Cross winner, Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, R.C.V.V.R. Education became a new focus for Nelson when R.C. B-Martin M. Johnson began Notre Dame College in 1950, and the B.C. Vocational School (with Kootenay School of the Arts) was established in 1960.
Nelson's heritage potential was realized in 1977 with the designation of over 350 heritage buildings, and today Nelson, celebrating its Centennial of Incorporation in 1977, serves as the busy centre of West Kootenay government, arts, tourism, commerce, small manufacturing, and home-based business.
www.city.nelson.bc.ca /html/founding.html   (596 words)

  
 WILLIE NELSON | Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum | Nashville, Tennessee
Nelson did a brief stint in the air force and married Martha Mathews (the first of four wives) in 1952.
Thus it was with great earnestness, much foresight, and a dash of calculation that he developed a countercultural persona replete with long hair, earrings, and worn-out denim, and began courting the youthful audience that had already enabled southern rock to grow from a grassroots phenomenon to a national craze.
Nelson recorded a pair of vivid and surprisingly rustic concept albums, Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages, for the label, as well as a gospel album, The Troublemaker.
www.countrymusichalloffame.com /site/inductees.aspx?cid=148   (1349 words)

  
 CMT.com : Willie Nelson : Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In a business built on changes in cultural fashion, Willie Nelson seems very much the same as he was when he rose to national prominence in the mid-1970s -- still the same sinewy, off-the-beat, jazz-inflected voice, the same benign countenance and
Nelson's second single for Liberty, "Touch Me" in 1962, took him to No. 7, and that would remain his chart high point for the next 13 years.
The fact that his first appearance on the charts was a duet (with Shirley Collie, then his wife) may help account for Nelson's alacrity to be a duet partner for others.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/nelson_willie/bio.jhtml   (1163 words)

  
 Farm Aid: Willie Nelson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In many ways, however, the weighty distinction "living legend" does Nelson a disservice, for it discounts the extent to which he is a thriving, relevant and progressive musical force in the 21st century.
Most importantly, Nelson's music is as adventurous as ever--mixing sounds and styles, bending genre boundaries and engendering the talents of today's most vibrant artists, including Toby Keith, Kid Rock, Norah Jones and Lucinda Williams.
As ever, Nelson tours tirelessly, climbing aboard Honeysuckle Rose III (he rode his first two buses into the ground) and takes his music and fans on a seemingly endless journey to places that were well worth the ride.
www.farmaid.org /site/PageServer?pagename=concert_wnelson   (300 words)

  
 Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hugh was baptised in the Penrith Angelican Church in 1658.
Thomas Nelson was born in Penrith, Cumbia, England in 1677.
Hewas a son of Hugh and Sarah Nelson.
home.centurytel.net /davidbob/davidbob/familytree/mine/fam00120.htm   (228 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hugh Mortimer Nelson added the porticoes and castellated east wing after 1842, as wwell as the Greek Revival-style interior trim based on designs publicshed by the architect Minard Lafever.
In 1842 Nelson sold Long Branch to his nephew, Hugh Mortimer Nelson and his wife, Adelaide Holker Nelson.
Long Branch passed through several owners before it was bought in 1986 by Harry Z. Isaacs, a Baltimore textile executive and noted breeder of race horses.
www.bikepptc.org /web_final/longbranch.htm   (615 words)

  
 SIXTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Willie Hugh Nelson and Martha Jewel Matthews had the following children:
Willie Hugh Nelson and Connie Jean Koepke had the following children:
Willie Hugh Nelson and Ann Marie D'Angelo had the following children:
www.mindspring.com /~eehiv/nelson/d5711.htm   (43 words)

  
 Nelson, British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Following the official presentation of the Coat of Arms in 1960, the City began the use of its "Arms" on the City's Seal, stationery, vehicles, etc., and in 1969 adopted its use for a City flag depicting the Coat of Arms centered on a white flag.
The demi-mountain lion at the top, being one of the Royal devices, is used on the Coat of Arms in reference to the fact that Hugh Nelson, after whom our City was named, was at one time the personal representative of the Queen in British Columbia.
The ancient crown, in the centre, refers to Nelson being known as "The Queen City of the Kootenays", and shows deference to Her Majesty, the Queen.
flagspot.net /flags/ca-bc-ne.html   (439 words)

  
 Willie Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Abbott, Texas.
Nelson signed with Liberty Records in 1961 and released several singles, including "Willingly" (with his wife, Shirley Collie) and "Touch Me." He was unable to keep his momentum going, however, and Nelson's career ground to a halt.
Nelson's touring and recording group is a collection of a number of long-standing members, including his sister Bobbie Nelson, longtime drummer Paul English, harmonicist Mickey Raphael, Bee Spears, Billy English (Paul's younger brother), and Jody Payne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willie_Nelson   (2440 words)

  
 Nelsons of Caldwell County
John M. Nelson of Caldwell County, NC The John M. Nelson Farm in Caldwell County, NC.
She believes the young man to be one of her uncles and a son of W.R. ---possibly William Nelson on the Granite Falls area.
It is possible that these pictures were taken on or about that time, as John M. Nelson would have still been alive and the two girls would have been in their early teens.
members.aol.com /armantia/Nelson.html   (269 words)

  
 William Morris Agency
If ever the words "living legend" were more than just public relations bluster, the application would be to Willie Hugh Nelson.
In many ways, however, the weighty distinction "living legend" does Nelson a disservice, for it discounts the extent to which he is a thriving, relevant and progressive musical force in the year 2004.
He has released two new albums, recently embarked on an imaginative tour with a fellow musical icon, again headlined Farm Aid, has established himself as a top television ratings draw, has a recent No. 1 single and a Super Bowl performance under his belt.
www.wma.com /willie_nelson/summary   (150 words)

  
 Pedernales Poo Poo - A League of their Own - Little Rock, Arkansas
By 1930 Mama and Daddy Nelson had made the plan to move from Arkansas to Texas, and the night before they left, their son Ira ran off and married his 16 year old girlfriend, Myrle Greenhow.
Two years after that, Willie Hugh Nelson was born, and well, you know, the rest is country music history.
The neck and body are fl walnut, the bridge and inlay are maple and walnut, the fret board and bridge is ebony, the strap holders are maple.
www.willienelson.com /nm/publish/news_11.html   (338 words)

  
 Playbill News: "Hugh Sings Martin" CD Is Latest in Library of Congress Songwriter Series, Jan. 11
The next volume, the first on the PS Classics Inc. label, is devoted to theatre and film composer Hugh Martin and becomes available Jan. 11 exclusively on the PS Classics, Inc. website, www.psclassics.org website.
"Hugh Sings Martin" is being produced by Songwriter Series producer Steve Nelson, with Hugh Martin's full cooperation, and is supervised by Elizabeth Auman and Mark Horowitz of the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Starting with the Hugh Martin disc was especially fun, because Hugh was very enthusiastic and very hands-on, to the point where when we couldn't find a suitable period recording of Hugh performing his most famous song, 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' he actually went into the studio and recorded one!
www.playbill.com /news/article/97253.html   (663 words)

  
 American Masters . Willie Nelson | PBS
Sometimes he's called an outlaw, though from Farm Aid to the aftermath of September 11, from the resurrection of a burned-out courthouse in his own hometown to fanning the flame of the Olympics, it is Willie Nelson who brings us together.
Born in Abbott, Texas, in 1933, Willie Hugh Nelson was raised by grandparents with a keen appreciation for music.
By age seven, Willie was already writing songs, playing them on guitar with his sister Bobbie on piano, and picking up musical influences from the gospel and devotional music of Texas churches to the blues and Latino songs he heard from fellow workers in the fields.
www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/nelson_w.html   (1183 words)

  
 Hugh Nelson
NELSON, Hugh, Canadian statesman, born in Lame, County Antrim, Ireland, 25 May, 1830.
Nelson was a member of the Canadian senate from 12 December, 1879, until 8 February, 1887, when he was appointed lieutenant-governor of British Columbia.
He was a member of the Yale convention, and among the first to advocate the union of British Columbia with Canada.
www.famousamericans.net /hughnelson   (361 words)

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