EDITOR'S NOTE: This column originally ran March 23, 2023. We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of ...

One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. A predilection for writing lyrics and drinking helped Nelson find his people there. The late songwriter Hank Cochran, a ...

We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of songwriters, it should have been added that "adversity plus talent – ...

One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. Willie Nelson drove into Houston from the Pacific Northwest in 1958 with big dreams, dubious prospects and a growing family.

Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline are pillars of country music. Nelson wrote Cline’s most famous hit, “Crazy,” and sang her praises over the years. Despite their careers overlapping in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

Sadly, Patsy Cline’s country music career lasted less than a decade before a plane crash tragically cut her life short at age 30. However, her musical legacy has lingered much longer, and she is still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There used to be a joke in old-school country music: How many girl singers does it take to sing Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”? The ...

Diana Ross is legendary. Janis Joplin passed before her time. Connie Francis was a radio queen. But there’s just no other voice like Patsy Cline’s. Only she could record Willie frikking Nelson’s ...