Just hours before the tour’s June 21 kickoff, Willie was feeling ill and bowed out due to “doctor’s orders.” The show went on without him, with his son Lukas Nelson and the Family Band ...

They announced that Lukas Nelson and the Family Band, led by Willie’s son, would perform “a special set to include Willie’s classics and other songs.” The other acts on the line up ...

“Willie Nelson & Family” features both archival footage ... family is obviously blood relatives. It’s his band. It’s his fans. Family is the record-buying public. Family is people who ...

Willie and Bobbie Nelson made magic as a musical duo for ... and toured together for more than 40 years with their band, The Family. Each night, Willie would introduce Bobbie on stage as ...

Get to know Willie Nelson's eight kids ... Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band. "Shirley wasn't buying that … [I] was caught flatfooted. Had to get the words out of my mouth.

Five years ago, Willie Nelson released “Last Man Standing.” The title could be a reference to the fact that all of Nelson’s heroes and peers were gone. Nelson’s Family band kept on ...

The Chicks blazed through 1970′s “Bloody Mary Morning” at the same break-neck pace that Willie and his Family Band played it live in their prime. Nelson has outlived nearly every member of ...

He and his band — dressed in black like outlaw undertakers ... it’s hard to argue with that. Billed as “Willie Nelson & Family,” the stage lit up in red and orange glow, an enormous American flag ...

To open Willie Nelson & Family, the creators started ... The doc interviews many of Nelson’s family and band members; collaborators such as singer Brenda Lee, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis ...

He also published four books — "Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of The Family Band," "Willie Nelson’s Letters to America," "Me and Paul: Untold Tale of a Fabled Friendship" and "Energy ...

Willie Nelson & Family is a portrait of a man who has made ... he saved most of the money for equipment and instruments for his band and, working quickly, they created a stripped-down sound ...