Willie Nelson in Pictures

A young Willie Nelson, combed and clean-shaven

Willie playing the Opry

In the studio, 1973

On his property in Luck, Texas, 2007

The smaller of the two recording studios on Willie’s property

Glasses and lyrics in one of Willie’s home studios

Willie’s guitar, a Martin N-20 classical named Trigger, has been with him since 1969

Willie in the San Bernadino mountains, 2007

A moment of reflection in California, 2007

Picking Trigger on his tour bus in Beverly Hills, 2007

In Nashville, 2008

In Nashville, 2008

Willie, Waylon, and Johnny Cash at the first Farm Aid, Champaign, Illinois, 1985

At Farm Aid in 2008 with Neil Young, Dave Matthews, and John Mellencamp

With Grace Potter at the twenty-seventh Farm Aid, Hershey Pennsylvania, 2012

A legend at work

In Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 2012