New York, N.Y.: Musicians Willie Nelson, left, and Waylon Jennings, right, at a party at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan on January 16, 1978. (Photo by Karen Wiles/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Lukas Nelson performs onstage during the Medallion Ceremony for the Class of 2025 at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on October 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
Country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson promotes his "Red Headed Stranger" album at Peaches Records and leaves his footprints in concrete on October 28, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 25: Singer Willie Nelson performs at a Vice President Kamala Harris rally Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson during Willie Nelson and Friends: "Outlaws & Angels" – Show and Backstage at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage for NBC Universal Photo Department)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 03: Willie Nelson performs onstage during the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame )
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – (L-R) Lukas Nelson and Willie Nelson perform at the Autism Speaks Light Up The Blues 6 Concert at The Greek Theatre on April 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harmony Gerber/Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS – Portrait of country singer Willie Nelson at Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois – Champaign for the first Farm Aid Concert in Champaign, Illinois, September 22, 1985. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Musician Willie Nelson attends 24th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 10, 1989 at Disney Studios in Burbank, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)