Willie Nelson - Austin, TX
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Willie Nelson is an influential country music singer. The statue was done by Philadelphia sculptor Clete Shields.
Waymark Code: WMG4F3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2013
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This statue of Willie Nelson was dedicated on April 20 at 4:20, reference to the singers advocacy or marijuana legalization. Willie was present at the dedication and sang his will-known song ""Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die."
Nelson uses a variety of music styles to create his own distinctive blend of country music – a hybrid of jazz, pop, blues, rock and folk. His "unique sound", which uses a "relaxed, behind-the-beat singing style and gut-string guitar", and his "nasal voice and jazzy, off-center phrasing", has been responsible for his wide appeal, and has made him a "vital icon in country music", influencing the "new country, new traditionalist, and alternative country movements of the '80s and '90s". (
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