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The band Willie Nelson was founded in 1933. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Abbott. Generally, music journalists would define Willie Nelson’s style within the genre/s of country music, pop music, progressive country, blues, traditional pop music, rock music, alternative country, country rock, and other rock music.

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Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement.... [wikipedia]
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Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.... [wikipedia]
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Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of whic... [wikipedia]
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George Jones

George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive v... [wikipedia]
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The Highwaymen

The Highwaymen was an American country music supergroup, composed of four of country music's biggest artists, who pioneered the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Between 1985 and 1995, the group recor... [wikipedia]
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Bobby Bare

Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.... [wikipedia]
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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into ... [wikipedia]
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Hank Williams

Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, Williams recorded 35 singles (five r... [wikipedia]
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Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning 60 years. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lo... [wikipedia]
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Guy Clark

Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, performer and luthier. He released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, ... [wikipedia]
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Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver (born August 16, 1939) is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.... [wikipedia]
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Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was the front man for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country... [wikipedia]
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Dwight Yoakam

Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, known for his pioneering style of country music. First becoming popular in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, charted m... [wikipedia]
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David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". His most popular songs ar... [wikipedia]
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Johnny Cash

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning musi... [wikipedia]
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John Prine

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter. He was active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer from the early 1970s until his death, and was known for an often humorous style of original music th... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is Willie Nelson?

Willie Nelson genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for Willie Nelson. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of country music, pop music, progressive country, blues, traditional pop music, rock music, alternative country, country rock, and other rock music.

Similar music like Willie Nelson includes artists and songs like Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, The Highwaymen, Bobby Bare, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, David Allan Coe, Johnny Cash, John Prine,