The contributions that Willie Nelson and his family have made to the country music genre have served as an inspiration to a new generation of artists in the genre. One of the most well-known live artists in the genre is Willie Nelson.

Willie Nelson is traveling the nation with the Nelson Family band, and he is 89 years old and still going strong.

He had been quiet about a very serious health condition that he had earlier this year, but he now made it known to the public for the first time.