Show mUE NELSON to "Somebody once asked me" Nelson recalls "if 1 they can relate thought I had more Insight into life than the next fellow I didn't know how to answer I still don't— except that maybe you can get an education from loving and being loved from hurting and being hurt And if thafs the case 1 guess my education is pretty broad” In these days when every new sound has a fancy descriptive name Willie Nelson's definition of music is simpli- KING OF"PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY MUSIC Cryin’ In Eyes the Rain” —and two gold albums — “Red-Head- ed Stranger” and Wanted: Outlaws" Nelson has also won the prestigious Broadcast Music award and has been elected to the Song writers' Hall of Fame “A lot of my songs come from things that are happening around me happening to me” Nelson says"They’rs the pains and joys that I feel or ' that people close to me feeL I By Susan Scott m ou wouldn't expect to find handwritten notes s from people tacked to the wall of a pool hall In Austin Texas But there they are ‘Your songs are beautiful i thank you for with them us” writes sharing Vice President Nelson Rockefeller A letter from Ladybird Johnson hangs next to a framed photo of the former First Lady whb is wearing an evening gown Standing next to her in the photo is Willie Nelson in a blue Jeans and sneakers A year or so ago people were asking "Who Is Willie Nelson?” Today the old singer and composer is saluted as the ‘Idrtf ’ of "progressive” country music — “a I n fc YXt hi ET? i ‘if ' f v : ' r-- y w Vi1 im rLT'- sii && i u- '7' W reK- - i- - Vfci tz t Jf h ? mE t m- y i f f t- - CHUNKY OHCNEN VEGETABLE 'MS&Kii f' mu OUDFASMOED' BtANWITHHWJ A ’ 'si Chunky Soups from Chunky OU Fashioned Bean with Ham is thick with cooked beans and chunk after chunk of ham carrots and celeiy -- A Chunky Chicken Vegetable has chunks of chicken and tender Campbell : A country vegetables in a flavorful chicken broth Try both new Chunky Sots as main dishes : STORE COUPON Everyone In your family will low these two new : v' ft reddish-brow- n Iff ' XL combination” says Nelson "of basic country souid plus a lot of gospel and some blues" A small slender man with FAMILY WEEKLY October 8 - td 'rfr-fy- ‘Pains and joys I don't do a lot of talking about what I feel I just put it in a song v pleas-Continu- on page 21 A f 43-yea- r- ' b ’ I- T-sh- hair Nelson achieved success after 25 years of trying He got his first musical training from his grandparents who were music teachers In Abbot Texas "When I was 6 years old" Willie says "my grand--dad bought me a guitar anda v chord book mid taught me some chords Then 1 learned ' to read music a little Just enough to know what key 1 was playing tat Most of my education cams from listening to country music on the radio:” Today people are listening to Willie Nelson's music He has already chalked up several hit single— notably “Blue j j rVf mm world-famou- shoulder-lengt- city itself: 'To me" he says “music is anything that’s “Wt vi : a lot of talking about what 1 feel Inside I Just sit down and put it in a song I don’t mean to get fancy or philosophical about it but 1 think people like my music because there’s something there don’t do rVIr mEtn I I S I I j rfi MettbwBew variety k MW ne h MOwfal h ilM w Hi Mt cm e caasMTi Omw Sum hml veKiMqiMiioa rwni—s iw IM r CMfM m NMMim WmnllliMiNlMMetitiiHirhiMkMiWIiMbfSltMK MMT MS Nr Ml mi MM r bt NSMMd kr fm CiapMI 9t MilliM CMBMlfc OlMpM RcGSSwmn III VOfll Be Gk Nelli CwkiM ZMtt lw mIm hi IwdliM Aw Her mSuSm omHMn Iwmm pmm CfMt um li cmh flHMM mm mmsI pnmM flifcwt hM M TCt MH fliM Mis ill ClfMI MtoitlU fe ndevelMi fe Mnm mmnI m mWcIs mmSimi Ib Smm mN ficK MfriMieN mdiiSeK mSicM Mecl k ftiUNM left m S fnmM W MttUi mcU cmpm m Ml aka MriMei tl mt pNtek tali Mtae V20 khei fwi lw ll k eu h Mt it Mt tt Mm Me leM k mi tm$m p tmktm " CMnaisouPOOMwiY ' TAKE THIS COUPON TO YOUR GROCER e : |