Willie Nelson was not supposed to become Willie Nelson – HE WAS LEFT BEHIND BEFORE HE COULD EVEN REMEMBER — AND SOMEHOW, THAT CHILD WOULD GROW UP TO CHANGE MUSIC FOREVER
Willie Nelson was not supposed to become Willie Nelson. He was born on April 29, 1933, in Abbott — a speck of a town made of dust, cotton fields, and Depression-era hardship. His parents were teenagers, restless and unprepared, and their marriage collapsed before Willie could form his first memory. His mother drifted west. His…