[RELATED: Watch Merle Haggard and Toby Keith Join Willie Nelson to Sing “Mama Tried” at the Wiltern in 2004] When it comes to Outlaw and Alternative country music, few songwriters receive as ...

With more than six decades of making music ... Nelson has released since the early ’60s have been collaborations with friends. A handful of these have been with fellow country legend Merle Haggard.