Nelson found a beautiful Martin guitar nearby on sale for $750 (about $5,500 today), and named it after Roy Rogers' famed horse. It was a steep price, but well worth it for the country icon.

Nelson found a beautiful Martin guitar nearby on sale for $750 (about $5,500 today), and named it after Roy Rogers' famed horse. It was a steep price, but well worth it for the country icon.

The guitar in question was a Martin N-20 nylon-string classical acoustic guitar, and Jackson was right. “It was a pleasant surprise,” Nelson said in a 2015 Rolling Stone interview.

Willie Nelson was playing at John T. Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas one night in 1969. Before he left the venue that night, a drunk patron stumbled into Nelson’s guitar, knocking it ...

Willie Nelson's 90th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl could have been mistaken for a retirement party. In 1979, he released “Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson,” a full album of the ...

Willie Nelson on Stage.American country singer Willie Nelson Performed at the Sydney Showgrounds tonight.Whether Strumming or Picking Willie Nelson plays his Guitar with Vigour.February 14, 1981.

One by Willie Billy Strings on What It’s Like to Play Willie Nelson’s Guitar One of the hottest guitarists alive describes the hole in Trigger, bringing roses to Willie, and a 90-mph live ...

Willie’s older sister, Bobbie, was born on Jan. 1, 1931, in Abbott, Texas, to parents Ira Doyle Nelson and Myrle Greenhaw Nelson. Her brother was born two years later on April 29, 1933.