Willie Nelson - SOLD OUT

Saturday, February 2nd at 7:00PM
Legends Theater

In a business built on changes in cultural fashion, Willie Nelson seems very much the same as he was when he rose to national prominence in the mid-1970s -- still the same sinewy, off-the-beat, jazz-inflected voice, the same benign countenance and the same hippie/thrift-shop costuming. The mileposts along his way tell a lot: He first charted in 1962 with "Willingly," had his first No. 1 in 1975 with "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," scored 19 more No. 1's over the next 14 years and then returned triumphantly to the top again in 2003 via his duet with Toby Keith, "Beer for My Horses." Nelson's albums -- nearly 300 titles, including repackagings -- have sold millions. Stardust, his 1978 cover collection of the pop hits of his youth, exceeds 5 million in sales, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Three others have sold 4 million copies each, along with two double-platinum albums and nine platinum albums. Nelson also recently was in the 2005 verison of "The Dukes of Hazzard" starring Sean Patrick Scott, Johnny Knoxville, and Jessica Simpson.