Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country"s imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America"s heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie"s story: his depression ere childhood; his stormy marriages; his will experiences with drugs, booze and women; his long rise to stardom; his musical and personal experiences with Waylon Jennings, Julio Iglesias, Kris Kristopherson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt.