Willie (23 page)

An outing to the park in Waco with Mama Nelson. We could hardly wait to get to that watermelon
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Me, Mama Nelson, Bobbie, and one of the Nelson cousins
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The Abbott City Hall
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This photo is from my junior year at Abbott High in 1949
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All dressed up for a school dance (and a pretty girl)
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Mama Nelson and me in the old porch swing in Waco
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Me, my dog, and Bobbie in front of our house with our friends
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Bobbie and me
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The gang posing on our front lawn
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Just hanging around Abbott High
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The sophomore football “star” of the Abbott High Panthers
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Me, Bobbie, Bud (on the fiddle) and my pop, Ira, (on the guitar) perform at the local radio station
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Ira performing on stage in 1977
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My mother at one of my shows in the '70s
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The dashing Air Force man in uniform
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Onstage with Larry Butler, who gave me a job in his band so I wouldn't have to sell my songs away
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At 18, with Joe Massey and the Frontiersmen
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Couples' night out on the town. That's Martha with me on the right
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In the studio, working on my first album
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Lana and me
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Susie, Lana, and Billy moved in with Shirley and me in 1965
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Me and all the ladies down at the radio station
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