Bobbie Lee Nelson and Willie Nelson were American musicians and a member of the band, Willie Nelson and Family. Willie was born on April 29, 1933. Aside from music, Willie is also an actor and an activist.
They were reared by their paternal grandparents after their father remarried and went away. The Nelsons, who used to teach singing in Arkansas, instilled a love of music in their grandchildren.
Is Bobbie Nelson related to Willie Nelson?
Willie Nelson referred to Bobbie Nelson, fondly, as his “Little Sister Bobbie” onstage, although she was two years older.
The duo was in a band together.
She quit music after separating from her first husband.
She eventually returned to singing and reconnected with her brother, who had recently landed a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1973.
Bobbie appeared on many of Willie Nelson’s studio albums, from 1973’s Shotgun Willie and 1975’s Red Headed Stranger through 2021’s The Willie Nelson Family, but it was her work behind the piano onstage that made an indelible impression.
