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7/5/2009: Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson
 

He was abandoned by his parents as a toddler. As a young struggling songwriter, he crisscrossed the country playing honky tonks and selling encyclopedias door-to-door just to feed his family.

Today, Willie Nelson is an American icon and a true Texas iconoclast. Join Norah Jones, John Mellencamp and many others as we trace the life and times of a legend.



 
 
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