But first, a few links to some previous columns on big Texas literary news: If you pick up one book about Texas this summer, let it be "Picnic: Willie Nelson Fourth of July Tradition." Written by ...

Bob Dylan wouldn’t have shot pool with the locals, and Willie Nelson wouldn’t have ... On his drives to Oxnard, Dylan would pick up a radio station that played old blues songs, and he told ...

Born in central Texas, Willie Hugh Nelson grew up singing gospel music in the Baptist Church with his sister and long-time pianist, Bobbie. The two were raised by their grandparents, who ...