Everyone from Neil Young to Snoop Dogg showed up to help celebrate Willie Nelson's 90th birthday.
on a rare evening when he was neither the headliner nor, at age 77, even close to the oldest artist on the bill.
The moment came three hours into the first of a two-night celebration of the country legend at the open-air"As a kid growing up in Texas, it seemed like there was nothing bigger than Willie Nelson," said Owen Wilson, one of the evening's emcees along with Helen Mirren, Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Garner. "And looking out at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, it still feels like there's nothing bigger than Willie Nelson.
Miranda Lambert thrilled them with a rousing, sing-along version of "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," Nelson's 1978 hit with Waylon Jennings. The Chicks blazed through 1970's "Bloody Mary Morning" at the same break-neck pace that Willie and his Family Band played it live in their prime.
Nelson also has outlived most of his classic collaborators. But an essential one, his 86-year-old Highwaymen bandmate Kris Kristofferson, made it to the stage to join Rosanne Cash, the daughter of another Highwayman: Johnny Cash. Leon Bridges attends the"Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90" Concert Celebrating Willie's 90th Birthday, presented by Blackbird, at Hollywood Bowl on April 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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