Willie Nelson

Background information
Birth name	Willie Hugh Nelson
Born	April 30, 1933
Origin	Abbott, Texas, U.S.
Genre(s)	Country Country Rock Outlaw country Alternative Country
Years active	1956—present
Label(s)	RCA Records Island Records Columbia Records Atlantic Records Lost Highway Records
Associated acts	Waylon Jennings The Highwaymen Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Roger Miller Ray Price Snoop Dogg Merle Haggard Kurt Nilsen Faron Young Emmylou Harris Dolly Parton Juice Newton Toby Keith Sheryl Crow Norah Jones
Website	Website

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Jeff Buckley Movie Biopic Still Going Ahead

April 11, 2011

A music biopic about late singer Jeff Buckley is still going ahead, it has been reported.

The as-yet-untitled film will tell the story of Buckley's life. The singer drowned in 1997 in Memphis aged 30.

'Welcome To The Rileys' director Jake Scott will direct the Ryan Jaffe script, best known for the 2008 comedy The Rocker, reports Deadline.

127 Hours star James Franco and James Marsden have been linked to play the lead role.

Also Twilight star Robert Pattinson a keen music fan is said to be "obsessed" with securing the role.

The as-yet-untitled biopic is set to begin production by the end of the year.

(by Holly Frith)

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