Willie Nelson’s 12 Best Collaborations

Willie Nelson’s solo work — including Red Headed Stranger and Stardust — is rightly recognized as some of the most important and enduring music in any genre, both boundary-pushing and reverent toward tradition. Even so, time and again, Nelson proved himself a musical collaborator par excellence, singing with everyone from Dolly Parton to Snoop Dogg and making it sound natural and relaxed in the way that only he knows. From “Seven Spanish Angels” to “Pancho & Lefty,” here are Willie Nelson’s 12 best collaborations.