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Willie Nelson & Family Concert Tour by Steven Skelley

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Willie Nelson & Family Concert Tour by Steven Skelley This article originally published in EDGE magazine at h ttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=reviews&sc3=performance&id=140256 The  Willie Nelson and Family  concert tour is exactly what you would expect from one of popular music’s iconic artists -- hit after hit that had the audience singing along like old friends around a campfire. With 10 Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, nine CMA Awards and more than 40 million albums sold in the U.S.A., there is no doubt that Willie Nelson brings a tremendous talent and decades of musical insight to the stage.  What is surprising is how, at age 79, he can still put on a show that rivals any of the current crop of young guns in the music business today. When he took the stage at the King Center, Willie looked frail and pale from the flu battle that has caused the cancellation of his previous concert a day before but h