{"id":7483,"date":"2025-10-17T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundverse.charmingflowers.com.vn\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:37:10","slug":"willie-nelson-details-criticism-he-once-received-for-playing-elvis-presley-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundverse.charmingflowers.com.vn\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/willie-nelson-details-criticism-he-once-received-for-playing-elvis-presley-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson Details \u2018Criticism\u2019 He Once Received for Playing Elvis Presley Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Watch the video at the end of this article.<\/h3>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/willie-nelson-net-worth\">Willie Nelson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has always been an\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/donna-presley-slams-priscilla-new-book\">Elvis Presley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0fan, but the same can\u2019t be said for some of his die-hard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/entertainment\/best-country-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country music<\/a>\u00a0listeners.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Nelson, 92, opened up about the controversy surrounding Presley\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1143195\/jessicasager\/music-trivia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music<\/a>\u00a0in a resurfaced video from 1991 that was uploaded to his Instagram account this week.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">During the clip, the country legend, who was working as a disc jockey when Presley arrived on the music scene, admitted that he would sometimes receive criticism for playing the King of Rock and Roll\u2019s tracks on country radio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_figureContainer__kdsyO wp-block-image size-full fade-in-top visible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 750px) 750px, calc(100vw - 60px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_16,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 16w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_32,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 32w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_48,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 48w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_64,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 64w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_96,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 96w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_128,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 128w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_256,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 256w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_384,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 384w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_640,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 640w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_750,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 750w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_828,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 828w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1080,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1200,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_1920,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_2048,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/parade.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/ODowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTU1ODU4\/elvis-presley-portrait-with-acoustic-guitar.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"CULVER CITY, CA - SEPTEMBER 1962: Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley strums an acoustic guitar while posing for a portrait in September 1962 in Culver City, California at MGM Studios. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2297\" height=\"2895\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_imageCaption__Z4rrp\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"styles_imageCaptionButton__cF1VI\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Show caption\"><\/button><\/figure>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cElvis came out when I was a disc jockey, and I was playing country music,\u201d Nelson recalled during the interview, which was taken from an appearance he made on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPUPd09Dhj6\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Later with\u00a0<strong>Bob Costas<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>in 1991<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cHe came out and he was doing rock and roll, or blues, or whatever they called it back then,\u201d Nelson continued, noting that he played Presley\u2019s tracks on his station \u201call the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cI got a little criticism for it, from some of the old dye in the wool puritan country fans, but I thought he was great,\u201d the \u201cOn the Road Again\u201d crooner stated.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/willie-nelson-elvis-presley-hit-country-no-1\">Willie Nelson Made an Elvis Presley Hit a Country No. 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">During the same interview, Nelson also recalled seeing Presley perform in Vegas toward the end of his career, though he was never able to meet the \u201cSuspicious Minds\u201d singer in person.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cI never met him,\u201d Nelson revealed, though he did point out that Presley had previously recorded one of his songs, \u201cFunny How Time Slips Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">And, Presley even used to send Nelson a Christmas card every year.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\u201cBut I never met him,\u201d he insisted of the late music icon, who died at the age of 42 in August 1977.<\/p>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1vXgLGrPidM?si=c2-Wq5Pj-Vvsmy-X\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Willie talks Elvis Presley on Later with Bob Costas in 1991.\" title=\"Play video &quot;Willie talks Elvis Presley on Later with Bob Costas in 1991.&quot;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1vXgLGrPidM?si=c2-Wq5Pj-Vvsmy-X<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1vXgLGrPidM?si=c2-Wq5Pj-Vvsmy-X\" title=\"Willie talks Elvis Presley on Later with Bob Costas in 1991.\">Willie talks Elvis Presley on Later with Bob Costas in 1991. 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