Willie Nelson is involved in the music industry.
Columbia Records ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment ( SME ) , a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc. , the United States division of Sony Corporation . The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville , Tennessee , which was founded on November 28 , 1925 , by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio `` barn dance '' on WSM . On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song) . `` On the Road Again '' became Nelson 's 9th Country & Western No. 1 hit overall ( 6th as a solo recording act ) in November 1980 , and became one of Nelson 's most recognizable tunes . Willie Nelson . During the mid-1980s , while creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like `` On the Road Again '' , `` To All the Girls I 've Loved Before '' , and `` Pancho and Lefty '' , he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen , along with fellow singers Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , and Kris Kristofferson .