Bobbie Nelson, a country music pioneer and Willie Nelson's sister, dies at age 91
The pianist was a rarity: a female instrumentalist in a honky-tonk band. Though she only recorded one solo album, she played and recorded with her brother for decades. She died Thursday at age 91.
Country music pioneer Bobbie Lee Nelson — the sister of Willie Nelson, and a vaunted pianist in her own right — died Thursday at age 91. Her death was announced by her family via social media. They did not reveal the cause of her death, but said that she had died "peacefully and surrounded by family."
Nelson was the first member of her younger brother's band, performing as a
