91裸聊视频淎re there any more real cowboys?91裸聊视频� Neil Young sang Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl on a rare evening when he was neither the headliner nor, at age 77, even close to the oldest artist on the bill.

Providing an instant answer, Willie Nelson, wearing a cowboy hat and red-white-and-blue guitar strap, slowly strolled on to the stage on his 90th birthday, bringing the crowd of more than 17,000 to its feet.

Nelson sat in a chair 91裸聊视频� one of the few onstage concessions he91裸聊视频檚 made to age 91裸聊视频� and joined Young for the rest of their 1985 duet, 91裸聊视频淎re There Any More Real Cowboys?91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 want to thank all the artists who came out tonight to help celebrate whatever it is we91裸聊视频檙e celebrating,91裸聊视频� said Nelson, feigning senility and getting a laugh.

The moment came three hours into the first of a two-night celebration of the country legend at the open-air Los Angeles amphitheater, where generations of stars sang his songs in tribute.

91裸聊视频淎s a kid growing up in Texas, it seemed like there was nothing bigger than Willie Nelson,91裸聊视频� said Owen Wilson, one of the evening91裸聊视频檚 emcees along with Helen Mirren, Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Garner. 91裸聊视频淎nd looking out at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, it still feels like there91裸聊视频檚 nothing bigger than Willie Nelson.91裸聊视频�

After Young, Nelson brought out George Strait, a country superstar of the following generation, for their self-referential duet, 91裸聊视频淪ing One With Willie,91裸聊视频� followed by the Willie perennial, 91裸聊视频淧ancho and Lefty,91裸聊视频� with Strait singing the part once played by the late Merle Haggard.

Nelson then shouted, 91裸聊视频淐ome out and roll one with me Snoop!91裸聊视频�

Strutting out came rapper Snoop Dogg, sitting next to Nelson as they launched into their stoner anthem, 91裸聊视频淩oll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.91裸聊视频� Perhaps fittingly, each seemed to forget the words at times. The two friends looked too happy to care.

91裸聊视频淪omebody make some noise for the legend Mr. Willie Nelson!91裸聊视频� Snoop shouted mid-song.

The parade of partners illustrated one of the night91裸聊视频檚 themes: Willie brings people together.

91裸聊视频淎ll of the sudden, it didn91裸聊视频檛 matter if you were a hillbilly or a hippie, everyone was a Willie Nelson fan,91裸聊视频� Wilson said of Nelson91裸聊视频檚 late-blooming emergence as a singing superstar when he left Nashville, Tennessee, and returned to his native Texas in the 1970s. 91裸聊视频淓ven the Dalai Lama is a Willie Nelson fan. It91裸聊视频檚 true.91裸聊视频�

The crowd, which ranged from small children to seniors, illustrated the point. The stands were dotted with cowboy hats while hippies danced in the aisles and weed smoke wafted in the air.

Miranda Lambert thrilled them with a rousing, sing-along version of 91裸聊视频淢ammas Don91裸聊视频檛 Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,91裸聊视频� Nelson91裸聊视频檚 1978 hit with Waylon Jennings. The Chicks blazed through 197091裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淏loody Mary Morning91裸聊视频� at the same break-neck pace that Willie and his Family Band played it live in their prime.

Nelson has outlived nearly every member of that band, which backed him for decades of constant touring and recording. His little sister and piano player, Bobbie Nelson, died last year. She got her own tribute from Norah Jones, who banged the keys through the younger Nelson91裸聊视频檚 saloon-style solo song, 91裸聊视频淒own Yonder,91裸聊视频� from Willie Nelson91裸聊视频檚 definitive 1975 album, 91裸聊视频淩ed Headed Stranger.91裸聊视频�

While many of the women who took the stage played rousing rockers, most of the men went in for quiet emotion.

Chris Stapleton kept his guitar at his side through a soft, reflective rendition of 91裸聊视频淎lways on My Mind,91裸聊视频� Nelson91裸聊视频檚 biggest solo hit of the 1980s. Nelson91裸聊视频檚 son Lukas sang 91裸聊视频淎ngel Flying Too Close to The Ground91裸聊视频� alone with his acoustic guitar, his voice a dead ringer for his dad91裸聊视频檚.

Another surviving member of the Family Band, harmonica master Mickey Raphael, was part of the weekend91裸聊视频檚 house band, led by Don Was, which backed almost everyone.

Nelson also has outlived most of his classic collaborators. But an essential one, his 86-year-old Highwaymen bandmate Kris Kristofferson, made it to the stage to join Rosanne Cash, the daughter of another Highwayman: Johnny Cash.

Rosanne Cash was singing Nelson91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淟oving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I91裸聊视频檒l Ever Do Again)91裸聊视频� when Kristofferson, who wrote the song, came out and harmonized with her on the choruses.

Nelson91裸聊视频檚 musical diversity was another evening theme.

91裸聊视频淗e blends and bends genres,91裸聊视频� Mirren said from the stage. 91裸聊视频淗is timing and categories are his own.91裸聊视频�

Leon Bridges91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淣ight Life91裸聊视频� showed off Nelson91裸聊视频檚 affinity for the blues, as did Jones91裸聊视频� jazzy trip through 91裸聊视频淔unny How Time Slips Away91裸聊视频� from 1961, when Nelson was known primarily as a songwriter of hits for others.

Ziggy Marley sang 91裸聊视频淪till Is Still Moving To Me,91裸聊视频� which Nelson recorded in 1993 and later sang with Toots and the Maytals in one of his occasional forays into reggae. Marley shouted 91裸聊视频淲ee-lay!91裸聊视频� in his Jamaican accent during the song.

Sunday91裸聊视频檚 night show will feature a whole different range of acts including Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris.

Young first took the stage with his early collaborator Stephen Stills. The pair played a revved up version of 91裸聊视频淔or What It91裸聊视频檚 Worth,91裸聊视频� swapping guitar solos on the classic hit they made as members of Buffalo Springfield in 1966.

Nelson brought out all the evening91裸聊视频檚 artists to join him for the Carter Family91裸聊视频檚 1935 song, 91裸聊视频淲ill the Circle Be Unbroken?91裸聊视频� a longtime live favorite of his and the classic closing song for all of country music.

It was clearly intended to be the end, as Hawke took the mic and started to thank everyone for coming.

But the 90-year-old wasn91裸聊视频檛 ready to stop. He interrupted and broke into Mac Davis91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 Hard to Be Humble,91裸聊视频� which Nelson and his sons recorded in 2019.

It was a funny choice for a final song, but its chorus was a perfect comic coda for a man who had been drowned in adoration all night:

91裸聊视频淭o know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it91裸聊视频檚 hard to be humble. But I91裸聊视频檓 doing the best that I can.91裸聊视频�

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press