Today is Willie Nelson’s birthday – or is it?
Yes, it is … and if anyone deserves to be celebrated on TWO days, it’s Willie, but what is the story behind why he celebrates twice in the same month?
The man himself explained on his SiriusXM radio show a few years ago, why he gets two birthdays every year: He was born on April 29, but the county courthouse out in Abbott, Texas back in 1933 didn’t record his just-before-midnight birth until the next morning. As a result, April 30 is also his birthday.
Willie and the family didn’t seem to stress much about the fact that his birthday is both April 29 and April 30—instead, they just celebrate ’em both.
According to his daughter Lana, Willie celebrated his birthday on April 29 until he was 18, when he joined the Air Force. Then, after he finally obtained a copy of his birth certificate, he began telling everyone that his birthday was April 30. It was cousin Mildred who informed him, sometime in the late eighties or early nineties, that he actually was born on April 29.
At that point, the Nelsons determined that the best way to handle all of the confusion would be for Willie to just get two days of birthday every year.
So happy 88th Birthday Willie, today AND tomorrow!
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