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FILE- In this Jan. 7, 2017 file photo, Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn. Nelson is canceling two Las Vegas shows this weekend due to illness. Nelson's publicist, said Thursday that Nelson has a bad cold and won't play Saturday Jan. 28 or Sunday Jan. 29. He plans to play the remaining three shows, Feb. 1, 3 and 4, at The Venetian resort on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)

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In this Jan. 7, 2017 photo, Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn. The 83-year-old outlaw country icon wants to help a lot of people give marijuana a try. He’s attached his name to a line of legal marijuana being sold in Colorado and Washington called “Willie’s Reserve,” after decades of personally advocating for the legalization of marijuana. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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In this Jan. 7, 2017 photo, Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn. The 83-year-old outlaw country icon wants to help a lot of people give marijuana a try. He’s attached his name to a line of legal marijuana being sold in Colorado and Washington called “Willie’s Reserve,” after decades of personally advocating for the legalization of marijuana. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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In this Jan. 7, 2017 photo, Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn. The 83-year-old outlaw country icon wants to help a lot of people give marijuana a try. He’s attached his name to a line of legal marijuana being sold in Colorado and Washington called “Willie’s Reserve,” after decades of personally advocating for the legalization of marijuana. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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FILE - In this March 15, 2014 file photo, Willie Nelson performs at the iTunes Festival during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. University of Texas' Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on Thursday, May 8, 2014 announced that Nelson has donated many of his platinum records, manuscripts and creative documents to UT. The Willie Nelson Collection in Austin will be the focus of an upcoming exhibit. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, smiles as he receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera)

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, poses with Reese Park, 5, one of the youngest pupils of Sam Um, as he receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, bows as he receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, smiles as he receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

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Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, bows as he receives his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

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From left Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Randolph, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy, Lukas Nelson perform during the finale of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Saturday night April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Courtesy of KLRU, Scott Newton)