We have read about author Larry McMurtry's fixation with typewriters, and Babe Ruth's dependence on a particular type of Louisville Slugger, but perhaps no one's love for an object is deeper than ...

Willie Nelson is a country music icon, and his trusted Martin N-20 acoustic guitar, affectionately named Trigger, is a staple in the singer's music and success. Nelson recalls the day he purchased the ...

Willie Nelson’s longest-running current collaborator remains his guitar. Harmonica player Mickey Raphael is the last living, breathing member of Nelson’s classic Family band from the '70s, and has ...

Before Willie Nelson hits the stage every night, there’s a commotion in the audience when his longtime guitar tech, Tunin’ Tom Hawkins, brings out the country legend’s famous guitar, Trigger, placing ...

Willie Nelson’s fate changed in 1969 when a drunk audience member stepped on his Baldwin acoustic guitar. Nashville luthier Shot Jackson said the Baldwin couldn’t be fixed. However, he thought Nelson ...

This week, Rolling Stone released a mini-documentary on Trigger, Willie Nelson’s beloved Martin acoustic guitar that looks as about as cool as he does at 81 years old. You can hear Trigger and Nelson ...

Willie Nelson might be one of the most prominent figures in country music history, but when he bought his iconic guitar, Trigger, he was trying to emulate a jazz icon known for his swinging, lightning ...

Is there an instrument as iconic as Trigger? Willie Nelson’s beat-to-hell Martin classical acoustic guitar is known around the world by name, and its acoustic resonance is as familiar, in its way, as ...

We're counting down the days until Willie Nelson's performance at Rudder Auditorium next Monday, presented by MSC OPAS. Today's topic: Willie's trusty guitar Trigger. As he wrote in the 2006 book The ...

The most famous guitar in country music was purchased sight unseen. Willie Nelson enjoyed success as an A-list Nashville songwriter but he had yet to move to Texas for "outlaw" glory in 1969, when an ...