Bobbie Nelson, sister of country music legend, dies at 91

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bobbie Nelson, the older sister of country music legend Willie Nelson and longtime pianist in his band, has died, her family said. “That was a good experience for me, too, because I had so much music at my fingertips,” Bobbie Nelson told The Associated Press in a 2007 interview. My deepest sympathies to the Nelson family.” “Nobody played piano like Bobbie Nelson and nobody ever will. She collaborated with her brother on two books: “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of The Family Band” and a children's book called “Sister, Brother, Family: An American Childhood in Music.”