Some country music fans may know Mickey Raphael as Willie Nelson’s harmonica player. He has been a member of Nelson’s band, The Family, for more than 50 years. While that alone would make for ...

Nelson will be on the road again with Bob Dylan when the Outlaw Music Festival resumes on June 20 at Pine Knob.

Iconic harmonica player Mickey Raphael has been touring with Willie Nelson and The Family since 1973. He has performed with many industry heavyweights, including Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard ...

Flanked by sons Lukas and Micah Nelson, with ride-or-die harmonica player Mickey Raphael and the Family Band behind him, Nelson was in robust form.

As Nelson returns to the road, the only surviving member of the classic lineup of his Family band is Mickey Raphael, 73, whose harmonica has duetted for decades with the Willie warble. Bassist Bee ...

As Nelson returns to the road, the only surviving member of the classic lineup of his Family band is Mickey Raphael, 73, whose harmonica has duetted for decades with the Willie warble. Bassist Bee ...

And Nelson's sister Bobbie Nelson, his only sibling and his piano player, died in 2022. But the band he takes on the road now is just as familial in its own way. It often includes his sons Lukas ...

FILE – Willie Nelson, left, ... 73, whose harmonica has duetted for decades with the Willie warble. ... his only sibling and his piano player, died in 2022.