Paul English is Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

's longtime drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 who started playing with him in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

 in 1955. He did not become Nelsons regular drummer until 1966, though. In the years in between he played with Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....

 among others. In the early days, one of his duties was to serve as a strong armed collection agent for overdue payments from club owners for the band. Paul resides in Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 and is the father of D.W. English, Paul English Jr.,and Evan English, a sophomore at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas is a private, college-preparatory school for young men under the direction of the Society of Jesus and home to the Jesuit Dallas Museum in Dallas, Texas...

. He is the husband of second wife, Janie English.

English is the titular "Paul" of the Willie Nelson album Me and Paul

Me and Paul

- Track listing :#"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" - 3:12#"Forgiving You Was Easy" - 2:51#"I Let My Mind Wander" - 4:02#"I'm a Memory" - 2:12#"She's Gone, Gone, Gone" - 3:09#"Old Five and Dimers Like Me" - 3:08#"I Never Cared for You" - 2:06...

as well as the title track of that album. English had a role in Nelson's movie Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger (film)

Red Headed Stranger is a 1986 American western drama film written and directed by William D. Wittliff. The film stars Willie Nelson and Morgan Fairchild. It is based on Nelson's album Red Headed Stranger .-Plot:...

(1986).