Red Headed Stranger

Occupation

• Willie Nelson: vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jody Payne: guitar, mandolin
• Bee Spears: Bass Guitar
• Paul English: Drums
• Mickey Raphael: Harmonica
• Bobbie Nelson: Piano
• Billy English: Drums

Red Headed Stranger is a concept album of the American country singer Willie Nelson, which was released on Columbia Records in 1975.

The work tells the story of a priest who kills his wife and her lover in affect and then travels on the run through the country.

The album made ​​Nelson a celebrated superstar of the Outlaw movement. It was Nelson's first hit album, which reached # 1 on the Billboard Country Albums charts. In addition, in the Rain Blue Eyes Crying with it contained his first number - one hit single.

The CMT chose it in 2006 to the first place of their list of the 40 greatest country albums of all time. The Rolling Stone listed it at the 184th position of their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

In addition, Nelson was awarded with Red Headed Stranger by this album a common nickname. That was the name, for example, the Monk episode in which Nelson had a guest appearance in the original Mr. Monk and the Red Headed Stranger.

The album itself is one of the most successful in the country music scene and confirmed the success of the Outlaw movement.

Track list

Bonus tracks on the re-release

The re- release of the album in 2000 contained four previously unpublished pieces.

Singles

The first single Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain ranked on the Billboard country charts number 1, so it was Nelson's first number - one single. In addition, the song made ​​it to number 21 on the pop charts, which made him a successful crossover hit.

The second single Remember Me finished second in the country charts, # 2, and the 67 in the pop charts.