Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson. A concept album, Red Headed Stranger is about a fugitive preacher, on the run from the law after killing his wife. Sparse and jumbled, with brief, poetic lyrics, no one involved in the creation of the album thought it would sell well. In spite of the inaccessibility, Red Headed Stranger was a blockbuster among both country music and mainstream audiences, going multiplatinum and making Nelson one of the biggest stars in country. In 2003, Nelson sang background and added some guitar to a remake of the album done by Carla Bozulich of the alt-country band, the Geraldine Fibbers.

Related Topics:
1975 - 1975 in music - Outlaw country - Willie Nelson - Concept album - 2003 - Carla Bozulich - Alt-country - Geraldine Fibbers

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The first track, Time of the Preacher, was memorably used in the 1985 Tv drama Edge of Darkness.

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