| Red Headed Stranger | 
 enlarge | Artist: Willie Nelson
Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
Category: Music
Buy New: CDN$ 8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 5212
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 63589
UPC: 074646358924
EAN: 0074646358924
ASIN: B00004U2G7
Release Date: July 18, 2000
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One of the greatest stories ever... May 25, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not that I am a huge Willie fan. I don't like everything the man has put out, with actually this album and "Spirit" being the only ones I can listen to all the way through. That said, I must say this...I have over 300 CD's in my CD collection, yet I find myself having listened to this CD probably on average, once a day, since I bought it a few months ago. The music in itself is a powerful force, but once you get drawn into it and listen to the lyrics and follow the story, it's amazing. Personally, I could have done without the 4 bonus tracks (added for the re-mastered version) though they are great also. I would rather have a CD of just the original material that was put out on "Red Headed Stranger" back in '75. This and "Spirit" (which really helped me get over heartbreak, and, what I thought was the end of my life) are my number 1 and 2 CD's in my entire 300+ disc collection. Give them both a listen.
Eyewitness to History in the Making March 4, 2004
Before I went to see Willie at the Longhorn ballroom in Dallas In 1975 for the 1st time I didn't know what I was in for. I felt out of place with long hair but no one was really paying attention. I still felt uncomfortable because this was the kind of place that back in the '60s if you didn't have a gun or knife they would give you one. Besides that I was only 17 using a friends ID. Before the show I had the Liberty of meeting Bill Mack (a legendary disk jockey whom wrote 'Blue' that Lee Ann Rhymes recorded). Little did I know that about a month before that great experience, in Garland TX on forest Ln. where I worked in a garage next to a recording studio that looked more like a small red wood beauty shop or something. Anyway one night while closing up I seen a customized Dodge Van pull up and some guys get out and go in, not even knowing what Willie looked like at the time and did not even know that that building was a recording studio. Well as usual I finished up and went on home. The next morning as I arrived to open the shop ,there they were loading back up into the Van and leaving. I was clueless about the situation until I read the small print on the Red Headed Stranger album about where it was recorded. If I would have had any idea I would have tried to listen in or something. But that's one of those experiences that you can only talk about and not worry about who believe's it or not. and just my luck later that year I went to Las Vegas to the Golden Nugget and he had just been there the night before.By the way the drinking age was 18 then! I was also lucky enough to see his last fourth of July concert in Waco in 1987 before I was paralyzed in a accident. Long live Willie.
Lost Highways January 22, 2004
I'm reviewing this after watching a terrific BBC documentary called Lost Highways. In a single episode, amongst other things, it showed Willie from his earliest performances (good grief, it's hard to believe he ever looked that young) through to today, and had footage of Gram Parsons and the rest of the Flying Burrito Brothers clowning around in their Nudie suits as well ... superb.
And yes, it reminded me how great Red Headed Stranger is. Sparse, timeless and moving. You really should own it.
one of the best January 17, 2004
If you buy only one Willie CD you should make it this one. Then steal some money and buy more of Willie's music and some Waylon, Cash, and David Allan Coe.
 Great January 1, 2004
Great record, and "Hands on the Wheel" is sheer beauty. "Bonaparte's Retreat" is wonderful as well.
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