Name: Red Headed Stranger
Brand: Willie Nelson

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Catalogue number

19075958951

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-10-11

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Supplier US

Sony

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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190759589519

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Willie Nelson

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Country 

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Willie Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, born on April 29, 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas. He is widely regarded as a legendary figure in the music industry and has made significant contributions to the country genre. With a career spanning several decades, Nelson has established himself as one of the most influential artists of his time.

Nelson's musical talent runs in the family, with his children Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson also pursuing careers in music. Additionally, he is the brother of fellow musician [a519741]. Throughout his life, Nelson has been married twice; from 1952 to 1962 to [a7838791], and from 1963 to 1971 to [a1557627].

Having established his own record label called [l1162501], Willie Nelson has not only achieved great success as a performer but also as a businessman within the music industry. His unique style and soulful voice have captivated audiences worldwide, earning him numerous accolades and a dedicated fan base.

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger perhaps is the strangest blockbuster country produced, a concept album about a preacher on the run after murdering his departed wife and her new lover, told entirely with brief song-poems and utterly minimal backing. It's defiantly anticommercial and it demands intense concentration -- all reasons why nobody thought it would be a hit, a story related in Chet Flippo's liner notes to the 2000 reissue. It was a phenomenal blockbuster, though, selling millions of copies, establishing Nelson as a superstar recording artist in its own right. For all its success, it still remains a prickly, difficult album, though, making the interspersed concept of Phases and Stages sound shiny in comparison. 

Red Headed Stranger

Music US

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