"Records TMR229. Red Headed Stranger (song) Red Headed Stranger is a song written by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz, published in 1953. Originally written for Perry Como, the song was not recorded by him due to publishing issues. In 1954, Arthur ""Guitar Boogie"" Smith released a version of the song on MGM Records that received good radio play. Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performed the song at the time of its original release for children at bedtime on his show, ""The Western Express"". In 1974, inspired by his then-wife Connie Koepke, he wrote the concept album ""Red Headed Stranger"" based on"
"would become a lasting nickname for Nelson. It was ranked #183 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and number one on CMT's ""40 Greatest Albums in Country Music"". In 2010 it was inducted to the National Recording Registry. In 1986 Nelson starred as the Red Headed Stranger in a movie of the same name, based on the story of the album. The album has had a strong cultural impact; the song ""Time of the Preacher"" was used often in the British television miniseries ""Edge of Darkness"", and its lyrics were used in the first"
"their eclecticism and Newbury's growing disdain for the music business, especially in Nashville. By 1975, the outlaw country movement had captivated the industry, reaching its commercial zenith with the release of the Willie Nelson concept album ""Red Headed Stranger"" and the RCA compilation ""Wanted! The Outlaws"" a year later, which would be recognized as country music's first platinum album. The year before, Waylon Jennings recorded his album ""This Time"" at Tompall Glaser's ""Hillbilly Central"" studio at 916 Nineteenth Avenue South, bucking the Nashville studio system so he could record his music exactly as he wanted to. Jennings and Nelson, along"
"the audience as a cradle tune. Nelson, who sang the song for his daughter Lana at bedtime, would occasionally also sing it himself on the show. While returning from a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado, in 1974, his then-wife Connie Koepke suggested to write a western concept album, based on ""The Red Headed Stranger"". Nelson mixed old songs from other artists and original compositions to create the concept of the ""Red Headed Stranger"" album: a fugitive on the run from the law after killing his wife and her lover. The album was certified gold in 1976 by the Recording Industry"
"the second version of the bus the same year. Nelson changed his tour bus in 1996, 2005 and 2013, currently touring on the ""Honeysuckle Rose V"". Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album ""Shotgun Willie"" (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ""Red Headed Stranger"" (1975) and ""Stardust"" (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the"
"After the critical and commercial success of 1975's ""Red Headed Stranger"", Nelson became one of the most recognized artists in country music. He replicated this success in 1976, releasing ""Wanted! The Outlaws"" (featuring Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser), which became the genre's first certified platinum album. By 1977, Nelson had decided to record a collection of American pop standards. During that time, Nelson was living in the same neighborhood in Malibu as producer Booker T. Jones. The two became friends, and Nelson asked Jones to arrange ""Moonlight in Vermont"". Pleased by the results, Nelson later asked Jones to"
"of the United States."" ""Red Headed Stranger""s critical success cemented Nelson's outlaw image, and made him one of the most recognized artists in country music. The title of the album became a long lasting nickname for him. The cover of Fred Rose's 1945 song ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"", that had been released as a single previous to the album, became his first number one hit as a singer. In 2004 the album was ranked at number 184 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and number one in CMT's ""40 Greatest Albums in"
"It was first recorded by Arthur ""Guitar Boogie"" Smith in 1954. Smith of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the host of the nationally syndicated country music program ""The Arthur Smith Show"". The single was released on MGM Records with the number K11784, featuring on the flipside ""Sobbin' Women"" and credited to Arthur Smith and His Cracker-Jacks. Although the song did not chart, it received good radio airplay, in a September 1955, ""Billboard"" noted: ""Arthur Smith's 'The Red Headed Stranger' [...] after a year or more is still drawing a large number of requests."" ""The Redheaded Stranger"" was included by Eddy Arnold"
"Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as ""Shotgun Willie"" and ""Phases and Stages"". In 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album ""Red Headed Stranger"". The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, ""Wanted! The Outlaws"", along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. During the mid-1980s, while creating hit albums like ""Honeysuckle Rose"" and recording hit songs like ""On the Road Again"", ""To All the Girls I've Loved Before"", and ""Pancho and Lefty"", he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and"
"Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The lyrics were written by Edith Lindeman, the entertainment editor of Virginia's ""Richmond Times-Dispatch"". Carl Stutz, a musician who worked as an accountant and high school mathematics teacher, composed the music. The song was first published in 1953. ""The Red Headed Stranger"" follows the story of ""The Stranger"", who rambles into town on a black stallion, leading the bay horse of his dead wife. The stranger meets a blond woman on a tavern, who follows him out as he leaves."
"Country Music"" in 2006. In 2009 it was adopted into the National Recording Registry because ""Red Headed Stranger"" is ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or informs or reflects life in the United States"". At an appearance at the Armadillo World Headquarters, a music venue in Austin, Texas, Nelson met publisher and screenwriter William D. Wittliff. Because of the success of the album, Wittliff decided to write a script for Nelson based on the story of the Red Headed Stranger. In 1979 Wittliff finished a draft of the project, which was turned over to Universal Studios. The studio budgeted the film"
"the night. The 'Red Headed Stranger' has never done anything in that fashion, and at age 84, the singer continues to come out swinging on all cylinders."" The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, selling 34,000 in copies (36,000 equivalent albums in total) in its first week. This is his record-extending 50th top 10 album on the Top Country Albums chart. It also debuted at number ten on Billboard 200, which make this Nelson's sixth top 10 album on the chart. It has sold 108,300 copies in the United States as of June 2018. God's"
"""RPM"" Country Tracks chart. It was written by Coe with Jimmy Rabbitt, who is also a popular radio DJ in Texas. GG Allin, the American punk rock singer-songwriter best remembered for his notorious live performances, covered the song with rewritten and parodied (explicit) lyrics on his album Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies. He retitled the song ""Outlaw Scumfuc"". Longhaired Redneck (song) ""Longhaired Redneck"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe. It was released in January 1976 as the lead single from Coe's album of the same name. The song is notable for its"
"Nelson with Atlantic Records as their first country music artist. Produced by Arif Mardin, the album was recorded in two days at the Atlantic Records studio in New York City in February 1973. Nelson and his usual backup musicians were joined by Doug Sahm and his band. The release of the album was cancelled by Atlantic Records, that decided that the album was not right for the label. After Atlantic closed its experimental country music division, Nelson signed a contract with Columbia Records that gave him total creative control. After the critical and commercial success of ""Red Headed Stranger"", the"
"and side two is from the viewpoint of the man. The album included the hit single ""Bloody Mary Morning."" The same year, he produced and starred in the pilot episode of PBS' ""Austin City Limits"". Nelson then moved to Columbia Records, where he signed a contract that gave him complete creative control, made possible by the critical and commercial success of his previous albums. The result was the critically acclaimed, and massively popular 1975 concept album ""Red Headed Stranger"". Although Columbia was reluctant to release an album with primarily a guitar and piano for accompaniment, Nelson and Waylon Jennings insisted."
"well, and granted him the authority to produce his records how he wanted. Jennings released the seminal ""Honky Tonk Heroes"" album in 1973, widely considered the first ""outlaw"" album, and ""This Time"" in 1974, which was recorded at Tompall Glaser's independent studio in Nashville. By 1975, after the explosive success of Nelson's ""Red Headed Stranger"" album, a whole new subgenre of country music had emerged called outlaw country. This new movement featured a more ""progressive"" sound and a drug culture attuned attitude, typified by the music of Jennings and Nelson but also inspired by songwriters like Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe"
"lover. The content consists of songs with brief poetic lyrics and arrangements of older material such as Fred Rose's ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"", Wolfe Gilbert's ""Down Yonder"" and Juventino Rosas' ""O'er the Waves"". Despite Columbia's doubts and the limited instrumentation, ""Red Headed Stranger"" was a blockbuster among country music and mainstream audiences. It was certified multi-platinum, and made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. The cover of ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"", released as a single previous to the album full release became Nelson's first number one hit. The title of the album"
"signed a contract with the label that gave him total creative control, the release was as well leveraged by the critic and sales success of his 1975 album ""Red Headed Stranger"". Upon its release, the album peaked at number one on ""Billboard's"" Top Country Albums and at number sixty on the ""Billboard 200"". Meanwhile, the single ""Uncloudy Day"" peaked at number four on ""Billboard's"" Hot Country Singles. ""Billboard"" delivered a favorable review, describing the album as a ""powerful LP, that is often lively and uptempo"". Meanwhile, ""Stereo Review felt that Nelson ""hit it right on the button with his honky-tonk"
"the surface of."" Credits for ""Redneck Crazy"" adapted from AllMusic. The album debuted at No. 5 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, the highest-charting debut by a new male country artist in two years. It sold 29,000 copies in its debut week. The album has sold 187,000 copies as of May 2015. Redneck Crazy Redneck Crazy is the debut studio album by American country music artist Tyler Farr. It was released on September 30, 2013 via Columbia Nashville. The album includes the singles ""Hot Mess"", ""Hello Goodbye"", the title track, and ""Whiskey in"
"Shaver, Mickey Newbury, Lee Clayton, David Allan Coe and Townes Van Zandt. In the wake of ""Red Headed Stranger""' and the general media attention the outlaw country movement was generating, RCA-Nashville boss Jerry Bradley was determined to capitalize on the wealth of Jennings and Nelson recordings that he had at his disposal: Waylon was selling, if we were lucky, two hundred and fifty thousand albums. Willie comes out with ""Red Headed Stranger"" and that took off and sold a million records. Jessi Colter put out ""I'm Not Lisa"" on Capitol. That damn thing sold half a million, or a million,"
"Carson Robison Carson Jay Robison ( - ) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although his impact is generally forgotten today, he played a major role in promoting country music in its early years through numerous recordings and radio appearances. He was also known as Charles Robison and sometimes composed under the pseudonym Carlos B. McAfee. Carson Jay Robison was born in Oswego, Kansas. The son of a champion fiddler, he became a professional musician in the American Midwest at the age of 15, primarily as a whistler working with Wendell Hall, ""The Red-Headed Music Maker"", on the"
"Sides"", a six-song split EP on Arena Rock Recording Co./Rykodisc. As a sideman, Stringfellow has worked with Brendan Benson, Cali, Snow Patrol, and others. Beyond North America and Europe, Stringfellow has also collaborated with Senegal band Waflash. In 2007, he formed The Disciplines with members of the Norwegian pop band Briskeby. The Disciplines released two records, ""Smoking Kills"" in 2009 and ""Virgins of Menace"" in 2011. In March 2015 he announced a country album together with Holly Muñoz. The album was recorded at his studio and was a response to Willie Nelson's 1975 album ""Red Headed Stranger"". The album received"
"albums John Mellencamp John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while ""honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that, starting in 1982, yielded a string of Top 10 singles,"" including ""Hurts So Good,"" ""Jack & Diane,"" ""Crumblin' Down,"" ""Pink Houses,"" ""Lonely Ol' Night,"" ""Small Town,"" ""R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.,"" ""Paper in Fire"" and ""Cherry Bomb."" He has amassed 22"
"Ragged Ass Road Ragged Ass Road is the third solo studio album by Red Rider frontman Tom Cochrane, released in October 1995. The album was named for Ragged Ass Road, a street in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Songs from the album include ""I Wish You Well"", which became the first Canadian song to debut at #1 on the RPM Canadian Singles Charts, as well as three other Top 20 hits in Canada: ""Wildest Dreams"" ( RPM Canadian Charts), ""Dreamer's Dream"" ( RPM Canadian Charts) and ""Crawl"" ( RPM Canadian Charts). Ragged Ass Road earned two Juno award nominations and achieved Platinum"
"never married. Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor, known for his pioneering-style of country music. His popularity starting in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, charted more than thirty singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. He has recorded five ""Billboard"" #1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum ""This Time"". In addition to his many achievements in the performing arts, he is also the most frequent musical guest in the history of"
"numbers."" All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted: Keep Movin' On Keep Movin' On is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard and, The Strangers released in 1975. It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" country albums chart. ""Movin' On"" was a full-length version of a song Haggard recorded as the theme song to the TV series ""Movin' On"". ""Keep Movin' On"" would be one of Haggard's most commercially successful albums, containing three #1 hits. The first of these, ""Kentucky Gambler,"" had been written by fellow country star Dolly Parton (she also provides background vocals on"
"Good Country Song"", and ""Don't Boogie Woogie"", did not crack the Top 20. In 2006, Lewis would cut ""That Kind of Fool"" as a duet with Keith Richards for his ""Last Man Standing"" album. Odd Man In Odd Man In is an album by Jerry Lee Lewis. It was released in 1975 on the Mercury label. By the mid-seventies, Lewis was as big a country music legend as he was a rock and roll icon, and songwriters provided him with compositions that played up to the myth of ""the Killer."" ""A change came over many of Lewis's later Mercury recordings,"""
"John Mellencamp John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while ""honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that, starting in 1982, yielded a string of Top 10 singles,"" including ""Hurts So Good,"" ""Jack & Diane,"" ""Crumblin' Down,"" ""Pink Houses,"" ""Lonely Ol' Night,"" ""Small Town,"" ""R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.,"" ""Paper in Fire"" and ""Cherry Bomb."" He has amassed 22 Top"
"jumped in."" Jenny Scheinman was added as one of the clarifying members during the recording session, playing violin and adding vocals. There are also backing vocals by Carla's big sister, Leah Bozulich on the song, ""Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain"". Carla has stated that the addition of electronic tambura drone box and the melding of Middle Eastern melodies with traditional country parts was a re-action to the US invasion of Iraq after 9/11, as the group was preparing to record. The first performance of Carla's ""Red Headed Stranger"" was in 2002 at the Los Angeles club, The Smell. Alan"
"Perfect Stranger (band) Perfect Stranger was an American country music band founded in 1986 in the state of Texas by Steve Murray (lead vocals), Andy Ginn (drums), Shayne Morrison (bass guitar) and Richard Raines (guitar). After several years of performing throughout Texas, the quartet released an independent album in 1994; this album was later picked up by Curb Records, who re-packaged and re-released it a year later. By 1995, its second single (entitled ""You Have the Right to Remain Silent"") had become a Top 5 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Although"
"the Wheel"" while ""Just As I Am"" lent the album a spiritual component. While concept albums were not new to country music, with artists like Johnny Cash and Mickey Newbury having released atmospheric albums with linked songs and unifying themes previously, ""Red Headed Stranger"" was an gothic western epic, and despite ""Yesterday's Wine"", the concept album Willie so adored from his RCA days, this new album was his first true concept album, composed of new songs and old, arranged in a coherent sequence that told a fiercely emotional story. In Chet Flippo's essay for the 2000 reissue of the album,"
"forlornly from sequin-stitched window frames. The song would later be covered by Loretta Lynn, Leon Russell, and Mickey Gilley, whose 1975 rendition would hit number one on the country charts. ""(the following was written on the back of the LP record cover)"" The history of country and western music has seen many names emerge as top singing stars. However, only few have risen to such a height that their name will live in country music forever. The first to reach this plateau was the legendary Jimmie Rodgers, who made country music a popular boom. The next artist that would gain"
"more than two million copies and was awarded gold record certification by the R.I.A.A.. Willie Nelson recorded a version in 1975 during the ""Red Headed Stranger"" sessions, but this version was not released for a long time. In the 1984 film ""Electric Dreams"", the piece is the basis for a duet, or a friendly musical duel, between cellist Madeline and Edgar, the computer. This song from the movie soundtrack, titled ""The Duel,"" was composed and performed by Giorgio Moroder. The 1995 film ""Mr. Holland's Opus"" has a scene in which the title character, a high school music teacher, explains to"