"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" ranks high on the list of Willie Nelson songs likely to be heard in a bar where some serious drinking is being done. (It is quite possible that I've played it in such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, in May 1975, a stripped-down album called “Red Headed Stranger” changed the country music landscape and forever ...

The story usually goes something like this: Willie Nelson grew up in Texas and moved to Nashville as a successful songwriter but failed to make a dent as an artist, so he left to carve his own ...

A concept album about a man who kills his wife and her lover, Red Headed Stranger was a critical and commercial success, helping define the outlaw country music movement and making Nelson a luminary ...

Fifty years ago, in May 1975, a stripped-down album called “Red Headed Stranger” changed the country music landscape and forever altered Willie Nelson’s trajectory. Only that musical big bang didn’t ...

Tucked away in an industrial area of Garland is a small, unassuming building that holds the keys to Texas music history. Audio Dallas, formerly Autumn Sound Studios, is where the king of outlaw ...

Willie Nelson wasn’t always a household name. A gifted songwriter, he penned “Crazy,” “Hello Walls” and “Pretty Paper,” but all were country hits for others in the early 1960s. As a recording artist, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song appeared on Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" concept album, which he recorded in just three days at a small Texas studio ...

Fifty years ago, in May 1975, a stripped-down album called “Red Headed Stranger” changed the country music landscape and forever altered Willie Nelson’s trajectory. Only that musical big bang didn’t ...

This Nov. 20, 2012 file photo shows country music legend Willie Nelson on NBC's "Today" show in New York. The country legend's book, “Energy Follows Thought,” gives the stories behind his most famous ...