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Red Headed Stranger

by Willie Nelson

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Overall Rating: 3.0729 Red Headed Stranger is ranked overall as 3.0729 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 4.0000 Red Headed Stranger has an avg. critic score of 4.0000 out of 4 stars

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Nelson's turn tale of a turn-of-the-century renegade preacher drew more on the music of the old West than anything going on in the rather drab country scene of the mid-'70s, and the stark, simple Red Headed Stranger turned Nashville on its ear, selling a couple million copies and setting a standard against which all ambitious country artists could ...more

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