Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
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Free Music Notes for Red Headed Stranger
Free Music Review: Yet Another Praise-Filled Review
Hit: 5 Stars
Buy it. That's really all that needs to be said.If you consider yourself musically savvy, you need to own the real beginnings of Outlaw country music.
This album is an outsider, nearly a concept album. This is Outlaw before it was self-referential. Willie had problems with the labels in getting this album out to you. Now it's way over triple platinum.
The reason? This album is carefully, intricately slender. The sound is pared-down. For the majority of the tracks, it's just Willie, a bass guitar, an accoustic, and light drum work.
The lyrical content is some of Willie's most romantic (in the OED sense of the word).
A story album. A gradual progression. An album that requires several listens before the genius begs your attention.
Anyway you label it, it's a great listen.
Free Music Review: The essence of bare-bones recording
Hit: 5 Stars
Red Headed Stranger is about as unorchestrated as it gets. All there is to it is Willie's voice, his guitar, and a few musicians. There's no polish or technological fluff and you don't need it. Willie is a great story teller with a distinctive voice. Fancy production would have ruined this album.
The tracks are good old-fashioned country, with a brief foray into saloon ragtime on "Down Yonder." It's hard to pick out the best songs, since they're all good, but "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", "Denver", "Time of the Preacher", and the title track stand out above the rest.
I highly recommend Red Headed Stranger to anyone looking for pure music, undiluted by slick production. It's easy to see why this is considered one of Nelson's definitive records.
Free Music Review: Timeless Classic, You Really Do Need To Own This One
Hit: 5 Stars
I still dig "Phases And Stages" slightly more than this one, but dag nab is it still AWESOME in it's own right.This is classic, classic music. Willie is an Artist First Class and this is nothing short of genius. Sparse, stripped down, powerful, hauntingly beautiful, these are just a few ways to describe it.
Willie is still putting out relevant music (see 2003's "Run That By Me One More Time" with Ray Price), but Red Headed Stranger is still as good today as it was all those years ago.
One more thought - if you want to see a Concert you'll never forget, go see Willie. Saw him twice in the 1980's, and he still ranks in First Place. Willie Live is Willie at his best!
Free Music Review: Not all that Outlawish
Hit: 5 Stars
It was with this theme album that Willie Nelson singlehandedly started the Outlaw Music craze that dominated Texas in the 1970s and 1980s. The songs tell a vague tale of a good love gone bad. The cowboy lyrics notwithstanding, this collection shows Nelson not seeking new paths but writing and singing very old-fashioned songs of love, sin, and redemption, the ultimate trinity of country music. Most listeners will assume that Nelson wrote the greatest hit on the album, the title cut, but it dates from Worlf War II and has been recorded by the disparate likes of Roy Acuff and Elvis. But no one has sung it with the same unabashed pathos as Willie Nelson.Free Music Review: Americana & Willie Nelson
Hit: 5 Stars
An excellent recording - clearly one of Willie's best, and one to recommend to people who have only heard the "commercial" Willie Nelson.
The playing is magnificent, which is Willie's trademark, and the small scale of the ensemble makes it a closer, more intimate experience. One should note that Willie can't claim credit for all the music: the tune to "Can I sleep in Your Arms" is really "Red River Valley" and "Hands on the Wheel" is "The Tennessee Waltz." Despite the familiar tunes, Willie still makes them work with the alternative lyrics, plus there's the fact you can sing duet with Willie with the original words, if you like.