This weekend, the city celebrates the anniversary of Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger, the album that would become his ...

A weekend-long tribute in this North Texas city marks 50 years since the Texas troubadour recorded his now-iconic “Red Headed ...

A two-day event is a celebration of Nelson’s landmark album, "Red Headed Stranger," and of downtown Garland itself.

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 ...

Willie Nelson (third from left) recorded "Red Headed Stranger" at Garland's Autumn Sound Studios in 1975 with the help of Mickey Raphael, Jody Payne and Bee Spears. The studio today is known as ...

Red Headed Stranger hit 28. It was the first of 13 number-one country albums Willie Nelson would release in the ensuing decades, along with a dozen more top tens. In some ways, Red Headed Stranger ...

GARLAND, Texas — The City of Garland is hosting a two-day celebration of Willie Nelson's iconic "Red Headed Stranger" album on the 50th anniversary of its recording, the city announced.

Willie’s there to see us through, even now. He is Pancho to Haggard’s Lefty. He is Shotgun Willie. He is the Red Headed Stranger. He is Willie Nelson. And these are his 50 essential songs.

Tipping their cowboy hats to the one and only Willie Nelson … well, Possum and the Hag too.