On this day (February 11) in 1975, Willie Nelson stepped into the Autumn Sound Studio in Garland, Texas, and recorded “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” The song was part of his landmark concept album, ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Diehard Willie Nelson fans might be the only ones who know that he didn't actually write these three famous songs.

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 (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 Audio ...

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 ...