Willie Nelson - Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger Lyrics

thank you willie...

A true gem of an album.

I was 16 in 1975. I had grown up on the Beatles and then zeppelin, Floyd, ELP, Yes, Genesis, Who, etc. By 16, I was doing my best to stretch myself in music theory to understand Stravinsky, Bach, Mahavishnu, Coltrane, and the development of music over the centuries and especially the decades of the 20th century. Being an aspiring composer and being a serious student made me a snob. I dismissed everything country despite a vague awareness that you don't get the development of rock music in the '50s without the top electric guitar players of the early '50s playing solos in jazz, blues, or country tunes.

I'm 60 now, and realizing how much great music I've overlooked from the '70s. I completely blew off people like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggar, Emylou Harris, Kris K, and even Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. I knew some real life Archie Bunker types who were more toxic than the character on 'All in the Family.' Country music made me think of assholes that love country music. Here's what I didn't acknowledge: There's just as many assholes that love any other genre.

I came to this album by Nelson after doing some research to determine the very best of what I have always dismissed.

One thing that help a lot was the the Ken Burns PBS series on country music. I was moved emotionally by many of the stories of
the heroes who evolved the genre. It was particularly noteworthy to discover that the top educational influence for Hank Williams was an Afro-American blues guitarist. The guitar itself is considered a child of the banjo which of course comes from Africa. I loved learning about Charlie Pride. The Ken Burns people did an amazing job.

My day of reckoning is coming.

My favorite Willie Nelson record.

Blindly hoping she wadnt a whore.

They died because he invested the settle down idea.

He found em in little quiet little out of the way place and blew their shit away.

Or maybe he'll double back and 45 douche the establishment.

This whole album is an American Masterpiece. But this 90 seconds is just true poetic genius. 12 lines. and he tells you an entire heartbreaking story.

Well, he rode into Blue Rock, dusty an' tired,
And got him a room for the night.
He lay there in silence with too much on his mind.
Still hoping that he was not right.
But he found them that evening at a tavern in town,
In a quiet little out of the way place.
And they smiled at each other when he walked through the door.
And they died with their smiles on their faces.
They died with their smile on their face.
Red Headed Stranger.
Don't boss him, don't cross him.
He's wild in his sorrow,
He's riding an' hiding his pain.
Don't fight him, don't spite him,
Just wait till tomorrow,
Maybe he'll ride on again.

Sadly, the days of the storytelling country singers are gone

No, you still have a few. Jamey Johnson, Chris Stapleton are a couple of them.

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~"Happy 420 Willie"~ I give this day of 4/20 celebration in 2018 just for you my friend... I hope life
is treating you well all around bud, love ya & your always on my mind & how I wish I
could celebrate with ya, but always know, "I'm thinking of ya", always have & always Will/ie...
I'm enjoying my medicinal medicines in my Willie's Reserve Vape Pen & I deeply thank you & I will always remember you are the best & I/So many appreciate & love you & thank you for being you... ~"Big Smiles"~

Sweet funluvn hugs always bud! 💞🎵🌷🌺 🌸 😆 👏 👍 💫 🌟 💛

~"Happy Fri'day & any other days ahead, enjoy your funluvn day to the fullest & many more ahead bud. ~"CHEERS"~

~♥~ "Love, Hope, Peace, Joy, Laugh, Sing, Give, Live & Let Live" ~♥~
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Unfortunately I lost my 1st Willie Vape Pen in the ER, blushing, just my luck, lol... But Went & Bought Another Willie's Vape Pen & Some Medicinal Harlequin, as they did not have the Charlotte's Web, Plus a gram of Indica for some well needed beautyrest, lol... Then a gram of Sativa in hopes that I can stay awake during the day with the chronic fatigue, as with the GERD I'm not allowed to lay down, but I'm fIgHtInG with all I can to make all work in the most positive ways as possible, just like far to many others in this fast paced world we all reside in...
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love ya willie......

Listened to this album a lot when the Ex left me .

magnificent album, really

Fred Rose wrote "Blue eyes Crying In The Rain " and won't. let us. hear. it. for. free.

And they smiled at each other when he walked through the door ... and they died with their smiles on their faces.

Thank you

Are we all just going to sit here and pretend that Blue Eyes didn't get left out of this?!!!

@JohnOscat This one should stand on its own as a great track from the album.

@JohnOscat No, u seen the movie

ultimately the best

WILLIE JUST KEEPS BETTER WITH AGE HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY WILLIE WE LOVE YA

i think a video using deadwood footage would be ib order ;-)

Some of the most powerful lyrics ever written

Hartford