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A brown and yellow vinyl cover of Willie Nelson's album "Red Headed Stranger" lays on a wooden table. In honor of Nelson turning 90, check out the album and his new single "Summertime." (Eli Tecktiel | Northern Star)

‘Red Headed Stranger’ remains memorable after 48 years

By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer | May 10, 2023

About once in a generation, an artist comes along and completely turns a genre upside down. In the case of country music, that artist is Willie Nelson, who turned 90 years old on April 29. Though Nelson’s seminal LP, “Red Headed Stranger,” was...