Red Headed Stranger is a work.
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that `` are culturally , historically , or aesthetically important , and/or inform or reflect life in the United States . '' Red Headed Stranger is a 1975 album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson . The concept for the album was inspired by the `` Tale of the Red Headed Stranger '' , a song that Nelson used to play as a disk jockey on his program in Fort Worth , Texas .