Screening of Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger Announced for Luck, Texas

The Eighties Western comes to the town built for the movie

"...up to host a screening of Willie Nelson’s Western Red Headed Stranger on Saturday, July 6...."

June 18, 2019 Screens Post by Reid Jowers

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger Screening in Luck, TX

"...for a special screening of his 1986 western The Red Headed Stranger. The faux ghost town of Luck served..."

July 8, 2019 Photo Gallery

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...Lost Western flick Red Headed Stranger never made it to DVD. Following a..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past three years,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...Chronicle to report that her version of Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger was done, special guest and all, and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...the commission has had a hand. The office, currently headed by Executive Director Tom Copeland under the office of..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Willie Nelson

Texas RePlatters

"...Nelson at his most humble and most Hollywood. After Red Headed Stranger and Stardust, the Bearded One was as..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"..."He nurtured the Festival and assured its success according to two..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

A prostitute-turned-pop-star exposes her Austin roots; Voxtrot readies for round two; and Rock City Icehouse goes to 11

"...quickly becoming a haven for less-established artists. "We got tired of seeing our favorite bands in venues that didn't..."

March 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Troublemaker

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

"...After getting fired from Rolling Stone in October 1970, I'd begun writing..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Red Headed Woman

Jean Harlow was never sexier than in this pre-Hays Code comedy, risque even by today's standards.

"...RED HEADED WOMAN..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff

Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79

"...Wittliff – oh, let's just call him "Bill" – suffered a heart attack and died. He was 79...."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...when Macor approached Schoonmaker about the project, she politely demurred – turns out she was saving all her stories..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"...wears, commissioned by Willie after the release of 1975's Red Headed Stranger, represents more than their success. It's a..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to rename a portion of SH 130 for the Red-Headed Stranger after unpatriotic, Texas-hating Republican Sen. Jeff Wentworth opposed..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Waylon Jennings Hoot Night / Carla Bozulich & Friends perform Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger

"...April 24 Carla Bozulich & Friends perform Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger Emo's, April 26 Waylon Jennings is gone..."

May 3, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

A League of Their Own

"...I wrote this story and talked to the writers featured in this piece, the more I liked the idea..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...the band's 1973 opus, Cosmic Slop, the untrained artist delivered a crazed cornucopia of Afrocentric sci-fi imagery that equaled..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

No Fruits Among the Fruits

Getty gets in trouble in the produce section, and it has nothing to do with a cucumber.

"...grapes, my sweet girlfriend and I, comtemplating green or red, giving sweet little kisses, nuzzling lovingly as we grocery..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Playback: ACL Fest Part II

ACL Fest isn't a pair of weekend-long sit-ins, it's one two-week-long campaign

"...be at than right here, right now," Matthew McConaughey declared Sunday evening in Zilker Park. Moments later, at the..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Mourning the loss of two Austin music giants, Stephen Bruton and Randall 'Poodie' Locke

"...Born (1976), not to mention Bruton's other notable film credentials: The Alamo, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and..."

May 15, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Get Me Back to Austin

Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards

"...boys under his golf swing." Wexler, who signed the Red Headed Stranger to Atlantic and produced the ultimate "Bloody..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reelin' in the New Years

Where you gonna be when the clock strikes 12?

"...was more than just a band of brothers who bickered over trivial shit. Exact lineups remain a mystery, but..."

Dec. 31, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lunch

"...folks at the Lunch say none of them even bothered to attend. Tonight, I can assure you they'll be..."

April 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW -- A List at Last!

"...Okay, now, don't get too fired up about the list of bands you see below,..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Music Column

The Highwaymen

"...Young? Classicists José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti soared opera to the top of the pops globally, while..."

June 10, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...building site where the value of land is virtually measured in square inches. But P.J. Clarke's was left virtually..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Frank

Artisan sausage debuts in Austin, all wrapped up in bacon

"...consider pork my favorite meat, with charcuterie as my preferred vehicle of delivery. So imagine my glee upon discovering..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...and new Austin, and far more accessible than the Red Headed Stranger ever was. The consummate glad-hander and back-slapper...."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Almost Willie

On the Road Again with the King of the RV Parks.

"...evening's entertainment. "He's shorter than the real one," a champagne-haired woman whispers loudly to her husband. The husband nods...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

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