The Redheaded Stranger now has a little less on his red head. Willie Nelson has chopped off his signature long braids. This photo was taken in Maui, Hawaii, where the country legend surprised the audience on stage at a concert featuring his son, Micah Nelson's band, the Reflectacles. And the reason Willie cut his hair after all these years? His publicist says simply "it was a lot of maintenance."

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