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Titel Pancho & Lefty
Komposition Townes Van Zandt, 1972
Originalinterpret Townes Van Zandt
Klicks 30942
Info An epic story-song about a bandit and the friend who betrays him, “Pancho and Lefty” became a country hit thanks to Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s 1983 duet. But it’s the songwriter’s own forlorn reading, on 1972’s The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, that best conveys the doomed fates of the main characters. It begins with what might be one of the most descriptive opening verses in the country-folk canon: “Living on the road my friend/was gonna keep you free and clean/now you wear your skin like iron/your breath as hard as kerosene.” “It’s hard to take credit for the writing,” Van Zandt said in 1984, “because it came from out of the blue.”

Gefundene Versionen
Interpret Titel Label/Jahr Platz
Townes van Zandt "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt" Tomato, 1972
Townes van Zandt "Live At The Old Quarter Houston, Texas" Tomato, 1977
Emmylou Harris "Luxury Liner" Reprise, 1977
Townes van Zandt "Abnormal" Normal/Return To Sender, 1996
Townes van Zandt "Live At McCabe's" Normal/Return To Sender, 2001
Old And In The Gray "Old And In The Gray" Acoustic Discs, 2003