Today, I found out Freddy Fender and Townes Van Zandt did a version of Pancho and Lefty

[The Polack MSgt]

And the flourish of mariachi guitar and horns as well as Freddy's Spanish verses make it a well worth a few minutes of your day

[rzemanfl]

1. K&R. n/t

[ShazamIam]

2. It sounds like a ballad should sound, I like Freddy Fender's work, Marty Robbins as well.

[slightlv]

3. Thank you!

I LOVE Freddy Fender!!!

[Bobstandard]

4. I once met Thomas McQuane at a lodge on the Babine River

Somebody in a group of five or six half drunk fishermen asked for opinions on best American novels. Going around the circle guys offered a bunch of good candidates. MsQuane said “pass” at his turn and everybody laughed. Eventually it was my turn, the least affluent, least literary of the bunch. Flustered and quite buzzed, I blustered, “you’ve all missed the mark. It’s the Ballad of Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt” mostly blank looks , but McQuane makes a pistol of his fingers, points at me and says, “now we’re talking.”

[The Polack MSgt]

5. I'm big time jealous

I think I've read 92 in the shade 3 or 4 times.

As a hillbilly who grew up outside, Id've loved to set a while and talk to Mr McQuane over beers

[BluesRunTheGame]

6. Thanks!

I’ll be obsessing over this for the next few months. When I think of mariachi horns in a country song it always goes back to “Ring Of Fire”. Johnny said the horns came to him in a dream.