WATCH this classic song Number 1 hit song of Willie Nelson. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song has been covered by many artists, including Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Russell, and Charley. Willie Nelson recorded this song as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger.
Willie Nelson is a country music icon. A unique and versatile artist, his innovative songwriting has resulted in No. 1 hits for dozens of artists – including more than twenty for himself – and a recorded output that is “so vast,” music journalist Bob Allen writes, “as to confound all but the most dedicated discographers.”
Willie Nelson’s awards are numerous, including 11 CMAs, 12 GRAMMYs, and 6 ACMs. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993, received the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999, and won the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize in 2015. In 2003, CMT placed him at No. 4 among the “Greatest Men of Country.” And, in 2008, his distinctive vocal style – once considered a deficit – earned him the No. 88 spot on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Enjoy this classic duet of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson “Pancho and Lefty“! This song written by country music artist Townes Van Zandt. It has been recorded by several artists since its composition and performance by Van Zandt but Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s version sold the most copies and reaching the Billboard top hits list.
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. (Source: Wikipedia)
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s. Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britannica.com)
Pancho And Lefty Lyrics
Merle Haggard
Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath as hard as kerosene
Weren’t your mama’s only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boy His horse was fast as polished steel He wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words Ah but that’s the way it goes
All the Federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose
Lefty, he can’t sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down south Ended up in Lefty’s mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go There ain’t nobody knows
All the Federales say They could have had him any day We only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell And Lefty’s living in cheap hotels The desert’s quiet, Cleveland’s cold And so the story ends we’re told
Pancho needs your prayers it’s true But save a few for Lefty too He only did what he had to do And now he’s growing old
All the Federales say We could have had him any day We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say We could have had him any day We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose
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Two legendary top country singers Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson performed this number 1 hit single “Okie from Muskogee.” Upon release of this song in 1969, it immediately broke in popularity when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, where it remained for four weeks. This song was written by Merle Haggard and his band’s drummer Roy Edward Burris. Enjoy this beautiful performance!
About Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britannica.com)
We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee; We don’t take no trips on LSD We don’t burn no draft cards down on Main Street; We like livin’ right, and bein’ free.
I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all
We don’t make a party out of lovin’; We like holdin’ hands and pitchin’ woo; We don’t let our hair grow long and shaggy, Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
And I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all.
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear; Beads and Roman sandals won’t be seen. Football’s still the roughest thing on campus, And the kids here still respect the college dean.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Merle Haggard / Roy Burris
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