The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37523   Message #640750
Posted By: BlueFolk
02-Feb-02 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Spanish Johnny (Willa Cather or...)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Spanish Johnny
Yeah, thanks for the lyrics of that fantastic song.
Paul Siebel never actually recorded the song. It was first done by David Bromberg, a close friend of Siebel.
The line "stuck in a cross of wood" reminds me of that picture at the inside of Paul Siebel's second album, Jack Knife Gypsy. A beautiful picture of Siebel in a red clay colored field with a few wooden crosses randomly scattered around him.
That was Paul Siebel last studio album. He never recorded new songs again.