The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6370   Message #2223638
Posted By: Jeri
28-Dec-07 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Subject: RE: The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty
On the deserts down in Mexico

According to the YouTube thing, should be a singular 'desert'.

Dick does a decent version. It's a bit strange with the accent, but I guess it's no stranger than Americans singing Scots songs. I can't remember who I first heard sing it - Maybe Gaughan, maybe Nancy Griffith - but it's one of the first songs I tried figuring out on guitar.

I like songs that leave 'negative space' for a listener to interpret their own way. I know this drives some people nuts, but I like it because the listener gets to exercise their creativity.