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"Pancho and Lefty" was covered by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson; it was the title track of their duet album Pancho & Lefty, and a number one country hit [26] that entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2020. [27] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the 17th-greatest Western song of all time. [28]
Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt (1972) became well-known through a honky tonk album by outlaw country musicians Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, released in 1983.Original vinyl copies from 1983 give the album's title as "Poncho & Lefty" on the cover, as well as on the inner sleeve and the record label; the album's title track is similarly rendered "Poncho & Lefty" on the cover, inner sleeve ...
Several of Van Zandt's compositions were recorded by other artists, such as Emmylou Harris who, with Don Williams, had a No. 3 country hit in 1981 with "If I Needed You," and Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, the pair taking "Pancho and Lefty" to No. 1 on the country charts in 1983. Van Zandt had a small cameo appearance in the video for the song.
The album includes what is Van Zandt's signature tune, [citation needed] the enigmatic "Pancho and Lefty", which Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard took to number one on the country charts in 1983. Although "Pancho and Lefty" is the song most associated with Van Zandt, "If I Needed You" is his most covered composition.
Country music legend Willie Nelson canceled several appearances at the traveling Outlaw Music Festival on “doctor’s orders.” “We regret to ... (1983’s “Pancho and Lefty” with ...
"Reasons to Quit" is a song recorded by American country music artists Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. It was released in January 1983 as the first single from the album Pancho & Lefty. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Haggard.
"Pancho and Lefty" (with Merle Haggard) Lana Nelson "Tougher Than Leather" 1984 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias) 1985 "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Ray Charles) "Are There Any More Real Cowboys" (with Neil Young) Lana Nelson 1986 "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" "Living in the Promiseland" 1989 "There You Are" Richard ...
Seashores of Old Mexico is a studio album by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. It is a sequel to their enormously successful 1983 duet album Pancho and Lefty and was released in 1987. They are backed by The Strangers .