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The song follows the story of an Arizona Ranger's duel with a 24-year-old outlaw named Texas Red. Taking place in the "town of Agua Fria", [a] the townspeople predict the death of the ranger. Texas Red, despite having already killed 20 men, is beaten in a duel due to the speed of the ranger, and the titular "big iron" gun.
An Arizona Ranger is featured in the song, "Big Iron", in Western singer Marty Robbins' album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. The song was re-recorded by Johnny Cash in 2002 and later used in Fallout: New Vegas. The television series 26 Men, aired from 1957 to 1959, told the stories of the Arizona Rangers.
The "Big Iron" is an 1847 Colt Walker .44 caliber handgun, made for rangers, that was the most powerful production handgun in the world from 1847 til 1934 when the .357 magnum was released. It has a 9" round barrel and weighs just over 4 1/2 pounds.
I used to sing him church songs and he would tell me stories. A lot of the songs I've written were brought about because of stories he told me. Like 'Big Iron' I wrote because he was a Texas Ranger. At least he told me he was". [7] Robbins dropped out of high school in Glendale, Arizona, before his time in the Navy. Robbins would work as an ...
In 2010, "Big Iron" was featured in Obsidian Entertainment's role-playing video game Fallout: New Vegas as a track on the in-game radio. The inclusion of the song in the game led to a resurgence in its popularity in the 2010s, with players rediscovering the album and creating Internet memes such as parodies and edits of the album cover and ...
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The Marty Robbins song "Big Iron" is set in the town of Agua Fria, where a murderous outlaw (named 'Texas Red') allegedly faced off against a pursuing Arizona ranger whose revolver is referred to throughout the song as the "big iron on his hip". [13]
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