Pancho & Lefty (Townes van Zandt Acoustic Cover) - 2022 One Take series #134

Townes' life was a slow-moving suicide. Such talent coupled with a penchant for self-destruction. I looked up to an anonymous guitarist in my hometown of Springfield, OH who was simply the best acoustic guitarist/singer I have ever met. But alcohol destroyed him. He couldn't finish any gig without falling over sideways - so he rarely got gigs. A winery owner/friend told me early on to never take advantage of the "musicians drink for free", lest I end up like him. It's always touch and go for us musicians! 😎 🤞

On a song-related note, I actually used to work with "Mike", who is one of the Mexican 'federales' in Merle and Willie's video of this song. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and ended up in the video.

2022 One Take series; pick up the guitar, and hit "record" for one go around - and see how it goes! No edit, no retakes, no amplification. My goal is to work through my playbook alphabetically (more or less) in the year, recording a video every day (more or less).