Pancho and Lefty

Album: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Townes Van Zandt
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing

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  • Curd from Heidelberg, GermanyI first found this song long ago on an Emmylou Harris LP. I actually had bought the album for Albert Lee's guitar-solo on "Luxury Liner". But then this song caught my attention. Music is like a treasure chest. It's contents never run out. Today I try to popularize songs like this one on sessions, where I play them and teach them to my fellow-musicians.
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