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This feels like a Townes Van Zandt day. Pancho and Lefty has been famously covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, as well as others. "Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and 'a songwriter's songwriter.'"
The lyrics: "Although the lyrics are not exactly reconcilable with the historic details of the life and death of the famous Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, Van Zandt does not rule out the idea." (Wikipedia) #TownesVanZandt #FolkMusic #AmericanFolk
Elizabeth Cotten (1893 – 1987) was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player but played it upside down. This meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking". NPR stated "her influence has reverberated through the generations, permeating every genre of music." Wikipedia #blues #AmericanFolk
I like this one written by Gillian Welch, performed with Dave Rawlings. 
This Townes Van Zandt recording was played at the end of episode 3, season 1 of Joe Pickett.
I've heard this song covered at about double time or time and a half, idk. Sure, cover bands interpret as they wish, but if you cover this, please don't do that. lols. Ok, morning rant over. I love this one. So soulful.
One of my fave Van Zandt songs. A personal essay of mine came out in a Van Zandt anthology this past spring. The anthology contains gritty stories, poems, and essays reflecting the spirit of Townes Van Zandt. Copies are available through Amazon for $10---https://a.co/d/4gCNQVm
#AmListening #TownesVanZandt #AmericanFolk #FolkMusic #Anthology #PersonalEssay
https://youtu.be/jmBiNrOeMlQ
Amazing songwriting, singing, picking. One of the best.
#AmListening #RhiannonGiddens #AmericanFolk #FolkMusic #banjo
https://youtu.be/tYuqnUs9gP8
Music and lyrics---one of my favorite Gillian Welch songs.
#AmListening #GillianWelch #DaveRawlings #AmericanFolk
https://youtu.be/miIeU_kIljk
I Dream a Highway---Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
#GillianWelch #DaveRawlings #Folk #AmericanFolk
https://youtu.be/GLjcUFnZjNk
Chance McCoy and the Appalachian String Band 
#Folk #Bluegrass #AmericanFolk #TraditionalFolk #AppalachianFolk #Appalachia
"'The Big Rock Candy Mountains,' first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where 'hens lay soft-boiled eggs' and there are 'cigarette trees.' McClintock said that he wrote the song in 1895, based on tales from his youth hoboing through the United States while working for the railroad as a brakeman." Wikipedia