Looking at it now in retrospect, it’s obvious that “Pancho and Lefty” exemplified his knack for creating moving narratives and composing incisive melodies even early on. It tells the tale of ...

"Pancho and Lefty" is the title track from Nelson's ... ‘Just Ask’ Why The Highwaymen Didn’t Request Any Alcohol on Their Tour Rider ...

Watch Nelson and Haggard sing “Pancho and Lefty” below. [RELATED: Watch Merle Haggard and Toby Keith Join Willie Nelson to Sing “Mama Tried” at the Wiltern in 2004] When it comes to Outlaw ...

"Pancho and Lefty" long ago became more than just a song and something closer to a pop-culture touchstone, particularly in Texas and the Southwest. According to Urbanspoon, you can even dine at ...

Singer-songwriter Tennessee Jet recruits an impressive group of like-minded performers for a trumpet-accented cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty,” famously recorded by Willie ...

And in 1983, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard took their version of “Pancho and Lefty” to the top of the country chart. Sadly, Van Zandt’s longtime battle with drug and alcohol addiction led ...

Second thing I thought of was the immortal song "Pancho and Lefty," which Townes Van Zandt always insisted he wrote in a cheap motel to which he'd been exiled because of Graham and "all this ...