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Townes Van Zandt

Pancho and Lefty
1972 · via Counting Crows
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho and Lefty
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Townes Van Zandt wrote it and put it on record first, and the song has been passed hand to hand ever since, from Emmylou Harris to Bob Dylan to Billy Strings. Hear his before the Crows' and you'll know what everyone else was chasing.

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Written by Townes Van Zandt.

First recorded by Townes Van Zandt in 1972.

Also recorded by Bob Dylan (1995), Billy Strings (2018), Emmylou Harris (1977), Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (1982).

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Counting Crows have played "Pancho and Lefty" live, and Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson cut it too. Who wrote it and recorded it first?Townes Van Zandt
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