I love Vincent, keeping it real in an age of fakes, holding it down for us, with his excellent song writing and wonderful vocal abilities as well has his beautiful guitar playing, keep it real brother native pride!
Thank You Billy for Tiping your Hat to A Incredible Artist Like ....TOWNZ Van Zandt , I Hope One Day , Yourself & Estas Tonne ...are on Tour Together .... 🌻 🙏 🌻 . Or cross paths , ...and PlaY Together . I'm so Happy that you have Respect for TOWNZ ,...Definitely check OUT,...." ESTAS TONNE " ,... BILLY 🙏 🌈. Both You guys have Such Incredible Gift's , Healing Hearts & SouL's Threw Song 🎵 🎶.
Billy is a true bringer of music through his heart and talent bringing these songs to a new generation - i heard Emmylou Harris sing this when i was in my 20s back in the 70s a sad story relevant today i am afraid ❤
This dude is on an entirely different level, whoever is reading this please for the love of god tab this and do a tutorial on this. This shit deserves it.
This is soooooooooo good and having said that you cant outdo country music GOATS Merle and Willie. I mean thats just not fair but really enjoyed this version.
The only reason they recorded P&L, is Willy and Merle needed one last song to finish their album, Willy’s daughter brought him a copy of Emmylou Harris (and Rodney Crowell) covering TMZ and Willy said “That’s the song!”, It was 3am but Willy woke Merle up and made him record it immediately and yes it went to #1!
Billy does the one thing that most Jerry/Deadheads don't realize that Jerry did. Forget the tye dyes, long solos, drugs, etc. Jerry learned songs. He knew 100s. Most Deadheads I know are still playing Me and My Uncle or Scarlet. But bluegrass (like jazz) is a style where you have to learn songs and melodies. Jerry started there and never looked back. Billy's got the same thing. Both dig deep and played killer B-cuts... like this one.
This Townes Van Zandt song was hardly considered a B side for anyone that cut it, as far could see , it's been a hit song for others, and should be a hit for Billy. I thoroughly agree with you on Billy, the caveat being that he finds great songs by great writers.
This is no B-cut, it’s an amazing CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Jerry and you are right about him, but you obviously haven’t been educated enough about music, start listening and learning before ever calling Pancho and Lefty a B-cut, it just shows your ignorance, sorry man, but my words are truth. Do you also think Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Willy Nelson or any of the many musicians who have covered Townes Van Zandt B musicians??? Themselves fighting words.
This was beautiful. And made me have flashbacks of my love for Jackson Browne while I was growing up. So I'm off to see if he's put out any new music recently. Thank you.
Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath as hard as kerosene Weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams Pancho was a bandit boy His horse was fast as polished steel He wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words Ah but that's the way it goes All the Federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose Lefty, he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down south Ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go There ain't nobody knows All the Federales say They could have had him any day We only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose The poets tell how Pancho fell And Lefty's living in cheap hotels The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold And so the story ends we're told Pancho needs your prayers it's true But save a few for Lefty too He only did what he had to do And now he's growing old All the Federales say We could have had him any day We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose A few gray Federales say We could have had him any day We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose
The time it takes to build up the finger isolation in order to play it as subtly beautiful as Townes does just makes this look 1 step above amateur and 2 steps beneath Townes.
Imho the way BMFS reinterprets the guitar part for flatpicking enhances Townes' original masterpiece. Billy probably doesn't have better vocals than Emmylou Harris or Jason Isbell (no offense intended, that's a tall order), but the melancholic beauty of his instrumental chord progressions is second-to-none amongst any version of Pancho and Lefty I've ever heard, and elevate it (for me) to the best version of this song in existence.
The Federales did NOT let Pancho “slip away” in verse 2, and Lefty in 4. If you care about TVZ get the lyrics right… not Willie (great case his rendition is…)
I love Vincent, keeping it real in an age of fakes, holding it down for us, with his excellent song writing and wonderful vocal abilities as well has his beautiful guitar playing, keep it real brother native pride!
Townes is smiling ❤❤❤
Townes would be proud.
Billy is all the best artists of the last 70 years rolled into one doobie
Nice one. I have been covering that song for more than 45 years.
Hope you don’t use “slip away” in 3 verses: please use the original lyrics-they matter to the story.
A phenom. A blues/folk/country phenom. I want to see him at least once.
Billy's version of "Pancho and Lefty" is my favorite since Emmy Lou Harris covered this classic ... I love it!!!
Thank You Billy for Tiping your Hat to A Incredible Artist Like ....TOWNZ Van Zandt , I Hope One Day , Yourself & Estas Tonne ...are on Tour Together .... 🌻 🙏 🌻 . Or cross paths , ...and PlaY Together . I'm so Happy that you have Respect for TOWNZ ,...Definitely check OUT,...." ESTAS TONNE " ,... BILLY 🙏 🌈. Both You guys have Such Incredible Gift's , Healing Hearts & SouL's Threw Song 🎵 🎶.
My favorite song by my favorite songwriter TVZ, I just adore Billy Strings, he if the future of music, IMHO.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful! I love this melody and Billy's doing it very good!
Great cover of a great tune, Mr. Strings put his stamp on it.
one of my favorites, thx for sharing this friend! stay lifted.
out of kindness I suppose...
Billy is a true bringer of music through his heart and talent bringing these songs to a new generation - i heard Emmylou Harris sing this when i was in my 20s back in the 70s
a sad story relevant today i am afraid ❤
Love Billy Strings he can play any thing!! BMFS🐐
Beautiful
Billy sure is and exceptional talent! Such talent is so special to listen to! Peace, Charles
Wow amazing ❤
Im sure Towns is up there patting his legs GOD bless keep it up Billy
Michigan proud . . . Lovely guitarwork . . . banjolike ❤ With a last name of STRINGS to boot . . .
I love when he grabs the OM for a solo number
Great song
Yes.
This dude is on an entirely different level, whoever is reading this please for the love of god tab this and do a tutorial on this. This shit deserves it.
Agree, but you should listen to Townes. HE's the real deal!
Why you need the tab when you got something better here? You can slow down the speed and not only listen but see exactly how he plays it
No kidding Townes is incredible. It just makes it easier with the tab my dude, the video is a bit choppy-no hate just love man, good to all.
It's nice but I was disappointed he didn't fingerpick it like Townes.
It's fairly ordinary strumming and picking. If you can play guitar to a level of accompanying yourself you should beable to do this without tab...
Love it. Nowadays if I take a big old pull off fatty I just end up staring at my guitar trying to remember what I was going to play….
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Brill~
This is soooooooooo good and having said that you cant outdo country music GOATS Merle and Willie. I mean thats just not fair but really enjoyed this version.
Merle and Willie didn't write this song.
@@brmahoney27 never said they did. I know Townes Van Zandt wrote it but come on now, Merle and Willie are the ones known for it.
@@brmahoney27Most people know that. So what?
The only reason they recorded P&L, is Willy and Merle needed one last song to finish their album, Willy’s daughter brought him a copy of Emmylou Harris (and Rodney Crowell) covering TMZ and Willy said “That’s the song!”, It was 3am but Willy woke Merle up and made him record it immediately and yes it went to #1!
Billy does the one thing that most Jerry/Deadheads don't realize that Jerry did. Forget the tye dyes, long solos, drugs, etc. Jerry learned songs. He knew 100s. Most Deadheads I know are still playing Me and My Uncle or Scarlet. But bluegrass (like jazz) is a style where you have to learn songs and melodies.
Jerry started there and never looked back. Billy's got the same thing. Both dig deep and played killer B-cuts... like this one.
This Townes Van Zandt song was hardly considered a B side for anyone that cut it, as far could see , it's been a hit song for others, and should be a hit for Billy. I thoroughly agree with you on Billy, the caveat being that he finds great songs by great writers.
This is no B-cut, it’s an amazing CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Jerry and you are right about him, but you obviously haven’t been educated enough about music, start listening and learning before ever calling Pancho and Lefty a B-cut, it just shows your ignorance, sorry man, but my words are truth. Do you also think Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Willy Nelson or any of the many musicians who have covered Townes Van Zandt B musicians??? Themselves fighting words.
This was beautiful. And made me have flashbacks of my love for Jackson Browne while I was growing up. So I'm off to see if he's put out any new music recently. Thank you.
great
Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene
Weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
Ah but that's the way it goes
All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose
Lefty, he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows
All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose
The poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true
But save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
And now he's growing old
All the Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
A few gray Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose
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The time it takes to build up the finger isolation in order to play it as subtly beautiful as Townes does just makes this look 1 step above amateur and 2 steps beneath Townes.
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Dang, no exhale - baller
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All the Federales say
Ya need to play this fingerstyle way
I guess Billy gets away...
Cause he's brilliant I suppose
Hahahaah
This guy ain’t half bad!
Imho the way BMFS reinterprets the guitar part for flatpicking enhances Townes' original masterpiece. Billy probably doesn't have better vocals than Emmylou Harris or Jason Isbell (no offense intended, that's a tall order), but the melancholic beauty of his instrumental chord progressions is second-to-none amongst any version of Pancho and Lefty I've ever heard, and elevate it (for me) to the best version of this song in existence.
The Federales did NOT let Pancho “slip away” in verse 2, and Lefty in 4. If you care about TVZ get the lyrics right… not Willie (great case his rendition is…)
Blah blah blah
Ease up on the smoking, looks bad on your videos.
Billy is a recovering meth addict. He's playing with fire by smoking pot.
"don't be yourself"
O he should be chopping lines
@@mattfoley2315 So, you wish to see Billy relapse? Nice guy...
It's practically legal everywhere you go. Loosen up a little geeze
Tbh overpicked in my opinion it's a simple song
sorry but so sick of thus dude he is out of his depth. van zandt was a genius