Tag Archives: Merle Haggard

Outlaws, Bandits, and Troubadours

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Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt After such a long post last time, I plan for this one to be long on music and short on text.  If there’s a narrative to capture here, it’s that I think “Pancho and … Continue reading →

They would lay Jesus Christ in his grave

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Woody Guthrie Working Class Hero Less graphically than “On a Hill Lone and Gray,” Woody Guthrie provides his own rendering of the Jesus story.  In this one, the multitude is still implicated, but in a slightly different way; and, the … Continue reading →