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Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt (1972) became well-known through a honky tonk album by outlaw country musicians Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, released in 1983.Original vinyl copies from 1983 give the album's title as "Poncho & Lefty" on the cover, as well as on the inner sleeve and the record label; the album's title track is similarly rendered "Poncho & Lefty" on the cover, inner sleeve ...
A music video was released for the song in 1983, depicting Willie Nelson as Pancho, and Merle Haggard as Lefty. Townes Van Zandt also appears in a supporting role. Nelson's daughter Lana directed the video, the first for Nelson and second for Haggard, the first being for "Are the Good Times Really Over?" a year prior.
Last of the Breed is a two-disc album by American country music artists Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price, released in 2007. It debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 13,000 copies in its first week. [1] The album has 100,000 copies in the U.S. as of May 2015. [2]
Willie Nelson: 6 — 7 Pancho & Lefty: 1983 "Pancho and Lefty" 1 21 1 "We're Strangers Again" Leona Williams 42 — — Heart to Heart: 1987 "If I Could Only Fly" Willie Nelson 58 — 50 Seashores of Old Mexico: 2000 "Wreck on the Highway" Chester Smith — — — California Blend: 2015 "It's All Going to Pot" Willie Nelson 48 — — Django ...
Inside Arlyn, a multi-day event in 2015, brought Willie Nelson (right) together with Gary Clark Jr. (left) and Marle Haggard (not pictured) to perform and record in front of an intimate audience.
Much like the successful seventies album Wanted!The Outlaws, Walking the Line features duets and solo cuts taken from various albums and repackaged as a single album. Jones and Haggard had recorded a duet album, A Taste of Yesterday's Wine in 1982 (the title cut having been by Nelson) while Haggard and Nelson had collaborated on Pancho & Lefty the same year.
Rolling Stone commented that "in the final performance of Sessions, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard perform the duet 'The Only Man Wilder Than Me.' Haggard has a look of complete joy on his face throughout the session in the old-timey recording setup once used by his musical heroes." [144]
Outlaws and Angels is a live album by American country and western musician Willie Nelson. It was recorded on May 5, 2004, at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California. It was released on September 21, 2004, by the Lost Highway label. The concert featured guest performers singing duets with Nelson on each song and was later aired on cable television.