Non devisive music thread.
- Thread starter Ricky Fandango
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The vintage Gilmore/Waters is a treat.
Thanks Nooter.
Thanks Nooter.
I just love this guy.
RIP Hag.
RIP Hag.
Haggard with some of the original Strangers singing a song Haggard wrote about a prisoner he served time with who killed a guard in an escape attempt, and got put to death as a result.
* CHP I remembered the story wrong, and made a correction.
It doesnt take away from the beauty and sorrow of the song, but I figured I better set the record straight.
Hüsker Dü
DA
Maybe he could get a posthumous pardon?
Zevon's Excitable Boy album is a classic! Here's a good cover by Rick Derringer that I heard before the original.
Apparently, two guys broke out, and both got the gas chamber.
The other guy didnt kill anyone.
I think I'll do some reading on the story and find out more.
Johnny Cash went to San Quentin twice to play for the inmates. The second time is the one you see in the videos and hear the recordings from.
On his first visit, Merle haggard was actually an inmate there, and he watched from his prison blues.
I saw Rick Derringer at the Sports Arena many, many, moons ago.