One of the most respected of the Texas songwriters, he died a few years ago. I've been singing his "No Lonesome Tune" and "If I Needed You" for many decades. Wikipedia says he did not write the song about Pancho Villa, but realized its allegorical reference to Villa only later.
Saul Broudy(W3WHK) <<<Hello, Re: [Swlfest] Pancho Villa Problem. I heard of the song via Emmylou Harris doing it live on a Tom Rush TV special. I did not find out about Townes Van Zandt until years later. 73 Eric > On Mon 2/18/2019 2:20 AM, Thomas Sundstrom wrote: > I didn't know that, nor have I ever heard of Townes Van Zandt. Sorry > about that.>>>
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