She’s still playing and singing over 50 years what a musical talent! And one very sincere classy woman, ICON

@guymallet3207

9 ай бұрын

Few people have given so much to so many, and all her life !

@dalelerette206

2 ай бұрын

You are so very beautiful for all the right reasons, Emmylou Harris. Emmylou Harris forsook Satan's Jeweled Crown in favor of the Lord's Crown jeweled with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1: Faith, 2: Hope, 3: Charity, 4: Chastity, 5: Justice, 6: Temperance, and 7: Humility. Freedom exists not to do what you want but having the right to do what you ought. - Saint Pope John Paul II

This is by far the best version of this song with a full band.

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

Yes, with a full band. The best, though, is Townes solo or with one or two good friends.

@wyattlarkin

2 ай бұрын

Something about how she sings it in a slightly happier way than the original/others makes it that much sadder

@ivandafoe2140

Ай бұрын

Loaded deck! How could ya go wrong with Rodney and Albert backing you.

Been listening to Emmylou Harris since 1975, when her first two albums dropped. I actually knew who she was because she was best friends with Linda Rondstadt & was credited on her albums for vocal harmonies, before her albums hit the scene. I didn’t know about the Gram connection until the early 90’s when the Fallen Angels live tour from 1973 was finally rereleased & of course she always covers one or two Gram songs per album, keeping his music alive for so many decades of young listeners to discover Gram. She put a spotlight on Townes music and carried Grams music all these years. She is a national treasure ❤

"There are two kinds of men...those who are in love with Emmylou Harris and those who haven't met her yet." - Willie Nelson

@Ken-qz1hm

5 ай бұрын

For those who haven't heard of I'm just sorry

@JohnSmith-vu6zd

4 ай бұрын

Spot on!

@user-hf8ie8mf3n

4 ай бұрын

Damn straight!

@robinpesek3657

3 ай бұрын

I can believe it!

@jayyancey4538

3 ай бұрын

Yup

The harmony and the pedal steel and Emmy Lou's lead voice--can't beat it, period!!

This is the voice this song was meant for. I know thats been said before, i just cant help saying it almost every time i hear it

@scottpeterson2479

3 ай бұрын

I wore the grooves thru on this record in a cupola of a ninety year old wooden hotel high above BUZZARDS BAY. Cape cod dreaming

Such a pure and haunting voice - Emmylou pours her heart and soul into every note. She is the Elder Stateswoman of Country Mudic.

2023, and I can’t believe I have never heard Emmy Lou do this song. Always a favourite of mine, now this is my very all time favourite. An ethereal voice from a beautiful woman

@tjwash5118

5 ай бұрын

I believe Willie Nelson’s daughter played Emmylou’s recording of this song for him and encouraged him to record it.

@rhondaweaver4486

24 күн бұрын

@@tjwash5118 True story.

It's like Townes sketched it out, and Emmylou filled in the colors. God she's amazing!

@amandawilcox9638

3 жыл бұрын

J. Mark Lane, Exceptional description; 👍 underrated comment. Happy New year, be well.

@themistermax

3 жыл бұрын

@@amandawilcox9638 Thank you!

@63ritchie

3 жыл бұрын

well said

@jonsebastian4823

Жыл бұрын

listened to many versions but Emmylou cuts me to pieces, big boys do cry, you too?

@lindacole7393

Жыл бұрын

Yours is such an imaginative and dead-on description !! Thanks!!

I've been a fan of EmmyLou since 1971 when she was an unknown singing at bars in Washington DC. She was living with her parents in Maryland, divorced with 1 child. Then after she hooked up with Gram Parsons her career began to turn. It's a long story, but Parsons was her mentor and passed away in 1973 of a drug overdose. She went solo after that and turned out a great career. Beautiful voice that's one in a million. I sure do love EmmyLou, inside and out. What a voice.

Emmylou is a National Treasure!

Luckenbach, Texas, sometime in the '80s, before it became a Destination. Folks sitting on the 3-step bleachers under the huge oak behind the general store. Folks sitting around a long picnic table. Long neck Lone Stars, and several guitars. Several guys knew Townes Van Zandt, and started playing Pancho & Lefty. Never will forget it.

@norrisbjork1414

6 ай бұрын

Rodney Crowell, Albert Lee and Hank DeVito?

@bettym7346

6 ай бұрын

@norrisbjork1414 Quite possibly, but sad to say, I never caught anyone's full name, except Jim Luckenbach, and I would not have known any of those guys beforehand anyway. It was the first we had heard of Townes Van Zandt. I can pinpoint the time better: We heard Waylon's "Luckenbach Texas" for the first time, being played over and over and over on speakers in a nearby gift shop (which I think became a dance hall). Believe me, we both knew it by heart by the time we left. The last time we returned, it was so crowded and noisy, we had to get out of there before it was ruined for us forever. A place being loved to death.

@user-eu6oh3zi1j

6 ай бұрын

😊😅

@cidsimone

6 ай бұрын

@@bettym7346❤

@randyweyant8136

6 ай бұрын

I loved the song of the same name by. Waylon. .

And me, l'm a 77' old French guy... I discovered Emmylou about 5 years before... Very, very wonderful artist...

This song was included on the Luxury Liner LP, which I believe is the best record Emmylou ever released.

@kykittykat2435

Ай бұрын

I bought it back in the 70’s, yes the BEST (well, one of many) of EmmyLou Harris! ❤️ 🎶❤️

Rodney Crowell and Albert Lee in the band. So great!

@georgeberger9546

2 ай бұрын

So few folks have noticed or commented on this….maybe they didn’t need to; but it’s really important to notice.

@dutchreagan3676

Ай бұрын

Hottest hot band around.

She absolutely deserves all the love, admiration and accolades being showered on her. A true legend in her own time.

The great Albert Lee on guitar.

Rodney Crowell's voice blends so well with Emmylou's.

I am loving these old videos - I saw this band several times back then. Emmy's a national treasure. This band is too. 'nuff said

@jamestwohy

4 ай бұрын

I had the great good fortune to meet her one day courtesy of my daughter. What a great talent!

@craigculwell9177

4 ай бұрын

🎼 I saw them in OKC. Great show x Hot Band & Emmylou out front 🇺🇲 ♥️

The Hot Band, always super tight and on the money behind that beautiful singing.

Like Willie said, “there are 2 types of men, those who love Emmylou, and those that haven’t met her yet”.

The voice of an angel... Such a beautiful interpretation .

I love Emmylou, have since I was a teenager in the 70s. She is just as beautiful today. Never heard her do anything that wasn't absolutely perfect!!!

You know, I have never witnessed a single time she was not incredible. I might add over forty years of witnessing.

This is one of my all time favorites songs!!! I could & do listen to it all the time, especially this Emmylou Harris version, with the great Rodney Crowell, another favorite artist singing backup. My husband and I saw Emmy & Rodney sing this in Seattle, summer tour, 2015! Then we saw Rodney sing this as his closer, last November 19th, 2019! Love the great Townes Van Zandt.❤️💙🧡💚💛💜 Update: My husband and I just saw our 1st concert since seeing Rodney, Nov. 19, 2019, on May 11th, 2023, up here in the PNW!!! He was fantastic, his band is so hot, his new album Chicago Sessions is so good, been playing it constantly. Rodney told the story of why he always closes with Pancho and Lefty… several years ago, he was playing in Ireland & he closed w P&L, he and his band didn’t sing the chorus, but the Irish audience did, they knew it by heart, which surprised Rodney and became his talisman.❤

@bierefrommars

2 жыл бұрын

Saw that tour in Denver. Fantastic!

I could easily, and happily, listen to this very recording, 5 or more times a day!! Am I normal!! : )))

@wallacejeffery5786

9 ай бұрын

Yep

Stunning, nothing else needs to be said. There are few this talented.

I saw Emmylou a couple of times years ago. One time was at The Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. It was a great venue...she was stunning in every way. When she played Poncho and Lefty it was like being transported to another planet..another world. But, when she sang "Good-bye" by Steve Earle, you could have heard a pin drop. Even the bricks in the walls were afraid to move because of the absolute beauty vibrating out of her body and soul....

@jperry060

2 жыл бұрын

What a great story, I suppose that was a while ago. The Variety has been destroyed by the new owners and the renovations...never again something like this will be there.

All so young

You'd think the fact that she's so beautiful would get in the way of the fact that she has the voice of an angel, but it doesn't - her soul still comes through in her music. One my all-time favorite songs performed by one of my all-time favorite singers.

@lindacole7393

2 жыл бұрын

And smart as a whip too. High school valedictorian to boot!!

@jefferysumpn6049

Жыл бұрын

I’ll take it!

@gabegrace8333

11 ай бұрын

My favourite Emmy song...Red Dirt Girl...sung by Swedish sisters First Aid Kit

@mschpop4546

10 ай бұрын

Why would her beauty get in the way of her soul coming through in her music? Lmfao

The deserts quiet and Cleveland’s cold...that line is just magic to me for some reason

@zoeferreiramaciel2714

4 жыл бұрын

Lindas canções!!!

@johnsmith-wx5fb

4 жыл бұрын

@john capone he tells a lot. Pancho and lefty were hardcore gunslingers. He wore his gun on the outside as a warning. Dont mess with me. The federalis were after them. Lefty betrayed pancho to the federalis they paid him he went to cleveland living in crappy hotels but he lived to old age with the guilt of what he did.

@seatosummit6172

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! Yes! Was this just a story of two skilled gunfighters on the opposite sides of the law? Or does a deeper listen suggest that maybe Pancho and Lefty were estranged brothers destined for a fatal rivalry? Or perhaps a careful listen could suggest that Pancho actually won the gunfight, buried Lefty, and assumed Lefty's identity to fool the Federales, but finding after everything he could never truly escape his own prison. This ambiguity is one of the reasons I love this song!

Beautiful❤

Emmylou Harris in my eyes and ears can never be stopped. I've been listening to her since she began recording. Good ole Alabama gal.

Emmylou reminds me of my mother. She was her favorite woman singer in the 70's. I sure miss her! 😢😢😢

My favorite singer to this day! Love Emmylou Harris.I have seen her perform in person many times. Great memories. Been a fan from the beginning.

true happiness and peace

Rodney Crowell singing chorus.

Good lord she is incredible here

The last time I was in Austin, years ago, it was to attend a funeral. It was a Sunday so I went over to W 29th, Milto's was closed but next door was a bar-b-que place so I went in to eat. I remember being the only customer in the place. Sat down and looked around and across the table was some very old concert posters on the wall near by. Right in the middle of them all was a Townes's show poster from Nov.1978. It was one of those moments in time that can only happen to you in Austin. So much history there, most of it very happy times, great music, great people. When I listen to this song I always think of Townes. I love Emmylou, but this was Townes's song. That world is gone now but to have been there back then was simply the best of times, ever.

Just love Emmy Lou got many of her albums. I don't think there is a song of hers, that I don't like. This is one of my favourites, thank you for sharing.

BTW: this is amazing amount of talent on one stage

@martinstanley1091

Жыл бұрын

The "Hot Band" was not an exaggeration 👍

This is the definitive version of this song, recorded on Luxury Liner, one of the best Country albums every recorded. I love Townes, but he must have appreciated this very much because Emmylou is so amazing.

@peterwilliams6114

5 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to several different versions of this classic song over the last couple of days and discovered a Duo - Tim Gregg and Jay Wickizer on KZread - for me they've nailed ' Pancho & Lefty ' better than anyone , better than Willie , Dylan , better even than Emmylou [ and I LOVE Emmylou ] - check it out .

@chetpogostin34

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterwilliams6114 Gregg and Wickizer's version is good but sterile compared to Emmylou and the Hot Band. Gregg and Wickizer have very fine voices but having a big band behind them on a song like this loses the feeling and pain of Townes Van Zant's original composition. Listen again to Emmylou, Rodney Crowell, and Hank DeVito's ethereal pedal steel. Peace brother.

@garyculver7846

3 жыл бұрын

Townes Van Zandt Must've had Great Vision, In His Soul, to write such an Amazing Song 🎵. When I first heard this, I got goosebumps Ten Feet Tall!

@tomformanek3312

2 жыл бұрын

Glad this gteat song attracts deadbeats who would rather argue about definitive versions than enjoy the performance. Call your Mom. I'm sure she'll care. Please spare the rest of us.

@karsynalexzander2790

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm quite off topic but does anybody know of a good site to stream newly released series online ?

There is just nothing as sweet as a lovely country ballad sung by an earnest beautiful girl with a well played pedal steel crying from what seems like another world...

So incredible..🫡

Emmylou absolutely owns this song.

@machtschnell7452

Жыл бұрын

Listen to Townes. He owns, he wrote it.

@rogerlemagnifique7415

Жыл бұрын

@@machtschnell7452 you no understand little boy!!

Coming from someone who mainly listens to metal and hard stuff, emmylous voice gives me goosebumps. This makes me wish I lived in that time. Nostalgia for a time I never was in.

@rosemarygranat4541

2 жыл бұрын

I wish

@lindacole7393

2 жыл бұрын

Just drop the needle, and we can live in any musical time we want to : ))

@ibapynkmenkshiar520

10 ай бұрын

😊😊

I ve had this on vinyl for years and i didn't know it was Albert Lee on guitar

There will be another Emmylou. She's a unique gift to mankind

❤❤❤lovet your music❤❤

God that band was tight. I bought this album just when it came out on one slushy Sunday night at a small record store. Amazing album, and this cut was my favorite.

ah, a young alert lee....hello Albert. A great guy. All so young.

Simply BEAUTIFUL...the very best !

Chills. Every. Single. Time.

This is my favorite version of The Hot Band. Rodney Crowell-Acoustic Guitar/Vocals Albert Lee- Lead Guitar/Vocals Hank Devito- Steel Guitar Emery Gordy- Bass Glen Hardin-Piano John Ware-Drums

@Erniemisner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. A group like no other....

@anngetts5869

4 жыл бұрын

Great bass line

@myrjer

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@turrafirmaguitarchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for confirming the players in this great lineup.

@turrafirmaguitarchannel

3 жыл бұрын

A young Albert Lee. I wasn't sure it was him. They all played so relaxed and sensitive.

I could listen to this a million times, and mighjt be getting close to that. Emmy Lou rules.

Prachtig in een woord.!

Such an amazing talent, the years have proven she is the best country artist.

This is my favorite version of this song and singer of the song,she is haunting captivating and lamenting at the same time,it's quite an incredible performance.

never heard Emmylou do this before, it's so haunting, maybe even more moving than the superlative Willie Nelson version; Ms Harris is a world treasure

@abelmontesdeoca6774

4 жыл бұрын

Townes Van Zandt's version is best, seeing that he wrote it and all.

@robertparker481

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Her version sent chills down my spine and had the hair on my neck standing

@Ravenscaller

4 жыл бұрын

Willie learned the song from Emmylou's album and she learned it directly from Van Zandt. It's such a good song all three versions great but I'd rather watch Emmylou sing it.

@capcolombie3834

4 жыл бұрын

@@abelmontesdeoca6774 Agreed.

@willmpet

4 жыл бұрын

I've listened to other versions, but now I only listen to this one. I love how she harmonizes with the guitar player, "there ain't nobody knows".

Stunningly beautiful as always with Emmylou. The voice of an angel for us mere mortals.

Saw Willie and Emmylou together in 78 Waylon had been arrested for coke. Best damn set I ever saw, I was undercover for US marshals I was suppose to aid in an arrest couldn't do it. Lost my job and some other things.

@boclown100

4 жыл бұрын

Live your heart Harold! Good on ya.

@machtschnell7452

Жыл бұрын

I hope you have lived a better life since then.

@mousiebrown1747

Ай бұрын

Kept your soul, tho…..

this is so good

One of the greatest songs ever written

That is one Hot Band!

She has such a beautiful. sweet voice. Great song, great rendition!!!

@turrafirmaguitarchannel

3 жыл бұрын

And don't ignore her power.

la cancion mas bonita que se ha escrito cantada por la mejor emmylou harris maravillosa con afecto desde spain

Emmylou should have released it as a single back in ´77. When Willie's son's brought him Emmylou's album 'Luxury Liner' in '83 he found the song he was looking for to his duet album with Merle, and 'Pancho & Lefty' finally made it to a #1 single!

@stephengardner776

Жыл бұрын

Even though it was not released as single , and this is the strange part of album making ,executive decisions had to be made as to what they would release as singles . In the mid seventies air time was tight on the radio waves and Emmy was relatively still new at the time just a couple years out nationally but it’s one of those things. But the long and the short of it is the song and and emmylou became the reason for everyone else to record it and one of willie Nelson’s and Merle haggard’s Biggest songs ever! But emmylou’s version is the real deal for simply the level of feeling she displays in the song, truly one of the best!!! ICON

Definitely the best version of this song. What's not to love about Emmylou?

Need to find this concert in full. Man she sung alot of fantastic tunes this set.

Rodney Crowell playing with Emmylou! Very great!

@airtechmech6681

Жыл бұрын

He was a member of the Hot Band.

This must be what the angels in heaven sound like

@mousiebrown1747

Ай бұрын

Have you heard her sing “Oh come Angel band….” Don’t know the right name….. Think my fave is kinda like this: “ It’s all right, midnight, and I got 2 (3?) more bottles of wine…”. Got the record but no record player! Lol!

Emmylou Harris had a f*ckin' great band in those days. I love the unpolished rough version of Townes, but hell, this is so perfect!

@BillyJoeJimBob8

7 жыл бұрын

Right before this band was put together Emmylou was told by record label executives that the only way she would ever get any airplay on the radio would be to put together a really hot band. So she did exactly that. That's why they were "Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band." Even after 40 years later, they sound as great now as they did then!!!

@turrafirmaguitarchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. The rif they do between verses is magic.

One of America's greatest treasures

Gosh, those folks were young! Great artists all.

Voice of an angel...

@briant7265

4 жыл бұрын

Voice? She IS an angel.

How tender is this version, just amazing! («Shooter» got it flying...)👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I heard her sing this song on campus @ University of NM.1978 Grand Father Time. Great Sprit b with her & family ☺️Joseph

Nancy - simply incredible! Townes, you're a legend.

I remember exactly when and where that I first heard this. Been a fan ever since.

This will never get old.❤️

Like an angel. Kind of why I fell in love with America.

When you closed your eyes and listened, she was the most beautiful girl in the world. And still is.

My heart, my mind and my soul belong to this lady,

@Elbe-Citizen

3 жыл бұрын

Mine belonged already 40 years ago to Lady Emmylou.

@frankruszkowskk8780

3 жыл бұрын

a beautiful woman and a voice that comes directly from heaven

Back in the day in the 70's I ended up right in front of the stage right in front of Emmylou at the Roxy in West Hollywood. She was just a few feet away from me while I was tripping on shrooms. I was in Heaven the whole concert. She's some kind of Angel.

What a beauty in every way

❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇭

She does a great job ...and should be appreciated more...GOD BLESS EVERYONE ¡¡¡☆☆☆❤❤❤❤

So amazing. This in an old performance, but she is still kickjng it!!👏👏❤️❤️

best country band ever, The Hot Band.

☮️🌍🎶🌹

Wow that just put me in a trance. Thank you Emmylou.

OG Queen Of The Rodeo ❤

Blew my socks off to be honest

I’m still loving her voice and her singing after ski these years. I first her her in mid 70s and it’s now November 2023. 👏

She was born on April, the 2nd, just like me !! And I love her ….

The voice of an angel.

She has the soul of Gram Parsons in her heart

Simply stunning.

The song needs Willie for gravitas, the twinkle in his eye, the feeling that he almost could have been there. She is incredible too.

A sweetheart