Lana Nelson

June 5, 2025

Life, Death, Love, and Murder: The Ballad of Johnny Rodriguez

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Of all the harrowing, tragic, and redemptive stories in the history of country music, pioneering Hispanic country star Johnny Rodriguez might have the rest of the field beat.

Aubry Rodriguez, Bobby Bare, Johnny Rodriguez, Lana Nelson, Roy Dea, The Highwaymen, Tom T. Hall, Vinny Tovar, Willie Nelson, Woody Guthrie

August 24, 2022

50 Years Ago Today: Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho & Lefty” Is Born

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Calling it a “country song” doesn’t seem to do it justice, and almost inadvertently downgrades the impact and importance of the artistic work known as “Pancho & Lefty,” because few other songs can make us feel like this one can. It’s transcendent of country, or song, or even music. It’s “Pancho & Lefty.”

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