Posted on 05/18/2021 4:20:04 PM PDT by simpson96
"El Paso" is a western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September, 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching No. 1 in both at the start of 1960. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961, and remains Robbins' best-known song.
Robbins wrote two songs that are explicit sequels to "El Paso", "Feleena" in 1966, and "El Paso City" 1976.
Marty Robbins - "El Paso" (1959)
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Went to number one partially because it provided a much needed bathroom break for the DJ.
Love this one, although “Big Iron” is my fave from Marty.
Great story song.
A classic tune that like others (“Brown Sugar,” “Good Morning”) would never be able to be made now, when it’s all about not transgressing WOKE! WOKE! WOKE!
I just spent three years in El Paso and recently moved to South Alabama.
Marty Robbins is a cross- cultural icon there even today. Rosa’s Cantina is still open and you can sit where Marty did when he wrote the song.
El Paso is a great place to visit, but living there for three years, I’ll never feel the need to go back.
Yes...Big Iron on my hip....love that one, too.
God version from the Grateful Dead once great American folk artists who lost their way
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RuIPuSJtuNk
Good version not god version
Ha! Hubby has the ballcap and I have a bumper sticker :-)
Wasn’t our fave place for Mexican food, there, though.
And big iron Marty Robbins cover also by the once great grateful now woke jerks dead
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7beOQUpuY&list=PLx4WJBALIZPbS_Gii8iAdjbibxIhcESRQ&index=2
None better than Marty.
The posse probably shot Marty to death not for killing his rival in a duel but for stealing the horse.
Great song.
Jerry Garcia was quoted as saying he had never really heard music until he heard Blue Grass. And you can catch some of it in a few of The Dead’s songs.
Agree. I think coverage is the sincerest flattery
If you don’t have “old and in the way” you are missing the very best blue grass.
Thanks for posting. One of my favorites (of many, many, many)
Ain't I Right? (1966)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.