Artist
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt appears once in our Country list, placing as high as No. 9. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Country
- Year
- 1972
- Highest placing
- No. 9 in Country
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Pancho and Lefty
1972
Ranked No. 9 in Country
The outlaw song as elegy, by a writer too difficult for Nashville to handle directly. Willie and Merle later had the hit; this is the version with the grain in it.