Artist: Willie Nelson
Author: Red Lane
Label: RCA Victor
Year: 1967
Top 30 C&W, then banned. First offered to Charley Pride but he declined it for being too risky for a black country artist to sing.
Covers:
Sanford Clark [on lp They Call Me Country]
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings [as Blackjack County Chains]
Christy Moore [idem]
Del McCoury Band [idem]
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
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