A Storyteller Visits Gruene Hall

All the Federales say they could have had him any day. They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose. “Pancho and Lefty,” by Townes Van Zandt |———|  GRUENE, TEXAS — The power of story told in song resonates with many of us. We can recall song lyrics learned three decades or more ago — while forgetting the name of a co-worker one happens along at the grocery store, or where you laid the car keys. Most of us can only regurgitate the chorus of memorable songs without the prompting of actually hearing it played. Somehow, though, if a song is playing on the radio, or being...

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