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21 November 2005

Askmecha: "El Paso" by Marty Robbins? "El Paso City" retells the story of "El Paso" but was there another song that told the story from a third perspective?

post by: drezdn at: 15:27 | 4 comments

Years later Marty Robbins recorded "El Paso City". Is that what you're thinking of?

posted by Slack-a-gogo 21 November | 15:38

drezdn could you be thinking of Streets Of Laredo which has a similar feel?

posted by arse_hat 21 November | 15:48

I'm not sure, when I was in boy scouts (10+ years ago) one of our scout leaders played "El Paso" and "El Paso City" for a friend and I. Recently, the friend and I both swore that there was a third song that he played that might have told the story from the perspective of the woman in "El Paso." According to my friend in that song you find out that the woman killed the narrator in the first song. I can't find any mention of a third song though.

posted by drezdn 21 November | 15:56

Tom Russell has the The Hills of Old Juárez which features a Felina who sells out a man. Sort of a cross between El Paso and Copperhead Road. Still I doubt that's the thing you're thinking of.

posted by arse_hat 21 November | 16:15

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