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When I was a boy, Marty Robbins set my imagination loose. One day I hope to find this little cantina in el paso.




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That is the only album I've ever owned in all the common formats. Vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD and MP3. Cool
 
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My Mom and Dad had his gunfighter ballads album.

I used to listen to it all the time...


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To be immediately followed by his "El Paso City"




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For all of Dad's cross-country PCS moves that I was old enough to remember, the music in the car might as well have been limited to two "stations": Marty Robbins (Gunfighter Ballads) and Johnny Cash.

Hated both then.

Love both now.
 
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To be immediately followed by his "El Paso City"


I assume you mean here, because the song was released 17 years later.


(and wasn't particularly good IMO)


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Yes, in the song rotation.



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You might get out before the devil even knows you're there.


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Always liked Marty Robbins.

 
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so you guys, once again I am amazed.

Not only is there 'el paso city' there is also 'feleena (el paso)' as well.

Further, I found there are two versions of el paso, one that has an extra verse that was not on the 'gunfighters disc' it was a single but because it was over 4 min, columbia worried it would not get radio play.

Anyway, I have ordered the full version. After all these years, the things I learn on this forum Smile



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My Mom and Dad had his gunfighter ballads album.

I used to listen to it all the time...


I may still have it on cassette! A classic.
 
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Funny thing about this song, despite knowing every other song on the album well as a kid, I have no recollection of this song until I was an "adult". Maybe my dad just didn't like it? lol




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...Further, I found there are two versions of el paso, one that has an extra verse that was not on the 'gunfighters disc'...


The extra verse would have been the 5th, he shows some remorse over shooting the guy:

Just for a moment I stood there in silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run


This 4:43 live version includes the extra verse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAO7vs_Q9is
 
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It may just be my fuzzy memory, but I swear I remember hearing (in an interview) the shorter version was just that, made shorter for the radio.


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I used to have this album until my divorce when the soon to be ex-wife stole it and a bunch of other stuff.
 
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