Daily Eighties Flashback: Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson “Pancho and Lefty”

In 1983, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson teamed up to record a version of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty.” Exactly 40 years ago, Haggard and Nelson’s version climbed to the top of Billboard‘s Hot Country Singles chart for a one-week reign.