This week’s murder ballad is the Red-Headed Stranger by Eugene Chadbourne and Shockabilly. Yes, I know it’s originally a Willie Nelson song, and maybe I’ll post Willie’s version later in the year. Shockabilly’s version is the first I was exposed to, due to my unusual musical adolescence. And admit it, it’s fucking great.
Nice attempt at side-stepping the law there. “You can’t hang a man for shooting a woman who’s trying to steal his horse.”
Sleeping in the main salon with the companionway hatch open all night long, the gentle current slapping the hull, the breeze blowing through the boat, and the soft yellow marina light casting a shadow of the flag on the wall of the cabin above the sleeping teenagers. This is the good life.