EL PASO by MARTY ROBBINS: BEST VERSION ON YOU TUBE.

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Channel: FELIX CECCONI

Views: 2,252,042

Rating: 4.9043574 out of 5

Keywords: El Paso, Marty Robbins, Shane, Westerns, Country

Id: R-y3DB0wLh4

Length: 4min 23sec (263 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 30 2012

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[u/DanKolar62]

"El Paso" is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching number one in both at the start of 1960. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961, and remains Robbins' best-known song. It is widely considered a genre classic for its gripping narrative which ends in the death of its protagonist, its shift from past to present tense, haunting harmonies by vocalists Bobby Sykes and Jim Glaser (of the Glaser Brothers) and the eloquent and varied Spanish guitar accompaniment by Grady Martin that lends the recording a distinctive Tex-Mex feel. The name of the character Faleena was based upon a schoolmate of Robbins in the fifth grade — Fidelina Martinez.

[u/FIAFormula]

This is also the name of the last episode of Breaking Bad. When Walter gets into the old Volvo to head home, he pulls a Marty Robbins tape out of the glove box... WARNING - spoilers in the video below if you haven't finished the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtOfBWMOgpM