John Gorka - The Streets of Laredo (2020)

This week's One Song Concert and Home Video # 36 is The Streets of Laredo, a traditional tune to which I added a new verse. The guitar arrangement is also slightly different. The new verse changes the narrative from the traditional versions. Also, I kept wanting the dying cowboy to sing the last vers of John Prine's Paradise: "When I die let my ashes float down the Green River...". The lyrics fit the melody perfectly. I hope you like it and John Prine and the cowby wouldn't mind.
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[@isaacruddell7940]

Simply beautiful. I hope to put this song in a film one day.

[@adaharrisonn]

Would kill for your instrumental of this. Your guitar accompaniment is sublime.

[@megrez45]

Brilliant!

[@keithwigley1256]

Bringing to life songs of the past but not forgotten....

[@Lobishomem]

Great version . Thanks John

[@sakka9432]

Wonderful that you walked John Prine’s lyrics into an old cardboard cowboy song...Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own. Welcome to Heaven’s Exchange Bar - Sir John, vodka and ginger ale with a camel cigarette 9 miles long via the Tree of Forgiveness? - Ha!

[@AllThingsSeydel]

Great tune & so well done. I lived in Laredo for 10 years. You could see the mountains of Monterrey on a clear day from my back yard. Most will never appreciate how vast the land is there and yet sprawling as it is; I feel like I know the spot where the cowboy died.

[@dsimms561]

I think the first time I heard this was on an album of Marty Robbins gunfighter ballads

[@gsp404faith5]

Beautiful. I miss my dad, a true cowboy.

[@majorgeneralghassemsoleima3304]

God bless him

[@gsp404faith5]

@@majorgeneralghassemsoleima3304 thank you!

[@majorgeneralghassemsoleima3304]

@@gsp404faith5 💕

[@7761864]

Great work here, and that baritone voice is like fine aged whisky.

[@TheQ2ube]

Thank you John! Soooo... beautiful. Pretty sure John Prine is smiling right about now:-)

[@davidsobel3303]

I have not heard a song that you have covered that you did not do proper justice to :)

[@melissaschultz5097]

This is one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar, thanks to the Smother Brothers! Love John Gorka!❤️💯

[@slimriddim4145]

Perfect!

[@JeffMudrick]

I'm sure John Prine would not mind. Beautiful work John.

[@michaelelliott1212]

Huh?

[@grizzlycountry1030]

Man I've heard alot of versions of this song, but this has got to be the best. Perfect voice for these songs. If I did a horse back tour through monument valley I'd want you by the campfire in the evening singing away.

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

It's a great version of a song I've always loved. Thanks for sharing it!

[@DavidStanleymusic]

Goode job John

[@DavePageMusic]

Thank you! It brought back memories as that was one of the first songs I learned for my Dad. Later in life, when I visited him, he'd always want to hear me play it. I have not played it for years and your version brought tears to my eyes. I've relearned it with your lyrics and will play it in his memory.

[@bayouboy8644]

Just AWESOME !!!

[@karrelaw]

So beautiful. Thank you! (Still, old memories die hard and I can't help hearing "I shot and Sam crumbled. Just like a piece halvah...")

[@danielsobkowiak4101]

You just continue to impress always John, I always liked this song and you have brought a new meaning in your interpretation of it, thank you as always for a wonderful experience.