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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFavorite Townes Van Zandt song about a Maryland basketball coach?
Mine is Pancho and Lefty.
Pancho is Moses Malone in that song, the star that would have taken Maryland to the promised land, but instead went pro.
And when the Lennie Bias scandal hit, Lefty Driesell ended up in a cheap hotel.
Townes had a way with words like no other.
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Favorite Townes Van Zandt song about a Maryland basketball coach? (Original Post)
taterguy
Aug 2012
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Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)1. I e-mailed Townes Van Zandt and asked if he could verify this.
Awaiting his reply.
Well, it's been awhile now, he must be busy, being dead and all.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)2. What other Lefty could the song possibly be about?
taterguy
(29,582 posts)4. Never coached at Maryland
kwassa
(23,340 posts)5. Sure he did.
The really old days.
the team uniforms have changed a lot since then, though.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)6. That's a photo of Clemson's team
Dumbass
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)7. How am I supposed to know what a dead guy was thinking?
Do I look like some sort of clairvoyant ?
I suppose you want me to hold a seance in order to find out.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)8. See if you can guess what I'm thinking now
Here's a hint:
STFU
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)9. I'm getting something....very faint...what is that, it sounds familiar.....
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)10. Emmylou Harris's version of Poncho & Lefty........
taterguy
(29,582 posts)11. Emmylou Harris lived in Maryland when Lefty was coaching there
Did I just blow your mind?
I thought so.