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Singer-songwriter Tennessee Jet recruits an impressive group of like-minded performers for a trumpet-accented cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty,” famously recorded by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. The new rendition, featuring Cody Jinks, Paul Cauthen, and Elizabeth Cook, appears on Tennessee Jet’s upcoming album The Country, due out …

Steve Earle released his tribute album to songwriter Guy Clark last week. In Rolling Stone‘s video series “The First Time,” he recounts his first meeting with the no-nonsense Clark, who along with Townes Van Zandt, became creative north stars for Earle. Both introductions didn’t start off particularly well, with Clark …