Tuesday, July 28, 2020

happy tunesday! "a gringo like me" by peter tevis


"A Gringo Like me," which is from the soundtrack to Gunfight at Red Sands, is among my favorite songs from Spaghetti Westerns. I first heard it years ago when I was at a Spaghetti Western Festival at the Film Forum. They had it playing in the theaters between movies, so I heard it over and over and over again. And I didn't get sick of it. I just love the lines, "There's just one kind of man that you can trust; that's a dead man" and "There's just one kind of man who tells the truth; that's a dead man."

And, as a bonus, I just learned today that Tevis also sang the theme from Underdog.

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