Great Song

Cockfighting wouldn't seem to be a likely topic for a great folk song (though I suppose Clifford Geertz would disagree). Nonetheless, Tom Russell wrote one, and here's Joe Ely (arguably the second greatest performer to come from Lubbock, Texas*), singing it:



*Buddy Holly of course! But the competition for the number two spot is pretty stiff; in addition to Ely, there's Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, etc. etc.