i hang my head and cry

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Another day, another cover. Today it's a revved up rendition of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" by 80's LA cowpunks Blood on the Saddle, from their 1987 album, Fresh Blood.

As a genre, cowpunk -- a manic, usually sloppy, fusion of punk and country & western -- sounded better in theory than in practice. Very rarely did any of the bands manage to achieve a workable balance between the two parent genres. When they were able to pull it off, however, as Blood on the Saddle did on today's offering, the results were boot-stompingly fantastic.

Blood on the Saddle - Folsom Prison Blues