(Hendricks killed a state trooper during his breakout and was later put to death.)
Here, Rabbit asks his guitar-playing friend to sing him a favorite gospel tune before his execution.
Soaked in regret, it marries country with the blues for a song that falls nowhere short of holy.
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Haggards original intent will likely remain cloudy.
Its the coldest time of winter, he sings, shivering at more than just the temperature.
His delivery is without flourish and so unsentimental its sentimental, all over again.
(1996, in fact, did not chart at all.)
