"Las Cruces Jail" is the first single from the album, ''
What the Toll Tells
''What the Toll Tells'' is the second album recorded by Two Gallants released in February 2006 (see 2006 in music). It was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios, San Francisco during July 2005. '' by
Two Gallants (band), Two Gallants. It was a limited, 7" single. The album was the 90th release of
Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his ...
.
The song's lyrics are about
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at t ...
's imprisonment near
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New ...
.
Track listing
#Side One: "Las Cruces Jail"
#Side Two: "Long Summer Day (acoustic)"
External links
Two Gallants official websiteSaddle Creek Records
Two Gallants (band) songs
2005 songs
Saddle Creek Records singles
Songs based on actual events
Songs about crime
Songs about criminals
Songs about Billy the Kid
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