The song is about an outlaw and his lover who are trying to outrun a posse sent to return them to Texas. When they are cornered, they decide to fight the approaching lawmen. Before the final gunfight, the two embrace, speaking of their belief that God will spare them.

Who are the 7 Spanish Angels in the song?

Willie Nelson
Ray Charles
Seven Spanish Angels/Artists

Did Ray Charles wrote Seven Spanish Angels?

Eddie Setser
Troy Seals
Seven Spanish Angels/Composers

When did Seven Spanish Angels come out?

1982
Seven Spanish Angels/Released

How do you spell Willie Nelson?

Willie Hugh Nelson (/wɪli nɛlsən/; born April 29, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist….

Why is Ray Charles blind?

Born Ray Charles Robinson on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia, he was raised in Greenville, Florida, and started playing the piano before he was five. At age six, he contracted glaucoma that eventually left him blind.

Is there a movie about Seven Spanish Angels?

“Seven Spanish Angels” has that cinematic quality Thompson describes, although it’s decidedly a short film. Two verses tell the story. The rest plays out in the listener’s imagination.

Where is Willie Nelson’s home?

Spicewood is a Texas town nestled along Lake Travis with ziplining, BBQ and it’s even the home of Country Music Legend Willie Nelson.

Why does Willie Nelson’s guitar have a hole in it?

Here are five fun facts we gleaned from it: The reason Willie bought Trigger was because a stumbling drunk broke his old guitar during a gig at a bar in Nashville in 1969. The hole in Trigger eventually grew to accommodate a quarter-pound of weed, the exact amount needed to get Willie through a two-hour show!

What did whispered say about the seven Spanish Angels?

Whispered, “God will keep us free.” He said, “This is my last fight. They won’t take me back alive.” There were seven Spanish angels at the altar of the sun. They were prayin’ for the lovers in the valley of the gun. And seven Spanish angels took another angel home. That lay smoking in his hand.

Who sang seven Spanish Angels with Ray Charles?

“Seven Spanish Angels” is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. It was released in November 1984 as a single from Charles’ 1984 album Friendship.

How many Spanish Angels were there in the Battle?

There were seven Spanish angels. At the Altar of the Sun. They were praying for the lovers. In the Valley of the Gun. When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared. There was thunder from the throne. And seven Spanish angels. Took another Angel home.

Why did Troy Seals write seven Spanish Angels?

Setser had suggested the title “Seven Spanish Angels” and he and Seals had written the song as a homage to the tejano flavored classic hits of Marty Robbins exemplified by Robbins’ career record “El Paso”: (Troy Seals quote:) “When we finished it we thought ‘Who in the world’s gonna do it?’ because Marty was [deceased].”