Stories Behind the Song

During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood when he had first looked through the Gunfighter volume of the Time-Life “Old West” series. He came across a photograph of the outlaw Frank James, in his 70s, looking very respectable as he stood in front of the house where he and his brother Jesse had grown up. Looking at the photo once again, Jon reflected on the inexplicable tendency people som