My Top 1000 Songs #996: Run Dusty Run

[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]

Returning again to that wonderful debut long-player from The Long Ryders, 1984's Native Sons, which so delightfully paired jangly, Byrdsy psych-pop of the Paisley Underground scene with a more rollicking pre-Americana cowpunk vibe. Leaning towards the latter, "Run Dusty Run" has always felt almost too casually carefree, more a twangy bar song than a track r...