Willie Nelson - Time of the Preacher Theme download song

Definitely one of the greatest concept albums ever recorded.

Just watching The Edge of Darkness were this song has a very intriguing thread throughout the series!

I really discovered this album when I was about 22 years old.  A friend of mine had a cabin out in the middle of the West Virginia mountains, with no electricity or running water, just oil lamps and a nearby creek.  We brought a boom box with us and I had just bought this album on cassette tape.  We smoked weed, drank whiskey, smoked more weed, drank more whiskey, and then played "Red Headed Stranger"...from beginning to end without interruption and without words between us.  Then we did it all again.  Every single time I hear any song from this album, that's where I go in my mind.  Thank you Willie!

lyrics: It was a time of the preacher When the story began Of the choice of a lady And the love of a man How he loved her so dearly He went out of his mind When she left him for someone That she'd left behind And he cried like a baby And he screamed like a panther In the middle of the night And he saddled his pony And he went for a ride It was a time of the preacher In the year of O-one Now the preachin' is over And the lesson's begun

TV series "Preacher" episode 10 brings me here... greetings from Malaysia!

I got into this song after watching Edge of Darkness, the BBC TV series, not the Hollywood remake, with Mel in it, mind you that wasn't bad, but this really is something else.....

I was a 15-year-old, long-haired, pot-smoking heavy-metal smartass when this album came out;  it literally blew my mind.  It taught me more about songwriting, musicianship, structure, lyrics, track placement, storytelling and (most importantly) music appreciation than a lifetime worth of classwork could have.  I thank Willie for opening countless musical horizons for me.

The BBC mini-series "Edge of Darkness", along with DC Vertigo's "Preacher", and a love of good music, brought me here.

It was the time of the preacher When the story began With the choice of a lady and the love of a man How he loved her so dearly he went out of his mind When she left him for someone she'd left behind He cried like a baby He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night And he saddled his pony and went for a ride It was the time of the preacher in the year of 01 Now the preachin' is over and the lesson's begun

Thank you, Edge of Darkness, for reminding me of this gem. And, thank you, Let's Not Talk About Movies, for suggesting the miniseries. 

I've been in love like this once in my life.

We are watching The Edge of Darkness on tv catchup. I heard this for the first time last night. Brilliant. Thank you for posting.

reading Preacher comic...

Jaysus! What kind of a preacher are you?!