![]() The Kid outdrew Scruggs and shot him through the hat, with the bullet entering his forehead and killing him. He introduced himself as " The Kid" and politely challenged Scruggs to a duel. Before he could sing another song about his triumph, he noticed a figure riding into town while playing a harmonica. Scruggs shot off all five of Townley's right fingers before shooting him dead from over his shoulder with the help of a mirror. The number was interrupted when Joe's brother Jimmy Townley entered the bar and found his brother dead, and Jimmy challenged Scruggs to a duel outside. ![]() Scruggs then sang a celebratory song about Joe's death, and he was joined by the saloon's patrons. Scruggs, who had checked his guns in at the door as per house policy, said that Joe was violating both the policy and local norms, and, when Joe cocked the gun, Scruggs kicked a plank on the table to knock Joe's arm backwards and cause him to accidentally shoot himself in the head three times, killing him. Scruggs then refused, causing Joe to stand up with a pistol and threaten to shoot Scruggs. Scruggs attempted to leave, but Joe insisted, "You've seen 'em, you play 'em". This is the big theme in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, where at least one (but often many) characters die in each of the six stories. One’s uprightness does not exempt him from the consequences (death) of the fall. He later headed into the town of Frenchman's Gulch, Arizona to gamble, but, when he sat at a table with Surly Joe to pick up a hand of cards, he found that he had been dealt the unlucky "Dead Man's Hand". The first segment The Ballad of Buster Scruggs stars Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs a Roy Rogers-esque singing, gun-slinging cowboy. In their 2009 film, A Serious Man, the Coen brothers invoke the Book of Job to explore these themes. In 1873, he entered a small, remote cantina in Mexican Hat, Utah (next to Monument Valley) and killed five men in rapid succession after he angered the patron Jasper Roberson and his drinking mates and shot the bartender Oscar Ortega after he attempted to reach for his gun. ![]() By 1873, he was wanted for several shooting incidents, most of which occurred when other men cheated at poker and were challenged and killed in duels by the singing gunslinger. Despite his pleasant demeanor and his habit of singing songs with his guitar while riding his horse Dan, he was feared for his skill at drawing his six-shooter sidearm quickly and shooting it accurately. He was famous as a singing gunslinger who was feared for his incredible speed and accuracy, but he was outdrawn and killed in a duel with " The Kid" in Frenchman's Gulch in 1873.īuster Scruggs was born in Reata Pass, San Saba County, Texas, and he was nicknamed "the San Saba Songbird" for his musical talent. Thanks for watching :)0:00 Intro0:06 Working with the Coen Brothers0:50 Speaking and singing at the same time1:35 The Wild Wild West2:12 How interested he w. ![]() Buster Scruggs (1819-1873), nicknamed "the San Saba Songbird", was an American gambler, musician, and outlaw from Reata Pass, San Saba County, Texas. ![]()
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