They were working on cars.

Dave Gonzales of Tucson country soul band the Hacienda Brothers was visiting songwriter Dan Penn at his “auto ranch,” as Gonzales calls it, in the wilds of Alabama. It’s a small junkyard with 25 or so cars, and they were puttering around. Gonzales helped Penn strip the paint off a 1949 Ford, then he was working on his van while Penn was refurbishing an International tractor. “I’ve got an idea,” Gonzales said, then sang, “What’s wrong with right?” Penn stopped wha...