Tag Archives: country music
Midnight
Oh Midnight was the champion He is the only bronc I couldn’t ride But now I hear old Midnights blind And rides little children for a dime It’s silly me for me to feel sad for a fictional horse from a song that’s nearly fifty years old. I’m ridiculous. Full lyrics HERE.
Tom T. Hall (1936-2021)
Full lyrics HERE. There’s no one genre of music I prefer over another. When a song packs an emotional punch, that’s what attracts me. Tom T. Hall was a master at that. There’s a nice write up of the man and his career posted to Variety, which you can read HERE. Here’s an quote from …
This Hits Hard:
Full lyrics HERE.
Homegrown Tomatoes
I get a definite Roger Miller vibe from this one. Just try not to smile! Full lyrics HERE.
High Hopes For Tomorrow
Just a happy song to brighten your day. Full lyrics HERE.
And a Problem When He’s Stoned
Full lyrics HERE.
The Quarantine Blues
At 81, Ray Stevens is still at it. 😀
Sorry to dissapoint you, but
William Shatner’s albums are wonderful. There’s nothing else like them. For this song, he’s joined by country singer Brad Paisley.
Falls
Lyrics available HERE. Unfortunately, John Prine is currently in critical condition battling the coronavirus. He had part of a lung removed several years ago as treatment for cancer, so he is at a particularly high risk. You can follow his wife’s Twitter account for updates, HERE.
Nothin’s ever gonna be alright no-how
“I’ll never get out of this world alive” sounds more like Jim Morrison than Hank Williams, but there you go. Full lyrics HERE.
’til you find the window
Full lyrics HERE. I like loving songs that aren’t necessarily love songs.
Well I suppose I’m happy as a clam…
The signature of a Kris Kirstofferson song is really, really long lines. Full lyrics HERE.
Ah-haaa
Excerpted from Nashville’s Mother Church: The History of Ryman Auditorium by William U. Eiland, ©1994: One such act gaining nationwide exposure was Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, whose song San Antonio Rose (YouTube Link) was the best-selling record of 1939. One of his guest appearances at the Opry caused an incident which Minnie Pearl …
Two Daughters of the Devil
Excerpted from Nashville’s Mother Church: The History of Ryman Auditorium by William U. Eiland, ©1994: None was more famous or gifted than preacher Billy Sunday, who led revival meetings in the Tabernacle (later Ryman Auditorium) in the 1920s and 1930s. Once, as prominent Nashville attorney and author Jack Norman, Sr., relates, the Reverend Sunday held …
ETC
One of my first dates with Mona was to an Earl Thomas Conley concert. We heard about it at the last minute, dropped everything and took off. I’m so glad we did. It was an unforgettable night. Mona took an album with her, and he signed it for us after the show. It’s framed and …
Playing
“I have found that in life, playing dumb and innocent can get you a long way.” ~Howard Bellamy
Where have all the flowers gone?
We tried to go to a Bellamy Brothers concert last night. The evening began with a rousing tribute to our brave and glorious troops, after which the crowd burst into spontaneous applause because they, too, love our brave and glorious troops. Then we were compelled to rise and recite the pledge of allegiance (I declined), …
Does it mean you don’t love me anymore?
“Don’t Pass Me By” first appeared on The Beatles (aka The White Album). On his latest album, Give More Love, Ringo Starr slowed it down and made it much, much better: Interestingly, the Georgia Satellites took the same song, sped it up, and made it much, much better: Full lyrics HERE.
Trump Wants a Parade
We went to see John Conlee sing last week, and it was a very good concert– at the age of 71 his voice is as strong and clear as it was forty years ago– but there was a strange interlude in the middle. For some reason he quit singing songs and went into a sermon …
Abbie's Tree House 