What Are You Listening To? - January, 2025
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One of my favorite versions of the Whitfield and Strong standard "I Heard it Through the Grapevine":
In my humble opinion this is THE definitive version of this song...
For all you pipe smoking bass players out there - The Dillards
Billy Joe Shaver came up with a classic line in this twanger standard:
There’s Cadillac buyers, and old five and dimers like me
One time in 1999, I went into a Lincoln dealership and bought a brand new Lincoln Town Car.
On the way home my oldest son asked, how does it drive, Dad?
My reply was
Like a brand new Cadillac.
There’s Cadillac buyers, and old five and dimers like me
One time in 1999, I went into a Lincoln dealership and bought a brand new Lincoln Town Car.
On the way home my oldest son asked, how does it drive, Dad?
My reply was
Like a brand new Cadillac.
You boys started it with the Tom T. Hall. Here’s another, along with Earl Scruggs.
Gene Parsons has long been one of my favorite artists. Here's a tasty bit from his album "Kingling":
While I'm on the topic of Mr. Parsons, here's another tasty bit you might enjoy:
When my trophies at last I lay down, and I rise to worlds unseen, I expect my dear old grandmother to greet me at the gate.
She made all us grandkids memorize Trip to Hyden , got out maps, showed us where the disaster was, and made us promise we’d not ever go in those deep dark mines. I did one time stop at Butcher Holler, but that’s as close to Hyden as I got.
This song is about the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster of December 30, 1970 and every line is a complete masterpiece of hillbilly philosophy.
Tom T at his best, in his days of glory:
If I’m not a good man, I surely cannot blame my folks that raised me up to be.
She made all us grandkids memorize Trip to Hyden , got out maps, showed us where the disaster was, and made us promise we’d not ever go in those deep dark mines. I did one time stop at Butcher Holler, but that’s as close to Hyden as I got.
This song is about the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster of December 30, 1970 and every line is a complete masterpiece of hillbilly philosophy.
Tom T at his best, in his days of glory:
If I’m not a good man, I surely cannot blame my folks that raised me up to be.
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Turning in another direction, I've always enjoyed Cannonball Adderley's music, especially this little tune:
Briar Lee:
Mr. Hall's "Trip to Hyden" brought to mind my paternal grandfather who passed when I was 10-years-old and who was, in his salad days, a miner of coal. That's a hard and dangerous way to earn a living, facts that are eloquently voiced in this song by Gil Scott-Heron:
Mr. Hall's "Trip to Hyden" brought to mind my paternal grandfather who passed when I was 10-years-old and who was, in his salad days, a miner of coal. That's a hard and dangerous way to earn a living, facts that are eloquently voiced in this song by Gil Scott-Heron:
