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Hard to believe this is the dude known mostly for his novelty trucker songs...
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That came along in 1977, about five or six years after he crashed onto the scene with "Convoy" and the rest of those 'novelty trucker songs', as you put it. Otherwise, that kind of sentimental stuff would have probably been left to the likes of Red Sovine (who did end up recording and releasing a version of it too, by the way).
And it was those "novelty trucker songs" that gave him the standing, a label — (out of OMAHA, of all places!!), and the backing to be able to do something like that.... or like these:
Yeah, he was more than a one-hit flash-in-the-pan curiosity act, for sure.
And if the music in the second one I posted makes you start to think, even for a minute, that 'these guys can play!!' — well, you're right on that count too. His back-up band was the nucleus of what we know now as Mannheim Steamroller.
-"BB"-
And it was those "novelty trucker songs" that gave him the standing, a label — (out of OMAHA, of all places!!), and the backing to be able to do something like that.... or like these:
Yeah, he was more than a one-hit flash-in-the-pan curiosity act, for sure.
And if the music in the second one I posted makes you start to think, even for a minute, that 'these guys can play!!' — well, you're right on that count too. His back-up band was the nucleus of what we know now as Mannheim Steamroller.
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Thank you Econoline! I now have her first: Joan Baez and also Farewell, Angelina. Just what I was looking for. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" in German yet, was a complete welcome surprise.
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So your condition has digressed to the deliriums. We're still all pulling for you!
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You have to admit that it shows tenacity-all that setting up just so for the little train that could!
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99 botters of beer on the warr!
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I've never been to the Philistines but I've known quite a few Filistinos.
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That was a rockin' movie...
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It’s one of those that makes me wonder if anyone has ever watched the entire movie.
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Here is a Coldplay cover that I really loved:
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Here is another version of the story...
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This one is better:
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Maybe the most cynical song ever written...
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RIP Jerry Jeff Walker.
A slow-tempo waltz about a homeless drunk and his dead dog...and a huge hit. Could NEVER happen now.
A slow-tempo waltz about a homeless drunk and his dead dog...and a huge hit. Could NEVER happen now.
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People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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— God @The Tweet of God
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The original...