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re: Favorite Songs that Tell Stories - whatcha got?
Posted on 7/31/23 at 7:32 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 7/31/23 at 7:32 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:
The Year Clayton Delaney Died
It's a great song, but him telling the real story is even better.
"I didn't even know that they made 5 shirts just alike"
Posted on 7/31/23 at 7:34 pm to MrFelixx
TOOL: Lost Keys, Blame Hoffman/Rosetta Stoned
Posted on 7/31/23 at 8:04 pm to highcotton2
quote:
Coward of the County Kenny Rogers
"You could have heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door."
Tommy opened a can of whoop-arse.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 8:22 pm to MrFelixx
Mannnnnnn! You guys have come through with the suggestions. I have a lot of listening to do. Thank you all!!!
Posted on 7/31/23 at 8:31 pm to Grievous Angel
"Sing Me Back Home" - Merle Haggard
"Lonesome Fugutive" - Merle Haggard
"Mama Tried" - Merle Haggard
"Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" - The First Edition
Posted on 7/31/23 at 9:12 pm to MrFelixx
Coward Of The County/Kenny Rogers
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald/Gordon Lightfoot
Cats In The Cradle
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia/Vicki Lawrence
El Paso/Marty Robbins
Seven Spanish Angels/Willie & Ray
Sloop John B/The Beach Boys
Too Small A Price/Don Francisco
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald/Gordon Lightfoot
Cats In The Cradle
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia/Vicki Lawrence
El Paso/Marty Robbins
Seven Spanish Angels/Willie & Ray
Sloop John B/The Beach Boys
Too Small A Price/Don Francisco
Posted on 7/31/23 at 9:32 pm to MrFelixx
God’s Own Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
Posted on 8/1/23 at 11:16 am to MrFelixx
I think Bluegrass always has the best stories for me. The Dillards Polly Vaughn is the first one that comes to mind a hunter accidentally shot his wife when he was out hunting one night because "she'd her apron wrapped around her and he took her for a swan" (rhymes with Vaughn)
The Wreck of the Old 97 - "The Wreck of the Old 97 was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail (train number 97), while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903" - covered by many Country and Bluegrass groups
"Molly and Tenbrooks," also known as "The Racehorse Song," is a traditional song of the late 19th century. One of the first recordings of the song was the Carver Boys' 1929 version called "Tim Brook."[1] The song was recorded by Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys on October 28, 1947, but not released until 1949. In 1948". This song is a fictional account of the July 4, 1878 match race between the Kentucky horse Ten Broeck and the California mare Mollie McCarty at the Louisville Jockey Club (now Churchill Downs). Ten Broeck won the race before a record crowd of 30,000. The song commonly states that Ten Broeck "was a big bay horse", and although he was a bay, he was "very compactly built".[6] The song refers to a fatal outcome, which did not in fact occur; Mollie McCarty lived nearly five more years, winning multiple races and producing three foals.
"The Great Rock Island Route", popularized as "Wabash Cannonball" and various other titles, is a 19th-century American folk song that describes the scenic beauty and predicaments of a fictional train, the Wabash Cannonball Express, as it traveled on the Great Rock Island Railroad.
Jimmie Rodgers The TB Blues about a man with tuberculosis
LINK Claire Lynch Wabash Canonball
The Wreck of the Old 97 - "The Wreck of the Old 97 was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail (train number 97), while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903" - covered by many Country and Bluegrass groups
"Molly and Tenbrooks," also known as "The Racehorse Song," is a traditional song of the late 19th century. One of the first recordings of the song was the Carver Boys' 1929 version called "Tim Brook."[1] The song was recorded by Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys on October 28, 1947, but not released until 1949. In 1948". This song is a fictional account of the July 4, 1878 match race between the Kentucky horse Ten Broeck and the California mare Mollie McCarty at the Louisville Jockey Club (now Churchill Downs). Ten Broeck won the race before a record crowd of 30,000. The song commonly states that Ten Broeck "was a big bay horse", and although he was a bay, he was "very compactly built".[6] The song refers to a fatal outcome, which did not in fact occur; Mollie McCarty lived nearly five more years, winning multiple races and producing three foals.
"The Great Rock Island Route", popularized as "Wabash Cannonball" and various other titles, is a 19th-century American folk song that describes the scenic beauty and predicaments of a fictional train, the Wabash Cannonball Express, as it traveled on the Great Rock Island Railroad.
Jimmie Rodgers The TB Blues about a man with tuberculosis
LINK Claire Lynch Wabash Canonball
This post was edited on 8/1/23 at 11:24 am
Posted on 8/1/23 at 11:25 am to MrFelixx
Lots of really great answers on here. Looking forward to revisiting some of them soon.
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
Posted on 8/1/23 at 12:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
quote:
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" - The First Edition
Mel Tillis wrote it about a Korean War vet he knew.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 12:38 pm to MrFelixx
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:10 pm to MrFelixx
Posted on 8/1/23 at 3:21 pm to MrFelixx
Sometimes said to be the greatest country song of all time:
He Stopped Loving Her Today
[Verse 1]
He said, "I'll love you til I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
[Verse 2]
He kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
[Chorus]
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
He Stopped Loving Her Today
[Verse 1]
He said, "I'll love you til I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
[Verse 2]
He kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
[Chorus]
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
Posted on 8/1/23 at 4:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
DAC - I’m an Ohio Boy
YouTube Link
YouTube Link
Posted on 8/1/23 at 5:25 pm to REB BEER
Take a listen to this grand epic from the 60's: Jamie Brockett - Legend of the USS Titanic
Posted on 8/1/23 at 5:25 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:
Sometimes said to be the greatest country song of all time:
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Written by Curly Putman and Bobby Braddock. Those guys wrote a lot of hits.
Curly was from Princeton, Al., which is a long way from anything. A few years ago, the graduating class at the high school only had 2 kids in it.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 6:08 pm to MrFelixx
The Ballad of Spider John
Pick any Edwin McCain album and start listening. Not all of his songs are storytelling, but all of his albums have excellent songs that are.
Off the beaten path: an artist from the early days of Christian “rock” music- Randy Stonehill. Start with Christmas at Dennys and then try Starlings.
Pick any Edwin McCain album and start listening. Not all of his songs are storytelling, but all of his albums have excellent songs that are.
Off the beaten path: an artist from the early days of Christian “rock” music- Randy Stonehill. Start with Christmas at Dennys and then try Starlings.
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