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Old timers: Best singer of sad songs; Verne Gosdin or Keith Whitley?
Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:28 pm
My God, awesome voices, very depressing! 2 of the best country singing voices ever, IMO.
Verne - Chiseled in Stone (youtube)
Keith Whitley - Don't close your eyes
Verne - Chiseled in Stone (youtube)
Keith Whitley - Don't close your eyes
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Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:29 pm to muttenstein
Keith by far.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:55 pm to muttenstein
“All my neon neighbors they like what I play”
“‘Cause they've heard it every night since you've walked away”
“‘Cause they've heard it every night since you've walked away”
Posted on 5/18/21 at 9:13 pm to muttenstein
“Everyday they replace old B24 ‘cause every night I run a needle through ‘Walkin’ the Floor’”
One of the greatest country lyrics ever written.
One of the greatest country lyrics ever written.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 9:16 pm to muttenstein
Verne
Posted on 5/18/21 at 9:23 pm to Alt26
Easily a top 5 country song for me, and I would not even consider myself a Verne fan.
Same for Got No Reason Now For Going Home and Gene Watson.
Same for Got No Reason Now For Going Home and Gene Watson.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 9:27 pm to muttenstein
Chiseled in Stone is 100% stone cold country. I love that song.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 10:07 pm to SCLibertarian
Keith woulda been the goat.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 10:18 pm to gobuxgo5
I still remember my grandmaw telling me when I was a teenager don’t be drinking too much look at Keith Whitley, he drank himself to death. I never really believed her but turns out when he died his BAC was like 3 times the legal limit. I heard he drank 2 fifths of whiskey one morning.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 7:16 am to muttenstein
The two songs don't even compare in terms of sadness... Chiseled in Stone on a whole different level in that regard.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 7:51 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
quote:Keith Whitley was a hard core alcoholic.
I never really believed her but turns out when he died his BAC was like 3 times the legal limit. I heard he drank 2 fifths of whiskey one morning.
SavingCountryMusic.com has started a country music history podcast and covered his story a couple of weeks ago. From that podcast...
quote:
The singer’s blood alcohol level was reported to be .47, or almost five times the amount to be declared intoxicated in Tennessee. Police had found 23 empty cans of Budweiser at his house, an empty bottle of Scope, and four half consumed bottles of hair spray.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 8:45 am to muttenstein
All time favorite song is I'm Over you and right now I have Keith Whitley radio on pandora playing in my classroom for the students. They complain abotu it at first but by about Christmas they are tapping their feet and nodding their heads. Even caught some of them with the songs that play through that station downloaded to their phones.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:41 am to PJinAtl
Yep I heard he was drinking the hairspray. The chilling "Tell Lorrie I love her" song was his goodbye song to her.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 10:58 am to sodcutterjones
Uhm, there's a music board.. why the frick is this in Movie/TV.. I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just honestly baffled why
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 11:00 am
Posted on 5/19/21 at 11:39 am to muttenstein
Wrong board, fool
Posted on 5/19/21 at 7:51 pm to muttenstein
That's tough but I'll give the nod to Gosdin
Posted on 5/20/21 at 5:22 pm to Larry_Hotdogs
quote:
“Everyday they replace old B24 ‘cause every night I run a needle through ‘Walkin’ the Floor’”
One of the greatest country lyrics ever written.
Just heard this today on sirius--hadn't heard it in a long, long time and I was thinking about how wonderful Vern Gosdin was. But Keith was too!
Posted on 5/20/21 at 6:10 pm to peaster68
quote:I don't know about overall, but I can guarantee you that Lori wept for months after she discovered that song posthumously.
Keith by far.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 9:46 pm to muttenstein
I saw Verne play at the Natchez city auditorium around 15 years ago. He was so fricked up he stopped singing midway through his first song and got escorted off the stage.
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