There's a Pair of Blue Eyes Down in Texas
He may be an Okie from Muskogee (by way of Bakersfield, CA), but few can do Texas Music like the incomparable Merle Haggard:
Merle Haggard on Austin City Limits
Merle Haggard pays tribute to Bob Wills
with the Texas Playboys at the Grand Ole Opry
See also "Texas Women" performed live at Billy Bob's Texas.
Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Billy Joe Shaver
T. Gozney Thornton
Joe Ely
Texas Music ... Served Spicy
When You Hear Twin Fiddles and a Steel Guitar ...
Big Tex's Texas Music Recommendations
The Hauntingly Beautiful Voice ...
Steve Earle
What's Left of Texas?
Guy Clark
The Late Great ...
Robert Earl Keen [UPDATED]
That's Right (You're Not From Texas)
Jerry Jeff Walker
Homesick
... and the Boys
... and Willie ...
Waylon ...
The King of Western Swing
Willie & The Wheel
Not-So-Random Thought on a Saturday Afternoon While Listening to a Bob Wills Tribute Album With My Kids ...
Labels: Music, Texas Our Texas
posted by Pro Ecclesia 7:54 AM
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2 Comments:
I love Haggard's "Texas Women" on his second "Live at Billy Bob's" album. I love how Haggard is able to take lines from several of Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodels" and make a new songs out of it.
"Texas Women" takes the line "She's long she's tall, she's six feet from the ground, she's tailor made she ain't no hand me down" from "Blue Yodel #3." The line "I like Mississippi, fool about Tennessee, but those done got the best of me" is from "Anniversary Blue Yodel (#7)."
Haggard does something similar on his most recent album "The Bluegrass Sessions" in the song "Jimmie Rodgers Blues." Haggard is a music genius. He is by far my favorite musician.
I miss the South in general. I taught in an exclusive boys school there and I find the work ethic, the simple living, the ardent faith refreshing. It makes one understand why the Japanese build their car plants there.
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