Dad's favorite Country & Western singer was Hank Williams, Sr., and Lovesick Blues was his favorite Country & Western song. This was a problem for him back when he was going to College; his Fraternity house only allowed "high class" music.
So he and the brothers would head out to the Roadhouse, likely stopping at the Bootlegger along the way (the College was in a dry county in Kansas). Good thing the Fraternity house had those rules, or the morals of the brothers might have gone astray ...
Hank Sr. needs no introduction to anyone who's ever listened to Country music, and this was one of his biggest hits. It's today's Saturday Redneck, because Dad picked it.
But what's strange is that in some way today's Nashville has come full circle. Hank's Honky Tonk songs aren't welcome in the "Modern" Nashville of Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, and Taylor Swift. Too old fashioned. No crossover appeal. You can't play that Honky-Tonk music here.
Well, phooey. Good enough for Dad, good enough for me.
Lovesick Blues (Songwriters: Cliff Friend, Irving Mills)
I got a feelin’ called the blu-ues, oh, lawd(Image source)
Since my baby said good-bye
And I don’t know what I’ll do-oo-oo
All I do is sit and sigh-igh, oh, lawd
That last long day she said good-bye
Well lawd I thought I would cry
She’ll do me, she’ll do you, she’s got that kind of lovin’
lawd, I love to hear her when she calls me
Sweet dad-ad-ad-dy, such a beautiful dream
I hate to think it all o-o-ver
I’ve lost my heart it seems
I’ve grown so used to you some-how
Well, I’m nobody’s sugar- daddy now
And I’m lo-on-lonesome
I got the lovesick blu-ues.
Well, I’m in love, I’m in love, with a beautiful gal
that’s what’s the matter with me
Well, I’m in love, I’m in love, with a beautiful gal
But she don’t care about me
Lawd, I tried and I tried, to keep her satisfied
But she just wouldn’t stay
So now that she is lea-eav-in’
This is all I can say.
I got a feelin’ called the blu-ues, oh, lawd
Since my baby said good-bye
And I don’t know what I’ll do-oo-oo
All I do is sit and sigh-igh, oh, lawd
That last long day she said good-bye
Well lawd I thought I would cry
She’ll do me, she’ll do you, she’s got that kind of lovin’
lawd, I love to hear her when she calls me
Sweet dad-ad-ad-dy, such a beautiful dream
I hate to think it all o-o-ver
I’ve lost my heart it seems
I’ve grown so used to you some-how
Well, I’m nobody’s sugar- daddy now
And I’m lo-on-lonesome
I got the lovesick blu-ues.
Well, there ain't no room for Hank Williams -- senior or junior -- in my music library either, but not for that reason. Nah, my reason for avoiding them is simple: I HATE depressing songs, and they both epitomize the 'life sucks and then you die' style of country-western. None of that for me, thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou can't play that Honky-Tonk music here.
ReplyDelete...Damn, them's is fightin' words...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dDvSZYD_M
Well, wolfwalker, there's happiness in country music too...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_ya3E8_W8
Wolfwalker, there's some truth in what you say. I also like the Blues.
ReplyDeleteboth epitomize the 'life sucks and then you die' style of country-western
ReplyDeleteDude, have you bothered LISTENING to their music, ever?
Sabra, I can see where Wolfwalker is coming from. There's a whole school of "Foolish Pride" songs that mean much more to me than I'd like.
ReplyDeleteWell, wolfwalker, there's happiness in country music too...
ReplyDeleteCourse there is, and I've got a number of such tunes. But I'll not have the downer stuff -- not from the Williamses, nor from anybody else. Life's too short and my real life's depressing enough as it is.
Interesting; right now I'm listening to one of my favorites of Hank's; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".
ReplyDeleteAs for anyone who doesn't like Hank, here's this.