Alabama - If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)

The Queen Of The World and I went to a 1980s party at the local Harley HOG chapter last night.  The Queen's "Madonna" outfit wasn't helped by her knee brace (or the crutches she's been on since the surgery), but she was a real trooper.  I did my best Don Johnson, but she clearly outshone me.

But when you think of the 1980s and Country Music, you have to think about Alabama.  They had 27 #1 hits in that decade and 7 multi-platinum albums in that decade, and were named the artist of the decade by the Academy of Country Music.

This was one of my favorites.  It's just fun.



Alabama - If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) (Songwriters: Murray Kellum, Dan Mitchell)

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band

That lead guitar is hot,

But not for "Louisiana man"

So rosin up that bow for "faded love"

And let's all dance

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band 

I remember down in Houston

We were puttin' on a show

When a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled,

"Cotton-Eyed Joe"!

He said, "we love what you're doin'

Boys don't get us wrong,

There's just somethin' missin' in your song 

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band

That lead guitar is hot,

But not for "Louisiana man"

So rosin up that bow for "faded love"

And let's all dance

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band 

So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight

Them Texans raised the roof when Jeff opened up his case

You say y'all all want to two-step. you say ya want to doe-si-doe

Well, here's a fiddlin' song before we go 

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band

That lead guitar is hot,

But not for "Louisiana man"

So rosin up that bow for "faded love"

And let's all dance

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band 

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band

That lead guitar is hot,

But not for "Louisiana man"

So rosin up that bow for "faded love"

And let's all dance

If you're gonna play in Texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band