Over the years, Jesus has made his way into a ton of songs, many of which are on my i-pod today. Here's the official STWOF Jesus mix:01. Talladega Nights – Baby Jesus Grace
02. Ernest Tubb - What A Friend We Have In Jesus
03. Tom T. Hall - Me And Jesus
04. Kinky Friedman - High On Jesus
05. Paul Newman - Plastic Jesus
06. The Bad Livers - Jesus Is On The Mainline
07. Loretta Lynn - I'd Rather Have Jesus
08. Bobby Bare - Dropkick Me, Jesus
09. Bobby Charles - Save Me Jesus
10. Help Yourself - I Must See Jesus For Myself
11. The Byrds - Jesus Is Just Alright
12. Buck Owens - Bring It To Jesus
13. Billy Joe Shaver - Jesus Christ, What A Man
14. Johnny Cash - It Was Jesus
15. Emmylou Harris - Jerusalem Tomorrow
16. John Prine - Jesus The Missing Years
17. Lightnin' Hopkins - Jesus Would You Come By Here
18. Tom T. Hall - One More Song For Jesus
"I like to party, so I like my Jesus to party..."
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Me And Jesus
Monday, July 21, 2008
Ernest Tubb Plays Chuck Berry
Ernest Tubb - Thirty Days (buy)
Early rock'n'roll owed a lot to country music. And vice versa. Take this Chuck Berry hit from 1955 (#2 on US R&B chart), replace Chuck's vocals with Ernest Tubb's, replace Chuck's guitar with Billy Byrd's (not to mention "Half Moon" Bradley's* piano and Tommy Jackson's fiddle), and you've got yourself a great country record.
* Tubb jokingly referred to producer Owen Bradley as "Half Moon" because he only played halfway like Moon Mullican
Saturday, May 03, 2008
A trip to the record store
On a recent work trip to Ann Arbor the other day I snuck off to a few record stores and picked up these great L.P.s.
George Jones - I'll Share My World With You (Purchased at Encore Records for $10). This one, on the Musicor label, was my favorite pick of the day. Lot's of great (and humorous) tunes like these:
George Jones – I Don't Have Sense Enough (To Come Out Of The Pain)
George Jones – When The Wife Runs Off
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (Purchased at Wazoo Records for $5). I mostly bought this one for the cover, but it's actually pretty interesting. (Read the AMG review.) Here is a Tom T. Hall-penned track that gives the back story about Shirley Thompson, who, as you all know from the album's title track, "sure uses a lot of ice whenever [her husband's] away":
Jeannie C. Riley – Sippin' Shirley Thompson (buy album)
Ernest Tubb - Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours (Purchased at Wazoo Records for $3). I always pick up a new Tubb album whenever I see one. On this one, from the Vocalion label, Ernest shows his sensitive side:
Ernest Tubb – You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
Buck Owens - In Japan! (Purchased at Wazoo Records for $4). I loved the cover on this one too. It's funny to hear Buck speak really slow English to his Japanese audience (not on this track).
Buck Owens – Roll Out The Red Carpet (buy album)
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Why I Love Country Music, Vol 2: Ernest Tubb
See here for Vol. 1 of this series.
Man, everything about this Ernest Tubb tune kills me. In a good way! It's so country and just so perfect. I love the guitar playing and the words, but I especially love Ernest's delivery: Deadpan, with just the right amount of flare in just the right places (and the joke he makes at the guitar player's expense), it's priceless. Anyway, I really can't do it justice in this post, so listen and enjoy...
Ernest Tubb – I Know My Baby Loves Me In Her Own Peculiar Way (out of print).
If somebody can put into words why this song is so good (or why I'm way off on this one), please leave a comment...
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