Country & Western

Patsy Cline & The Jordanaires [1961] - I Fall To Pieces



Drums: Doug Kirkham
Piano: Hargus Robbins
Organ: Floyd Cramer
Bass Guitar: Bob Moore
Bass Guitar: Harold Bradley
Electric Guitar: Hank Garland
Steel Guitar: Ben Keith
Acoustic Guitar: Randy Hughes
Background Vocalist: The Jordanaires
Vocals: Patsy Cline
 
Mandolin Orange [2013] - There Was a Time



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More Americana I think. What does anybody else think about the mushroom cloud of genres which has just exploded from basic country and western, rock, pop, top 40 & so many subgenres that it’s crazy… I don’t know when that even happened but if you go look up a song now it’s going to be in several categories some of which I still haven’t even heard of. There’s a lot of Genres and Subgenres that I haven’t yet heard esp in tge metal arena - at least modern metal - like that new metal and when I say new metal that’s one right there NU METAL … may even have umlauts. That was quite the interesting read about why bands add all of the symbology found in diff or even archaic languages.
 



Well, you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who is long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the times

I wear the black for those who've never read
Or listened to the words that Jesus said
About the road to happiness through love and charity
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a Man In Black

I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men

And I wear it for the thousands who have died
Believin' that the Lord was on their side
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
Believin' that we all were on their side

Well, there's things that never will be right I know
And things need changin' everywhere you go
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right
You'll never see me wear a suit of white

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day
And tell the world that everything's okay
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
'Til things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Songwriters: Johnny Cash
 
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