Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)

Subject: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Mary Katherine
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 12:11 PM

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Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 02:26 PM

Another great one gone! The musical idols of my youth have mostly all passed on now. So sorry!

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Ron Davies
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 02:42 PM

June Carter Cash's first husband. Some good stuff for sure, including some old Bob Wills (Deep Water) and some fun honky-tonk, e.g. " Hey Joe".

I was sure relieved to find that the i-Tunes version of "If Teardrops Were Pennies and Heartaches Were Gold" was the "clean" version.   Hard to imagine what the x-rated version would be.

It's good we'll always have his records.

RIP

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Arkie
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 02:43 PM

Carl Smith was one of my favorites from the 1950s and was enjoyed again during the Classic Country reruns on TV where he frequently appeared. In one routine Minnie Pearl flirted continuously with Smith. He was generally unresponsive. Finally, she asked, "You've seen girls uglier than me haven't you?" Smith said nothing. After a few moments she started to repeat the question. Smith replied, "Shush, I heard you. I'm trying to think".

At least I can still listen to "This Orchid Means Goodbye", "I Overlooked and Orchid", "Loose Talk", and "Did We Have to Come this far to Say Goodbye" and countless others. Thanks, Carl, for some great memories.

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: bankley
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 03:03 PM

RIP.. CS he had a TV show in Canada for a few years... a lot of good guests... His daughter Carlene was quite a fire-cracker, rockin' alt country

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: olddude
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 03:50 PM

DANG ANOTHER GREAT LOST
RIP THANKS FOR THE MUSIC

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: RangerSteve
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 06:30 PM

A lot of great country singers recorded some clunkers once in a while. Carl Smith was one of the few whose recordings were consistently good, In my opinion. Rest In Peace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: topical tom
Date: 18 Jan 10 - 01:34 PM

Another great country singer gone. RIP, Carl. You left us wonderful musical memories.

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: GUEST,helen
Date: 18 Jan 10 - 02:08 PM

One of the great singers who did not get the recognition he deserved. Thanks for the music!

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Beer
Date: 18 Jan 10 - 02:50 PM

Going over some of the songs he did were favorites of mine to learn on the guitar in my youth.
Sympathies to his family and friends.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: Beer
Date: 19 Jan 10 - 02:09 PM

Refresh. This country legend shouldn't fall off this soon.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Obit: Country singer Carl Smith RIP(Jan. 2010)
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 19 Jan 10 - 02:31 PM

Agreed Adrien. Although the name Carl Smith does not seem to stimulate much interest now at one time he was one of the major forces in country music selling records, packing seats for live performances, and generating listeners on the radio as well as heading Cedarwood, a major publisher of the 50s and 60s. Whether Carl could not or would not change his style to keep pace with the emerging country politan sounds is for the real scholars to debate, but when I started to rebuild by music collection in these later years, Smith was one of the first names to come to mind and I was not disappointed when I began to play his music again, either in his voice or choice of songs. Country legend is certainly an appropriate term for Carl Smith.