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I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Nick Gravenites) |
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Subject: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: Bobert Date: 05 Oct 12 - 06:01 PM Well, it's been years since I was covering this song but the danged thing is stuck in my head of late... Anyone else doing this song or done it in the past??? B~ |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: Bobert Date: 05 Oct 12 - 06:01 PM My bad.... "Merle", gol danged it... B~ |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: GUEST,999 Date: 05 Oct 12 - 09:20 PM The thread title should read "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle." (The lyrics, tabs, chords and videos are easily available on the www.) Sorry, Bobert. I'm just letting the mods know. |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: BobKnight Date: 05 Oct 12 - 09:20 PM It's by the "Pure Prairie League," from back in the seventies. Best track on the album was, "Two Lane Highway." |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: Bobert Date: 05 Oct 12 - 09:31 PM "Well, you're a honky I know But, Merle, you got soul So I'll fix your flat tire, Merle... Man, don't get much better than that... B~ |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Earl'... From: GUEST,Tom Date: 08 Oct 12 - 12:05 PM That tune is a classic ! The actual title is " I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle" although the words are "fix". Two Lane Highway was one of the all time great country rock releases and this tune never left PPL's setlist, very, very popular. It's still in their set today, and Mike Reilly and John David Call (whose pedal steel is absolutley incredible, the best )still put it over like it was 1975. Originally written by Big Brother's Nick Gravenites, it was made a classic by PPL. |
Subject: ADD: I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Oct 12 - 02:30 PM For the record, here are the lyrics: I'LL FIX YOUR FLAT TIRE, MERLE (Nick Gravenites) (as sung by the Pure Prairie League) As I drove down on 65, I was cruisin' down that old Grapevine Well, I must have been doin' at least about 95 Well out there on the side of the road all broke down and Who do you think was a-standin' around But the greatest country singer alive! I'll fix your flat tire Merle Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul And I'll fix your flat tire Merle Well I hear you had an adventurous youth, makin' love in a telephone booth And I even hear you did a little stretch in jail But now you got a big ranch house with a bar And eight, nine, ten of them fancy cars And every other week a check comin' in the mail I'll fix your flat tire Merle Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul And I'll fix your flat tire Merle Now I heared all them records ya did, makin' fun of us long haired kids And now ya know we don't care what ya think. Merle, if you're gonna call the world your home Ya know you're gonna have to get out and get stoned An' it's better with a joint than with a drink, I think So I'll fix your flat tire Merle Don't ya get your sweet country pickin' fingers all covered with erl Cause you're a honky, I know, but Merle you got soul And I'll fix your flat tire Merle So I'll fix your flat tire Merle The Harry Fox Agency lists this song as "I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle." source: http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/pure_prairie_league/ill_change_your_flat_tire_merle.html (corrected) |
Subject: ADD: 'I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle'... From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Oct 12 - 02:49 PM Here's the Big Brother and the Holding Company version, from Grateful Dead Lyric And Song Finder, a far more reliable source: I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle Lyrics: Nick Gravenites Music: Nick Gravenites Played by Jerry Garcia with Nick Gravenites and Pete Sears on 29 Apr 1990. A riposte to Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee". Not yet checked against a tape: this is the Big Brother version: I'LL CHANGE YOUR FLAT TIRE, MERLE (Nick Gravenites) I was cruisn' down old 99 Speeding down the old Grapevine Must have been doing about ninety five Well I saw a new car all broken down And who do you think was a-standing around But the greatest country singer alive CHORUS Oh I'll change your flat tire, Merle Don't you get your sweet country picking fingers All covered with oil You're a honky I know, but Merle, you got soul So I'll change your flat tire, Merle Well I heard about them records you did Putting down all them long-haired kids For saying what they're feeling and how they think Well it's hard to make a world your own And if you have to go out and get stoned It's better with a joint than a drink CHORUS I heard you had an adventurous youth Camping out in a telephone booth I even heard you spent some time in jail But now you've got a brand new car Brand new ranch house with a bar Picking up your cheques in the mail CHORUS CHORUS Recordings Nick Gravenites recorded this with Big Brother And The Holding Company on "Be A Brother" (1970), and it was covered by Pure Prairie League on "Two Lane Highway" as well as on the live album "Live Takin' The Stage" Further Information For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography Source: http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/I2LLCHAN.HTM Nick Gravenites replaced Janis Joplin as lead singer in Big Brother and the Holding Company. Cultural note: The Grapevine is the highway across Tejon Pass, separating Bakersfield from Los Angeles, CA. The highway has been designated U.S. 99, California Highway 99, and Interstate 5. The Grapevine has some of the most spectacular views in California, but it's a very dangerous place to have a flat tire. Merle Ronald Haggard was born April 6, 1937, in Oildale, a suburb just across the Kern River from Bakersfield. Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), better known as Buck Owens, was born in Texas and died in Bakersfield. Buck Owens had his headquarters in an old theater in Oildale. |
Subject: RE: 'I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle'... From: michaelr Date: 08 Oct 12 - 03:24 PM More reliable? Not in this case - the lyrics as recorded by PPL are in Joe's 2:30pm post. One little correction: the last line of verse 2 should read "And every other week a check comin' in the mail". |
Subject: RE: I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Nick Gravenites) From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Oct 12 - 03:46 PM That's what I mean, Michael. The Grateful Dead lyrics Website is a gem, and it's far more reliable than the www.oldielyrics.com Website I used for the Pure Prairie League lyrics. I made the correction you suggested, plus a few others. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Nick Gravenites) From: Bobert Date: 08 Oct 12 - 04:11 PM Thanks all... I was hopin' I wasn't the only person in the world who loves this song... B~ |
Subject: RE: I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Nick Gravenites) From: GUEST,999 Date: 08 Oct 12 - 05:14 PM Ya are, Bobert. The rest of us were just looking for it :) LOL |
Subject: RE: I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Nick Gravenites) From: pdq Date: 08 Oct 12 - 05:20 PM Nick Gravenites wrote "Born in Chicago", the first song by the Butterfield Blues band that many people heard. It is autobiographical to an extent, not really about Butterfield. Gravenites was a angry kid who liked Blues clubs. The better known players in BBB were pretty well upper and middle class kids. The BBB would not have been the same without his working with various members and getting them together and getting White kids accepted in tough Blues clubs. |
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