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Subject: Old Country Western song??? From: GUEST,Cookie Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:34 AM I had a request for lyrics to an old country song but I need to know title and/or artist to find them. Sorry this is very vague but can you help me? Man is hitch hiking and he is holding sign for people to help him. He talks about son getting hit or killed by a drunk driver. Thanks, Cookie |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:46 AM I tried "Drunk driver" on Cowpie but too many entries to decide if any matched your song. "hitch hiker" had less success, nothing looked relevant. Sorry. C& W not my bag, but I'm sure someone here knows it. RtS |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: DonMeixner Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:58 AM Sounds like a Red Sovine tune to me. Don |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Lin in Kansas Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:35 AM Cookie, can you remember anything more about the song? What time period are you talking about--"old" country? 1940s, 1950s, later? Do you have any pieces of the actual lyrics? Don, you're right, it does sound like something Red Sovine would do, but without more info, I think it will be next to impossible to find, since Google returns 2,550 hits on "Red Sovine" and 120,000 on "Hitchhiker". Aghhhhh. Lin |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Sorcha Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:46 AM Could it possibly be Big Joe and Phantom 309? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Lin in Kansas Date: 29 Aug 01 - 05:10 PM Ah, Geez, Sorcha--now I've gotta go dig out that old "Nighthawks at the Diner" tape... Whether this is the right song or not, it's a good 'un, and Tom Waits does a really spooky job on it--make the hair on your neck stand right up. :>) Thanks for posting the link. Lin |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Jim the Bart Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:00 PM I checked Sovine out on cowpie and Phantom 309 doesn't fit the bill. Maybe Dave Dudley? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Jim the Bart Date: 29 Aug 01 - 06:06 PM Wow! I checked out Dave Dudley on Cowpie, too, and all they had was Six Days on the Road with a bunch of wrong lyrics. What's this Web coming to? I can't remember coming across a song that fits Cookie's description; my guess is that it's relatively recent. But that is just a guess. Sorry I couldn't hep. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: DougR Date: 29 Aug 01 - 07:14 PM Well gee, Lin, you suggestin' you got more important things to do? :>) DougR |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: iamjohnne Date: 29 Aug 01 - 08:21 PM |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: GUEST,Cookie Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:12 PM What a wonderful response. It is so nice of everyone to try to help. I will ask the lady to see if Big Joe and Phanton 309 is the song. That was all the info I had on it. Wished it was more. I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks so much, Cookie |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Terry K Date: 30 Aug 01 - 06:28 AM I seem to recall the January 1956 Ferlin Husky song "Slow Down Brother" had something like the theme you mention. I can't find any lyrics for it but seem to recall it contains the line ".......a drunk man at the wheel......". Mybe someone can build on that. Cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Bill D Date: 30 Aug 01 - 11:08 AM here is Drunken Driver with Ferlin Husky ,but it doesn't seem to be the song requested. (This is not even a 'song', but a morbid, maudlin recitation of the type that is so popular among some C&W fans) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Jim the Bart Date: 30 Aug 01 - 11:27 AM BIll D! Of course "Drunken Driver" is "a morbid, maudlin recitation". Guys like Ferlin and Red Sovine built careers around just such rootsy sturm und drang. Are you implying that this is a bad thing? You're coming dangerously close to losing the love of the common people. :-} |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Bill D Date: 30 Aug 01 - 11:53 AM Elvis had "the love of the common people", and look how HE ended up!...maybe I'll just content myself with the 'grudging respect of the SAOC" (Society for the Appeasement of Old Curmudgeons) ;>) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: GUEST,Gene/Six Days On The Road Date: 30 Aug 01 - 01:26 PM Bartholomew check this post - |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Lin in Kansas Date: 30 Aug 01 - 07:08 PM DougR--LOL! I am up to my hindquarters in camping gear about now... Bill D, you think THAT was maudlin? Check this one out from the DT. It's a favorite with the bluegrass crowd, especially when sung through the nose. Yetch! (And since when do us Old Curmudgeons WANT to be appeased, huh?) Lots of those "drinkin', drivin', dyin'" songs in country-western music. Cookie, did you find anything more on this? Lin |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Banjer Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:54 PM The one song that stands out in my memory about drunken driving is the old Roy Acuff standard, "Wreck On The Highway"....Probably not the one we are seeking but a goodie none the less. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: GUEST,Cookie Date: 30 Aug 01 - 10:12 PM I haven't found anything on it. But if I do I will repost it. I'm not giving up but running out of ideas. Thank everyone of you for your help. What a great bunch of people. Hugs to all. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Country Western song??? From: Lin in Kansas Date: 31 Aug 01 - 06:23 PM LOL! Banjer, great minds...the link to the DT I posted in the comment directly above yours is to "Wreck on the Highway". Yes, it's a good old standard, but the steel guitar in the recording I've got makes me twitch--I usually hit the "next track" quick! Lin |
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