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Songs about Lying (updated to reflect our liar in chief's new heights of duplicity)

Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he's told more than 150 times

By Daniel Dale

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump abruptly ended a Saturday news conference after a reporter challenged him on a lie about veterans health care he has told more than 150 times.

Trump, speaking at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, had claimed again that he is the one who got the Veterans Choice program passed -- adding, "They've been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and decades and no president's ever been able to do it, and we got it done."

In fact, former President Barack Obama signed the Choice program into law in 2014. The law, which allowed eligible veterans to be covered by the government for care provided by doctors outside the VA system, was a bipartisan initiative spearheaded by two senators Trump has repeatedly criticized, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and the late John McCain of Arizona.

What Trump signed was a 2018 law, the VA MISSION Act, that modified and expanded the eligibility criteria from the Choice program. Rather than tout that bill, Trump has claimed over and over that he created Veterans Choice itself -- after others had failed for "50 years."

"Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice?" CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid asked Trump at the Saturday news conference, during which Trump announced executive actions on coronavirus relief.

As Trump tried to call on another reporter instead, Reid continued, "You said that you passed Veterans Choice. It was passed in 2014...it was a false statement, sir."

Trump paused, then responded: "OK. Thank you very much, everybody." He then walked away as the song "YMCA" played.

Trump had either never or almost never been challenged on the Veterans Choice claim before Reid did so.

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Fact Checker is keeping a running list of the false or misleading claims Trump says most regularly. Here’s what you need to know. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

By

Glenn Kessler, 

Salvador Rizzo and 

Meg Kelly

July 13, 2020 at 3:00 a.m. EDT

It took President Trump 827 days to top 10,000 false and misleading claims in The Fact Checker’s database, an average of 12 claims a day.

But on July 9, just 440 days later, the president crossed the 20,000 mark — an average of 23 claims a day over a 14-month period, which included the events leading up to Trump’s impeachment trial, the worldwide pandemic that crashed the economy and the eruption of protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody.

The coronavirus pandemic has spawned a whole new genre of Trump’s falsehoods. The category in just a few months has reached nearly 1,000 claims, more than his tax claims combined. Trump’s false or misleading claims about the impeachment investigation — and the events surrounding it — contributed almost 1,200 entries to the database.

The notion that Trump would exceed 20,000 claims before he finished his term appeared ludicrous when The Fact Checker started this project during the president’s first 100 days in office. In that time, Trump averaged fewer than five claims a day, which would have added up to about 7,000 claims in a four-year presidential term. But the tsunami of untruths just keeps looming larger and larger.

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New lying song addition:

 

"Gaslighter" - The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) (MartieMaguire, NatalieMaines, EmilyStrayer & Jack Antonoff)

 

"Save your tired stories for your new someone else
Cause they're lie lie lie lie lies
Look out you little

 

[Chorus]
Gaslighter, denier
Doin' anything to get your ass farther (Ooh)
Gaslighter, big timer
Repeating all of the mistakes of your father
Gaslighter, you broke me
You're sorry, but where's my apology?
Gaslighter, you liar"

 

 

February 25, 2017

Songs about Lying

Duplicitous donald has a lot of trouble with the truth. He leads the world in WHOPPERS which have been exposed by Politifact, the Washington Post Fact Checker, Factcheck.org and similar organizations. They can hardly keep up with his lies. With a distraction needed from our tweeting compulsive liar in chief, as a public service I give you a playlist of songs about lying. The song titles and artists are followed by the names of the songwriters in parenthesis followed by a part of the lyrics.

Songs with lying in the title: 

 

"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles (Glenn Frey & Don Henley)

 

"So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

 

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes"

 

"One of Us Is Lying" - The Western Swing Authority (John Bohlinger), Stacey Lee Guse on lead.

"You say your heart is always true, and I say my love is undying

but I know me and I know you, one of us is lying."

and later:

"Honesty is overrated, your kind words are appreciated

I rather make my bed with a warm soft lie, than have a hard cold truth make me cry all night."

"Lie No Better" - Delbert McClinton (Gary Nicholson & Delbert McClinton)

"If you can't lie no better than that, you might as well tell the truth."

"Hangin' On a Lie" - Striking Matches (Sarah Zimmermann & Justin Davis)

"Don't you know you should know better than this
Than to cover up the truth with your poisonous lips
I'm not falling for it this time
Try and try too little too late
Better open up your mouth if you got something to say
Don't keep me waiting
Don't keep me hanging on a lie."

"Girls Lie Too" - Terri Clark (Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace and Connie Harrington)

"Girls lie, too
Don't think you're the only ones
Who bend it, break it, stretch it some
We learn from you
Girls lie, too"

"I Love the Lie" - Kree Harrison (Liz Rose, Morgane Stapleton & Chris Stapleton)

"I miss hearing you say 'I love you'

Even when you didn't mean it

I love the lie, I love the lie

I miss believing you were sorry

every time you brought me roses

I love the lie, I love the lie"

 

"Before You Lie" - Chely Wright (Gary Burr & Bob McDill)

"Take a breath
Take a moment
Take your time
Before you lie
'Cause once you do
Love is different
Everything changes
Between you and I"

"The Truth About Lies" - Gina Jeffreys (writers ???) Australian country singer

"Once I told a lie
Just a little one
But you wouldn't believe
All the harm that was done
What I hoped to gain
Was what I really lost
When you tell a lie you pay the cost
There hard to explain hard to disguise
One leads to another
That's the truth about lies"

"I Let Her Lie" - Daryle Singletary (Tim Johnson)

"She'd come home, 6 a.m.
Tells me she'd been out with friends
And I let her lie
I let her lie"

"That's a Lie" - Kim Richey (Kim Richey & Tim Krekel)

"(Well) That's a lie you tell yourself so I can't touch you

That's a lie to shut me out but it's just not true

Can't you see you're not foolin' me a bit

Yeah, you can try to tell me you don't care

that's a lie."

"Lies I Told Myself" - Ty Herndon (Neil Carpenter & Neal Coty)

"You're too small to catch a football
You're a fool to follow your heart
Crazy for even thinking you've got a chance with that guitar
And who they said you were
Is who you'll always be
Some lies I told myself
I'm glad I didn't believe"

"Love Wouldn't Lie to Me" - Trisha Yearwood (Terry Radigan & Don Schlitz)

"Love shouldn't lie to me, Love couldn't lie to me, Love wouldn't lie to me, but it did."

"Lying to the Moon" -Trisha Yearwood (Matraca Berg & Ronnie Samoset)

"I told the starry sky to wait for you
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do
I even told the night you were true
And you would be here soon
And now I'm lying to the moon."

"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" - (Kim Richey & Angelo Petraglia) 

"When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied"

"Lies" - The Knickerbockers (Beau Charles & Buddy Randell) 1966 R'n'R hit

"I can't believe a word you say
Lies, lies
Are gonna make you sad someday
Some day you're gonna be lonely
But you won't find me around
Lies, lies
A-breakin' my heart
I said, baby, now (breakin' my heart)"

 

Songs with lying in the lyrics:

"There is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal (Jamie O'Neal, Lisa Drew & Shaye Smith)

"If there was a Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her
But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona."

"The Trouble with Truth" - Patty Loveless (Gary Nicholson)

"It had ruined the taste of the sweetest lies
Burned through my best alibis
Every sin that I deny
Keeps hanging round my door
Oh the trouble with the truth
Is it always begs for more
That's the trouble, trouble with the truth
That's the…"

"You're Easy on the Eyes" - Terri Clark (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters & Terri Clark)

"I almost forgot you looked so fine
If you told me some lies, it would be like old times
Just getting to see you is almost worth the things you do

[Chorus]
You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart"

"Blame It on Your Heart" - Patty Loveless (Harlan Howard & Kostas Lazarides)

"You don't know right from wrong
Well the love we had is gone
So blame it on your lying, cheating, cold dead beating,
Two-timing and double dealing
Mean mistreating, loving heart."

"Is It Over Yet" - Wynonna (Billy Kirsch)

"Or I'd lie and say it's all for the best
Wish you luck and say I have no regrets
But I'm not up to being strong
So I'll wait until you're gone
Is it over yet, is it over yet?"

"Happy People" - Little Big Town (Lori McKenna & Hailey Whitters)

"Happy people don't cheat
Happy people don't lie
They don't judge or hold a grudge
They don't criticize
Happy people don't hate
Happy people don't steal
Cause all the hurt sure ain't worth
All the guilt they'd feel."

 

back to liar #1:

 

Fact Checker (Washington Post)

The biggest Pinocchios of 2016
By Glenn Kessler December 16 at 3:14 AM

It’s time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year.
Just before the presidential election, we highlighted the most outlandish statements of the campaign. This list is limited to claims we checked in 2016. We also decided to keep the focus on whoppers that the candidates said about themselves or about policy issues, not political attacks.
In the past, we have tried to assemble a relatively equal number of claims by Democrats and Republicans but find that this is impossible this year. Donald Trump earned five of the “biggest Pinocchio” ratings; the previous record was three (President Obama in 2013 and Trump in 2015).
There has never been a serial exaggerator in recent American politics like the president-elect. He not only consistently makes false claims but also repeats them, even though they have been proven wrong. He always insists he is right, no matter how little evidence he has for his claim or how easily his statement is debunked.
During the campaign, Trump earned 59 Four-Pinocchio ratings, compared with seven for Hillary Clinton. Since winning the presidency, Trump has earned four more Four-Pinocchio ratings, and his staff has earned one, as well. Unfortunately, we see little indication that this pattern will change during his presidency.

So, given his track record with veracity, should Americans take him at face value?

“They should not, because the president and most of his senior advisers are serial liars. It’s that simple,” said Eliot Cohen, a senior State Department official under Bush and a participant of his National Security Council. “I cannot believe a word that comes out of the president’s mouth, the spokesman’s mouth, the vice president’s mouth, because, frankly, he’s morally compromised now, too.”

 

"Three Chords and the Truth" is an oft quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe Country music. If country music fans agree with the quote from HH why would they support donald trump? He lies all the time and he has no music in his soul.

 

Duplicitous donald has a lot of trouble with the truth. He leads the world in WHOPPERS which have been exposed by Politifact, the Washington Post Fact Checker, Factcheck.org and similar organizations. They can hardly keep up with his lies. With a distraction needed from our tweeting compulsive liar in chief, as a public service I give you a playlist of songs about lying. The song titles and artists are followed by the names of the songwriters in parenthesis followed by a part of the lyrics.

Songs with lying in the title: 

 

"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles (Glenn Frey & Don Henley)

 

"So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

 

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes"

 

"One of Us Is Lying" - The Western Swing Authority (John Bohlinger), Stacey Lee Guse on lead.

"You say your heart is always true, and I say my love is undying

but I know me and I know you, one of us is lying."

and later:

"Honesty is overrated, your kind words are appreciated

I rather make my bed with a warm soft lie, than have a hard cold truth make me cry all night."

"Lie No Better" - Delbert McClinton (Gary Nicholson & Delbert McClinton)

"If you can't lie no better than that, you might as well tell the truth."

"Hangin' On a Lie" - Striking Matches (Sarah Zimmermann & Justin Davis)

"Don't you know you should know better than this
Than to cover up the truth with your poisonous lips
I'm not falling for it this time
Try and try too little too late
Better open up your mouth if you got something to say
Don't keep me waiting
Don't keep me hanging on a lie."

"Girls Lie Too" - Terri Clark (Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace and Connie Harrington)

"Girls lie, too
Don't think you're the only ones
Who bend it, break it, stretch it some
We learn from you
Girls lie, too"

"I Love the Lie" - Kree Harrison (Liz Rose, Morgane Stapleton & Chris Stapleton)

"I miss hearing you say 'I love you'

Even when you didn't mean it

I love the lie, I love the lie

I miss believing you were sorry

every time you brought me roses

I love the lie, I love the lie"

 

"Before You Lie" - Chely Wright (Gary Burr & Bob McDill)

"Take a breath
Take a moment
Take your time
Before you lie
'Cause once you do
Love is different
Everything changes
Between you and I"

"The Truth About Lies" - Gina Jeffreys (writers ???) Australian country singer

"Once I told a lie
Just a little one
But you wouldn't believe
All the harm that was done
What I hoped to gain
Was what I really lost
When you tell a lie you pay the cost
There hard to explain hard to disguise
One leads to another
That's the truth about lies"

"I Let Her Lie" - Daryle Singletary (Tim Johnson)

"She'd come home, 6 a.m.
Tells me she'd been out with friends
And I let her lie
I let her lie"

"That's a Lie" - Kim Richey (Kim Richey & Tim Krekel)

"(Well) That's a lie you tell yourself so I can't touch you

That's a lie to shut me out but it's just not true

Can't you see you're not foolin' me a bit

Yeah, you can try to tell me you don't care

that's a lie."

"Lies I Told Myself" - Ty Herndon (Neil Carpenter & Neal Coty)

"You're too small to catch a football
You're a fool to follow your heart
Crazy for even thinking you've got a chance with that guitar
And who they said you were
Is who you'll always be
Some lies I told myself
I'm glad I didn't believe"

"Love Wouldn't Lie to Me" - Trisha Yearwood (Terry Radigan & Don Schlitz)

"Love shouldn't lie to me, Love couldn't lie to me, Love wouldn't lie to me, but it did."

"Lying to the Moon" -Trisha Yearwood (Matraca Berg & Ronnie Samoset)

"I told the starry sky to wait for you
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do
I even told the night you were true
And you would be here soon
And now I'm lying to the moon."

"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" - (Kim Richey & Angelo Petraglia) 

"When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied"

"Lies" - The Knickerbockers (Beau Charles & Buddy Randell) 1966 R'n'R hit

"I can't believe a word you say
Lies, lies
Are gonna make you sad someday
Some day you're gonna be lonely
But you won't find me around
Lies, lies
A-breakin' my heart
I said, baby, now (breakin' my heart)"

 

Songs with lying in the lyrics:

"There is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal (Jamie O'Neal, Lisa Drew & Shaye Smith)

"If there was a Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her
But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona."

"The Trouble with Truth" - Patty Loveless (Gary Nicholson)

"It had ruined the taste of the sweetest lies
Burned through my best alibis
Every sin that I deny
Keeps hanging round my door
Oh the trouble with the truth
Is it always begs for more
That's the trouble, trouble with the truth
That's the…"

"You're Easy on the Eyes" - Terri Clark (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters & Terri Clark)

"I almost forgot you looked so fine
If you told me some lies, it would be like old times
Just getting to see you is almost worth the things you do

[Chorus]
You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart"

"Blame It on Your Heart" - Patty Loveless (Harlan Howard & Kostas Lazarides)

"You don't know right from wrong
Well the love we had is gone
So blame it on your lying, cheating, cold dead beating,
Two-timing and double dealing
Mean mistreating, loving heart."

"Is It Over Yet" - Wynonna (Billy Kirsch)

"Or I'd lie and say it's all for the best
Wish you luck and say I have no regrets
But I'm not up to being strong
So I'll wait until you're gone
Is it over yet, is it over yet?"

"Happy People" - Little Big Town (Lori McKenna & Hailey Whitters)

"Happy people don't cheat
Happy people don't lie
They don't judge or hold a grudge
They don't criticize
Happy people don't hate
Happy people don't steal
Cause all the hurt sure ain't worth
All the guilt they'd feel."

 

back to liar #1:

 

Fact Checker (Washington Post)

The biggest Pinocchios of 2016
By Glenn Kessler December 16 at 3:14 AM

It’s time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year.
Just before the presidential election, we highlighted the most outlandish statements of the campaign. This list is limited to claims we checked in 2016. We also decided to keep the focus on whoppers that the candidates said about themselves or about policy issues, not political attacks.
In the past, we have tried to assemble a relatively equal number of claims by Democrats and Republicans but find that this is impossible this year. Donald Trump earned five of the “biggest Pinocchio” ratings; the previous record was three (President Obama in 2013 and Trump in 2015).
There has never been a serial exaggerator in recent American politics like the president-elect. He not only consistently makes false claims but also repeats them, even though they have been proven wrong. He always insists he is right, no matter how little evidence he has for his claim or how easily his statement is debunked.
During the campaign, Trump earned 59 Four-Pinocchio ratings, compared with seven for Hillary Clinton. Since winning the presidency, Trump has earned four more Four-Pinocchio ratings, and his staff has earned one, as well. Unfortunately, we see little indication that this pattern will change during his presidency.

So, given his track record with veracity, should Americans take him at face value?

“They should not, because the president and most of his senior advisers are serial liars. It’s that simple,” said Eliot Cohen, a senior State Department official under Bush and a participant of his National Security Council. “I cannot believe a word that comes out of the president’s mouth, the spokesman’s mouth, the vice president’s mouth, because, frankly, he’s morally compromised now, too.”

 

"Three Chords and the Truth" is an oft quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe Country music. If country music fans agree with the quote from HH why would they support donald trump? He lies all the time and he has no music in his soul.

Songs about Lying

Duplicitous donald has a lot of trouble with the truth. He leads the world in WHOPPERS which have been exposed by Politifact, the Washington Post Fact Checker, Factcheck.org and similar organizations. They can hardly keep up with his lies. With a distraction needed from our tweeting compulsive liar in chief, as a public service I give you a playlist of songs about lying. The song titles and artists are followed by the names of the songwriters in parenthesis followed by a part of the lyrics.

Songs with lying in the title: 

 

"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles (Glenn Frey & Don Henley)

 

"So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

 

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes"

 

"One of Us Is Lying" - The Western Swing Authority (John Bohlinger), Stacey Lee Guse on lead.

"You say your heart is always true, and I say my love is undying

but I know me and I know you, one of us is lying."

and later:

"Honesty is overrated, your kind words are appreciated

I rather make my bed with a warm soft lie, than have a hard cold truth make me cry all night."

"Lie No Better" - Delbert McClinton (Gary Nicholson & Delbert McClinton)

"If you can't lie no better than that, you might as well tell the truth."

"Hangin' On a Lie" - Striking Matches (Sarah Zimmermann & Justin Davis)

"Don't you know you should know better than this
Than to cover up the truth with your poisonous lips
I'm not falling for it this time
Try and try too little too late
Better open up your mouth if you got something to say
Don't keep me waiting
Don't keep me hanging on a lie."

"Girls Lie Too" - Terri Clark (Tim Nichols, Kelley Lovelace and Connie Harrington)

"Girls lie, too
Don't think you're the only ones
Who bend it, break it, stretch it some
We learn from you
Girls lie, too"

"I Love the Lie" - Kree Harrison (Liz Rose, Morgane Stapleton & Chris Stapleton)

"I miss hearing you say 'I love you'

Even when you didn't mean it

I love the lie, I love the lie

I miss believing you were sorry

every time you brought me roses

I love the lie, I love the lie"

 

"Before You Lie" - Chely Wright (Gary Burr & Bob McDill)

"Take a breath
Take a moment
Take your time
Before you lie
'Cause once you do
Love is different
Everything changes
Between you and I"

"The Truth About Lies" - Gina Jeffreys (writers ???) Australian country singer

"Once I told a lie
Just a little one
But you wouldn't believe
All the harm that was done
What I hoped to gain
Was what I really lost
When you tell a lie you pay the cost
There hard to explain hard to disguise
One leads to another
That's the truth about lies"

"I Let Her Lie" - Daryle Singletary (Tim Johnson)

"She'd come home, 6 a.m.
Tells me she'd been out with friends
And I let her lie
I let her lie"

"That's a Lie" - Kim Richey (Kim Richey & Tim Krekel)

"(Well) That's a lie you tell yourself so I can't touch you

That's a lie to shut me out but it's just not true

Can't you see you're not foolin' me a bit

Yeah, you can try to tell me you don't care

that's a lie."

"Lies I Told Myself" - Ty Herndon (Neil Carpenter & Neal Coty)

"You're too small to catch a football
You're a fool to follow your heart
Crazy for even thinking you've got a chance with that guitar
And who they said you were
Is who you'll always be
Some lies I told myself
I'm glad I didn't believe"

"Love Wouldn't Lie to Me" - Trisha Yearwood (Terry Radigan & Don Schlitz)

"Love shouldn't lie to me, Love couldn't lie to me, Love wouldn't lie to me, but it did."

"Lying to the Moon" -Trisha Yearwood (Matraca Berg & Ronnie Samoset)

"I told the starry sky to wait for you
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do
I even told the night you were true
And you would be here soon
And now I'm lying to the moon."

"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" - (Kim Richey & Angelo Petraglia) 

"When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied"

"Lies" - The Knickerbockers (Beau Charles & Buddy Randell) 1966 R'n'R hit

"I can't believe a word you say
Lies, lies
Are gonna make you sad someday
Some day you're gonna be lonely
But you won't find me around
Lies, lies
A-breakin' my heart
I said, baby, now (breakin' my heart)"

 

Songs with lying in the lyrics:

"There is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal (Jamie O'Neal, Lisa Drew & Shaye Smith)

"If there was a Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her
But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona."

"The Trouble with Truth" - Patty Loveless (Gary Nicholson)

"It had ruined the taste of the sweetest lies
Burned through my best alibis
Every sin that I deny
Keeps hanging round my door
Oh the trouble with the truth
Is it always begs for more
That's the trouble, trouble with the truth
That's the…"

"You're Easy on the Eyes" - Terri Clark (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters & Terri Clark)

"I almost forgot you looked so fine
If you told me some lies, it would be like old times
Just getting to see you is almost worth the things you do

[Chorus]
You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart"

"Blame It on Your Heart" - Patty Loveless (Harlan Howard & Kostas Lazarides)

"You don't know right from wrong
Well the love we had is gone
So blame it on your lying, cheating, cold dead beating,
Two-timing and double dealing
Mean mistreating, loving heart."

"Is It Over Yet" - Wynonna (Billy Kirsch)

"Or I'd lie and say it's all for the best
Wish you luck and say I have no regrets
But I'm not up to being strong
So I'll wait until you're gone
Is it over yet, is it over yet?"

"Happy People" - Little Big Town (Lori McKenna & Hailey Whitters)

"Happy people don't cheat
Happy people don't lie
They don't judge or hold a grudge
They don't criticize
Happy people don't hate
Happy people don't steal
Cause all the hurt sure ain't worth
All the guilt they'd feel."

 

back to liar #1:

 

Fact Checker (Washington Post)

The biggest Pinocchios of 2016
By Glenn Kessler December 16 at 3:14 AM

It’s time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year.
Just before the presidential election, we highlighted the most outlandish statements of the campaign. This list is limited to claims we checked in 2016. We also decided to keep the focus on whoppers that the candidates said about themselves or about policy issues, not political attacks.
In the past, we have tried to assemble a relatively equal number of claims by Democrats and Republicans but find that this is impossible this year. Donald Trump earned five of the “biggest Pinocchio” ratings; the previous record was three (President Obama in 2013 and Trump in 2015).
There has never been a serial exaggerator in recent American politics like the president-elect. He not only consistently makes false claims but also repeats them, even though they have been proven wrong. He always insists he is right, no matter how little evidence he has for his claim or how easily his statement is debunked.
During the campaign, Trump earned 59 Four-Pinocchio ratings, compared with seven for Hillary Clinton. Since winning the presidency, Trump has earned four more Four-Pinocchio ratings, and his staff has earned one, as well. Unfortunately, we see little indication that this pattern will change during his presidency.

So, given his track record with veracity, should Americans take him at face value?

“They should not, because the president and most of his senior advisers are serial liars. It’s that simple,” said Eliot Cohen, a senior State Department official under Bush and a participant of his National Security Council. “I cannot believe a word that comes out of the president’s mouth, the spokesman’s mouth, the vice president’s mouth, because, frankly, he’s morally compromised now, too.”

 

"Three Chords and the Truth" is an oft quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe Country music. If country music fans agree with the quote from HH why would they support donald trump? He lies all the time and he has no music in his soul.

Favorite Country Album Tracks, Part 4

Time for another 10 pack of favorite country songs that were never released as singles. In each post, I have provided the song title followed by the recording artist, the songwriters (in parenthesis), part of the lyric, the album title, year of release and maybe a comment.

"She's Still in Dallas" - Hal Ketchum (Hal Ketchum) from his 2001 album "Lucky Man". An up-tempo song solely written by Hal.

"I'm Still in Love, She's still in Dallas

Is she ever coming back to me

I'm still in love, She's still in Dallas

She's Long Gone, I'm all alone, and sad as I can Be

Well she went to spend a week back home

Said her heart was broken

Said she needed time alone

to think about it all

now a week has come and gone

still no word's been spoken

puts her mama on the phone

every time i call"

 

"Whose Baby Will You Be Tonight" - Big House (Monty Byrom, Scott Hutchison & David Neuhauser) from their 1997 album "Big House". Saw them at the WTC.

"I've been calling you every hour
Cause' I don't believe that you're alone,
I'm calling you on the other line
Tell me whose baby will you be tonight.

I've been hearing things that I don't want to,
Whispering in my ears,
You're telling me everything it's alright,
But tell me whose baby will you be tonight.

"They Don't Grow Enough Roses" - Blaine Larsen (Tim Johnson & Clint Daniels) from his 2006 album "Rockin'You Tonight" . 

"Did you really think she'd let you in with that bouquet
Welcome you with open arms and say, it's okay
Well, them long stemmed apologies won't work no more
Cause she can't see the beauty just a hand full of thorns

And they don't grow enough roses to undo the damage done
Clouds don't make enough raindrops
And it's too much to expect from the sun
You can shower her in petals but it won't change the fact
They don't grow enough roses to get your woman back" 

"Country Ain't Never Been Pretty" - Cam (Camaron Ochs & Anders Mouridsen) from her 2015 album "Untamed"

 

"She may be singing 'bout the country
And putting out the hits
But those boots sure never stepped in horseshit
So thank God she lives in the city
'Cause country ain't never been pretty."

 

"From There to Here" - Lonestar with Randy Owen (Don Pfrimmer, Ron Harbin & Richie McDonald) from their 2004 album, "Let's Be Us Again". A duet by Richie McDonald & Randy Owen.

[Verse 1]
Brothers Wilber and Orville Wright
Built wings out of wood and steel
Folks said that thing'll never fly
They said watch, bet it will
We've been dyfyin' gravity now goin' on a hundred years
It was paper wings, faith and dreams
That's how we got from there to here

[Verse 2]
A nickel brought a soda pop way back then
And a movie only cost a dime
He came home with a scar and a purple heart
She waited all that time
Today they'll cut a golden wedding cake
How'd they made it all those years
It had to be tough, they just said it was love
That's how they got from there to here

[Chorus]
You either do or you don't believe
That it can or can't be done
An ounce of faith and a touch of grace
And it can happen to anyone

"I've Got Time" - Kree Harrison (Kree Harrison, Brett Tyler, Chase McGill & Eric Snyder) from her 2016 album "This Old Thing"

"I've got time, time for killing if you're willing
Baby, if you're feeling, feelin' tired
Oh, of the same old, same old
Baby, I know what you mean
I don't mind waiting on ya'
But I can tell you, no there ain't no
Ain't no need

 

I've got time for holding, sweet talking
Whatever you wanna do
Yeah, I've got time-ooo for loving you"

"Save a Prayer" - Mavericks (Raul Malo) from their 1998 album Trampoline

"When I was a younger man I knew I'd see the day
When everything I ever loved would all be swept away
By the moonlit tides that never made a difference to me

No you better save a prayer for me

So won't you save a prayer, Save a prayer
And show me that somebody out there really cares
Someday you're gonna wish that you had walked this way with me
Now you better save a prayer for me"

 

"Getting Even with the Blues" - Terri Clark (Terri Clark, Tom Shapiro & Chris Waters) - 4:00  from her 1999 album "How I Feel" 

"That lonely feelings had it's way
Ever since the day I heard you say goodbye
The hurting thinks its found a home
But I'm gonna let it know it ain't welcome here tonight

Tomorrow that old cloud may come around
And there won't be anything that I can do
But tonight I'm getting even with the blues"

 

"How You Play the Hand" - Radney Foster (Pete Smith & Radney Foster) from his 2001 album, "Are You Ready for the Big Show?"

"I know that it's true sometimes life's hard
It's touch or it's go at the turn of the heart
Somehow love survives the only way it can
Well, it's not the cards we're dealt, it's how you play the hand

Darlin', each day turned in to each year
We've held each other through hopes and through fears
Every turn life takes me near the best of that we can
I'm still in love with you and how you play the hand

"Double Heart" - The Band Perry (Brett Beavers & the BP Trio) from their 2010 debut album The Band Perry, an up-tempo rocker that moves along at an almost frantic pace.

"A new tattoo whistling Dixie
Two little hearts ain't gonna get me
I'm not looking for a permanent thing
So don't you put ink 'til I take the ring

Burn burn baby
I bet we could've made a bunch of sweet memories
You should have slowed down mister
Moving like a twister's just a little fast for me

Well now it's zero to sixty
And if you ever miss me I'm right there on your arm
Don't you cry, I'll leave you something behind
Skid marks and a, skid marks and a
Skid marks and a double heart
Well, I'm a free bird"

Related Posts:

 

Favorite Country Album Tracks - 1/31/20

Favorite Country Album Tracks - Part 2 - 2/28/20

Part 3- 3/26/20

 

BP'S Double Heart - 4/28/12

Favorite Country Album Tracks, Part 3

Time for another 10 pack of favorite country songs that were never released as singles. In each post, I have provided the song title followed by the recording artist, the songwriters (in parenthesis), part of the lyric, the album title, year of release and maybe a comment.

"Stones in the Road" - Mary Chapin Carpenter (MCC) from her 1994 album "Stones in the Road"

[Chorus]
"And the stones in the road
Flew out beneath our bicycle tires
Worlds removed from all those fires
As we raced each other home"

"The starving children have been replaced
By souls out on the street
We give a dollar when we pass
And hope our eyes don't meet"

"I'd Love to Be Your Last" - Clay Walker (Rivers Rutherford, Sam & Annie Tate)

"If I had it my way
this would be the first time that you made love
I'd be the first man that your hands touched
but we've both done our share of living
taking chances we were given
I've never been big on looking back

I don't care if I'm your first love
but I'd love to be your last"

"Autumn's Not That Cold" - Lorrie Morgan (Skip Ewing & Max D. Barnes) from her 1991 album "Something in Red".

She's handling a break-up well.

"Back here the leaves are turning
On me, just like you.
Change is full of color,
And it's anything but blue.
I thought that I'd stop living
Without you here to hold.
But I'm just not that lonesome,
And Autumn's not that cold."

"She Misses Him on Sunday the Most" Diamond Rio (Bobby Tomberlin & Steven Dale Jones) from their 1996 album "IV"

 

"She misses their Monday night bowling league
When they'd wear their matching shirts
She misses their Wednesday night dinner out
As soon as he got home from work
And Saturday morning sleeping late
Holding each other close
But she misses him on Sunday the most"

 

"War On a Desperate Man" - Eli Young Band (Blu Sanders & Mike Eli) from their 2011 album, "Life At Best"

"You take the bottle from my hand the whiskey off my breath,
Tell me is there really still anything left"

The chorus:

"How can I win when the battle keeps changing,
Should I just lay down my gun,
Surrender to the demons I'm facing,
Do I fight or do I run,
Is this the moment I finally take a stand,
And win this war on a desperate man."

With the references to battle, war and guns, could the desperate man be a soldier back home from the war, trying to battle post traumatic stress by resorting to alcohol and finding himself in another battle?

"Can't Hold a Halo to You" - Joe Nichols (Don Sampson & Joe Nichols) from his 2002 album "Man with a Memory"

"In all the pictures that I've seen
Of how angels are supposed to be
There's an aura, a kind of emanating light
Suggesting perfection that may very well be true
But they can't hold a halo to you"

 

 

"Measure of a Man" - Kevin Sharp (Larry Boone & Rick Bowles) from his 1996 album "Measure of a Man". (Our 45th president doesn't measure up!)

"It ain't how far you go
It ain't how much you make
Son, it's what you give
Not what you take
It's being strong and true
To those counting on you
It's lending a hand, making a stand
That's the measure of a man"

"Pearl" - Lisa Brokop (Lisa Brokop & Kim McLean) from her 2005 album "Hey Do You Know Me"

"Pearl", a great story song about the daughter of a drunk abusive father, who escaped him to sing the blues,

"She'd go barefoot down to Beale street, she had no fancy shoes
She's tell them she was 21 and got paid to sing the blues
She'd crawl back into her window every night at 2:00 am
And pray her daddy didn't come to steal her innocence again
But finally she had her bus fare
They never found out where she'd gone
She left a note that said I'm goin' someplace
To make this life a better home"

 

"All the Things We've Never Done" - Martina McBride (Craig Bickhardt & Jeff Pennig) from her "Wild Angels" album 1995

"You never walked away
When I needed you to stay
Or made me feel I'm not the one
There've been no broken vows
And there reason we're here now
Is all the things we've never done"

"We've never grown apart
You never broke my heart
With secrets that you've kept me from
We've never been untrue
And I'm still here with you
Through all the things we've never done"

 

"You Were Just Here" - Jo Dee Messina (Brett James, Troy Verges & Hillary Lindsay) from her 2005 album "Delicious Surprise"

Chorus:
"You were just here
You were just holding me
I was alright
I never would have believed
That you'd go away
That you could just disappear
When you were just here"

 

Previous Posts:

 

Favorite Country Album Tracks - 1/31/20

Favorite Country Album Tracks - Part 2 - 2/28/20

 

Favorite Country Album Tracks - Part 2

 

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, some of my favorite songs (to my knowledge) were never released as singles. If the song was released but never made the country music top 40 charts, I might not know about it.  What follows will be another 10 of my many many favorite album tracks. I'm not ranking the songs. In each post, I'll provide the song title followed by the recording artist, the songwriters (in parenthesis), part of the lyric, the album title, year of release and maybe a comment.

 

The Dreaming Fields - Trisha Yearwood (Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison) from her 2007 album "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love".

"So I'm going down to the dreaming fields
But what will be my harvest now?
Where every tear that falls on a memory feels
Like rain on a rusted plow, rain on a rusted plow"

 

Matraca also recorded the song on her 2011 album "The Dreaming Fields"

 

"Summer of My Dreams" - Kathy Mattea (David Mallett) from her 1991 album "Time Passes By"

"In the shade of this old tree,
In the summer of my dreams.
By the tall grass, by the wild rose,
Where the trees dance, as the beans grow,
As the days go, oh, so slowly:
As the sun shines, oh, so holy:
On the good and gracious green,
On the summer of my dreams."  

 

"Waiting Tables" - Don Henley (Don Henley, Stan Lynch, Steuart Smith & Timothy B. Schmit) from his 2015 album "Cass County"

 

"She married a boy as soon as she got out of school
But he turned out to be a reckless fool
Gone are the days when she was worry-free
Now she's a single mom; she's only twenty-three

 

And she's waiting tables, she's just waiting tables
She's learned a lot about people - more than she
ever wanted to know
She's just waiting tables, waiting tables
Biding her time until there's somewhere else to go"

 

"How Do I Get Off the Moon" - Doug Stone (Donny Kees, Kerry Kurt Phillips & Randy Boudreaux) from his 2005 album "In a Different Light".

Tell me how do I get these stars from my eyes
And how do I get on with my life
How do I hold someone new when I can't let go of you
Tell me how do I get off the moon,

 

"Steady As she Goes" - Wade Hayes (Don Cook/Ronnie Dunn/Kix Brooks) from his 1995 album "Old Enough to Know Better"

 

"Tonight I came home late again
She didn't ask me where I've been
Her bags were packed and sitting by the door
She looked at me and said goodbye
I did my best to change her mind
But she don't want to hear it anymore

 

She's steady as she goes
Now she's not crying
If I said it didn't hurt
I'd be lying
Where she got the strength to leave
Heaven only knows
But she's rock steady as she goes"

 

 

"Babies" - David Nail (Scooter Carusoe, Lee Thomas Miller & David Nail) from his "Fighter" album" of 2016

 

"But for ever thrill that I chased down
It's easy to confess
I found a better kind of crazy
Now that I've got babies

 

And good things come to those who wait
Used to think that's just something people say
So imagine when you get the news
After years of trying
Not just one but two"

Athens Grease - Phil Vassar (Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver & Phil Vassar) from his 2002 album "American Child"

 

Six days a week, he's a man on a mission
He's the redneck Picasso of
The manual transmission
And the only man in town who can make
Charlie Vincent's van go   (love those groaners)

 

Handyman's Dream - Suzy Bogguss (Pam Tillis & Gary Nicholson) from her 1989 album "Somewhere Between)

 

"My life could use some fixin' up.
Lately, these old empty nights
are looking pretty rough.
This heart is falling apart at the seams.
I am a handyman's dream.

Oh, can't you see it wouldn't take much
to replace these worn out memories
with a brand new love?
I need a man who's not afraid
to roll up his sleeves.
I am a handyman's dream."

 

We Can't Unmake Love - Wynonna duet w John Berry (Will Robinson & Aaron Saine) from her 1997 album "The Other Side".

"Before God and family we made the perfect start
And swore death would be the only thing to keep us apart
But we're fighting just like soldiers on a field of battle now
And the life we made together is our only common ground
She's got your eyes, my nose and our hearts"

"We can't unmake love
And just erase all the years
The sweetest little girl
In all the world will still be here
We promised love would last
She's living proof it still does
So even if we wanted to give up
We can't unmake love"

 

"Mama's Opry" - Sunny Sweeney (Iris DeMent) from her 2007 album "Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame".

 

"The Carters and Jimmy Rodgers played her favorite songs
And on Saturday nights there was a radio show
And she would sing along
And I'll never forget her face when she revealed to me
That she'd dreamed about singing at The Grand Old Opry

Her eyes, oh, how they sparkled
When she sang those songs.
She was hanging the clothes on the line,
I was a kid just a hummin' along.
Well, I'd be playing in the grass, to her,
What might've seemed, obliviously. (how often is "obliviously" found in a song?)
There ain't no doubt about it,
She sure made her mark on me."

 

"Slow Swinging Western Tunes" - Sunny Sweeney (Sunny Sweeney) also from her "Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame" album.

"Slow swinging western tunes
Coming from the juke box late last June
This was the way our love song should start
Play it in reverse and you'll get yourself a broken heart"

oops! that's 11

oh well

 

Do you think any of these album tracks would have been successful if they had been released as singles?

Favorite Country Album Tracks

Sirius XM came out with their Top 1000 country songs of all time in May of last year. Shortly after, the writers at Country Universe began reviewing their selections, 10 songs at a time. I've been enjoying reading their evaluations. "So Wrong (Doesn't Belong)" is a frequent comment along with "Too High", "Too Low" or "About Right". They began with songs ranked #1000 to #991 and are currently at #690 - #681. In their comment on song #690, Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away", an LP cut from 1962, KJC commented that "I’m surprised an album cut is on this list at all. Either pick a single version of the song or a different Nelson hit." 

 

KJC's comment got me to thinking about my experience with LP cuts (album tracks). Most albums will include about 10 songs of which 2 or 3 songs get selected for release as a single. The other 7 or 8 songs are likely to include at least one that is better than one or more of the singles. Some of my favorite songs (to my knowledge) were never released as singles. If the song was released but never made the country music top 40 charts, I might not know about it.  What follows will be 10 of my many many favorite album tracks. I'm not ranking the songs. In each post, I'll provide the song title followed by the recording artist, the songwriters (in parenthesis), part of the lyric, the album title, year of release and maybe a comment.

 

"Daddy's Oldsmobile" - Hal Ketchum (Hal Ketchum and David Mallett) from his "Sure Love" album released in 1992.

 

"My daddy bought this car before I was born
Sure like the radio, I love the horn
I love the great big shiny steerin' wheel
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile

"Four kids can sure fill up a big back seat.
They used to stop and get us something sweet.
Now Mamma says: 'Let's pray for one good meal'.
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile."

 

Dad is looking for work in the third verse:

 

"Another mornin' and we're up and gone.
Daddy says there's work in San Antone.
Two days of ridin', it ain't no big deal,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile."

 

"Blank Sheet of Paper" - Tim McGraw (Don Schlitz & the Warren Brothers) from Tim's "Live Like You Were Dying" album released in 2004.

 

[Verse 1]
"I am just a blank sheet of paper
This fool's about to write you a letter
To tell you that he's sorry
For the way he did you wrong
To ask for your forgiveness
For leaving you alone

He's been looking down at me
It seems like forever
He takes the top on and off his pen
It's like he can't decide
What he wants to say
If he'd just tell the truth
I'd be on my way

 

[Chorus]

But he just stares at me
And I just stare at him
He don't know where to start
To say he doesn't want it to end
Now it’s one hour later
And I'm still a blank sheet of paper"

 

"The Time Machine" - Collin Raye (Gary Burr) from his 1995 album "I Think About You"

 

"To the casual eye it's a bar stool
But it's really much more than it seems
A few drinks and then
She'll be with him again
As he sits on the time machine"

 

"Dearly Beloved" - Faith Hill (Georgia Middleman & Fred Wilhelm) from her 2005 album "Fireflies"

 

"Good mornin' dearly beloved
I'd like to welcome y'all
To see the side effects
Of sex and alcohol
Please bow your heads and join me
In a prayer for these two
Who'll be together forever
'Til they find somebody new"

 

"Right About Now" - Ty Herndon (Darrell Brown & Michael Peterson), from Ty's 2007 album "Right About Now".

 

"And right about now
I bet she's finishin' up her crossword
And lovin' the way her coffee tastes

Right about now
I wish I was more than just a memory to her
I didn’t listen somehow"

 

Chorus:
"When she said, you’ll miss me if you go
And I swore before I slammed the door
I’ll never think of you again
Oh, I was so wrong back then
And she was so right about now"

 

"There's a Song in There Somewhere" - Victoria Shaw (Victoria Shaw & Gary Burr) from her 2007 album "Bring On the Love".

 

The first verse begins "I've got the broken heart, I've got the empty bed, ... the tear stained pillow ..." and concludes "the only thing missing is the steel guitar". (The steel is not missing on this mid-tempo recording.) The chorus begins with the song title and continues "isn't that what they say, between the saddest of goodbyes and cheap wine, tonight I'm a walking cliche". It concludes "there's a song in there somewhere, maybe I'll write it someday". Maybe Martina McBride will record it some day.

 

"Hold My Hand" - Brandy Clark (Mark Stephen Jones & Brandy). Great ballad - my favorite song on the "12 Stories" album released in 2013.

 

She's out with her man when her man's gorgeous former? girlfriend "walks up and says 'hello, it's been awhile' " to him. She's feeling vulnerable and needs reassurance. The chorus:

 

"Don't let this moment linger
Now would be the time
To reach out with your fingers and get them tangled up with mine
Let her know for sure that I'm more than just a soft place to land
Oh, this would be a good time
This'd be a real good time to hold my hand".

 

"Very Last Country Song" - Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush & Tim Owens) from their 2008 album "Love on the Inside".

 

"Today is my birthday and all that I want
Is to dig through this big box of pictures
In my kitchen 'til the daylight's gone"

 

[CHORUS:]
"But if life stayed the way it was
And lovers never fell out of love
If memories didn't last so long
If nobody did nobody wrong
If we knew what we had before it was gone
If every road led back home
This would be
The very last country song"

 

 

A Thousand Wild Horses - Blue Sky Riders (Gary Burr, Sam & Annie Tate) from their 2013 album "Finally Home". BSR members include Georgia Middleman, Kenny Loggins and Gary Burr.

 

"One drink too many, one kiss too deep, and I feel that old shake in the ground, that's a thousand wild horses, thundering behind me, hell bent on running me down." After the bridge, he warns his prospective lover "so if you're thinking you're the one who can save me, baby this ain't no merry-go-round, it's a thousand wild horses ..."

 

"Where Angels Hang Around" - James Otto (Monty Criswell & James Otto) from his 2008 album "Sunset Man". James was born in Fort Lewis, Washington.

 

"Across the Mississippi
A mile or two from Beale Street
Not too far from Graceland
Where the king of rock and roll sleeps
To a place for children
Where God sends his mercy rainin’ down
In the heart of Memphis
Where angels hang around"

 

Where? at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

 

A Christmas Bonus from the Western Swing Authority

The Western Swing Authority has a new Christmas song called "Christmas Bonus", a fun, mid-tempo tune. Haven't seen the lyrics anywhere on-line so I played the song on I-tunes and jotted the lyrics down as I listened, hitting pause on i-tunes after each line of the song. (I haven't yet found out who wrote the song.) Thankfully, Stacey Lee Guse and husband Shane Guse do not throw away the lyrics so my task wasn't too difficult. Their enunciation is right on even if my hearing is not.

The lyrics:

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute (spoken by Stacey)

My specialty (spoken by Shane)

It came just in the Saint Nick of time (Stacey)

While I've been pinching pennies (Stacey)

You've been stretching dimes (Shane)

I really thought we were scrooged (Shane) i see what you did there (spoken by Stacey)

when suddenly it's rainin' green right out of the blue (S&S)

a Christmas Bonus how bout that (S&S)

I'm sittin' here like Rockefeller in a Santa hat (Shane)

we should pay the bills (Stacey)

aw don't be a buzz kill there's more important things (Shane)

that's true, i know you know what we should do baby (Stacey)

but i'd rather spend this Christmas Bonus on you (S&S)

I'd like to take you to that fancy place downtown (Shane)

that would be lovely (Stacey)

where you have to wear a suit (Shane)

that's cute, but then i'd need a new gown and likely a new pair of (slight pause)

shoes (Stacey)

of course dear (Shane)

we could try to save a little just to make it through the middle of those January blues (S&S)

a Christmas Bonus how bout that (S&S)

we raked it in like Penn and Teller in their vegas act (Shane)

we should pay the bills (Stacey)

ah don't be a buzz kill there's more amusing things (Shane)

that's true, i know you know what we should do baby (Stacey)

but i'd rather spend this Christmas Bonus on you (S&S)

although it would be really nice to see zero on that balance (spoken by Stacey)

zero chance of that happenin' (spoken by Shane)

ah decisions, decisions (spoken by Stacey)

oh some things don't cost money , you know what i'm sayin' (spoken by Shane)

yes a Christmas Bonus how bout that (S&S)

this Ebenezer's turned into a grinnin' Cheshire cat  (Shane) look at ya (spoken by Stacey)

a zero balance is quite enticing but not as much fun as sugar'n'spicing (S&S)

i know just what i'm gonna do (Stacey)

i'm gonna spend this Christmas Bonus on you baby (S&S)

alright, i'll let you take me out on the town (spoken by Stacey)

now that's the spirit    (spoken by Shane)

Love it! (spoken by me!)

 

 

The WSA is a seven-piece Canadian band made up of Shane Guse (fiddle & vocals), wife - Stacey Lee Guse (vocals), Dan Howlett (fiddle & vocals), Matthew Lima (stand up bass), Ed "Pee Wee Charles" Ringwald (steel guitar), Paul Chapman (guitar & vocals) and Jim Boudreau (drums) . Some one called them a Canadian version of the Time Jumpers. Stacey and Shane are the primary lead vocalists. The musicians have all won awards. Check the band's website for details.

 

Related posts:

"The Western Swing Authority" - March 12, 2015.

"The WSA's Christmas Single" - November 16, 2016

"The Western Swing Authority Is a Big Deal" - December 28, 2018

Mind Songs Playlist

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. mind over matter. mind your own business. mind your manners. pay him no mind. thoughts run through my mind, blows my mind, it slipped my mind. i'll give him a piece of my mind, great minds think alike, etc., etc.

How about a playlist of songs with the word "Mind" in the title. The list that follows is in no particular order and includes country and pop songs. The song title is followed by the artist, songwriter(s) in parenthesis, part of the lyrics and an occasional comment. In some cases the song has been covered by many artists. For others, I couldn't find any.

Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell (John Hartford) 1967, also covered by about 35 others, most recently a great cover by Alison Krauss

"It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind"

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson ( Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson ) wiki says it was first recorded by B.J. Thomas in 1970. There have been many covers since.

"Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
If I made you feel second best
Girl I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind"

What's on Your Mind - John Denver (John Denver) 1979. not a hit but one of my favorite and most frequently played JD songs. Couldn't find any covers.

"What's on your mind
Is what's on my mind
That's the way it's gonna be
I'm gonna find me a place I can hide
I want you right next to me"

Still Got You on My Mind - Will Hoge (Will Hoge) 2015, no known covers

"This place I'm livin' just ain't the same

It's a house but it ain't no home

can't count the days since you went away

being right never felt so wrong ..."

"Woah ooh oh oh oh
I pretend everything is fine
but i know i still got you on my mind
Still got you on my mind"

Leavin' on Your Mind - Patsy Cline (Wayne Walker and Webb Pierce) 1962, I have it by PC and Rissi Palmer

"If you got leavin' on your mind

Tell me now, get it over
Hurt me now, get it over
If you got leavin' on your mind"

Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles (Hoagy Carmichael - music & Stuart Gorrell - lyrics) 1930, many covers

"Georgia, Georgia
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)"

 

"New York State of Mind - Billy Joel (Billy Joel), 1976

 

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
But I'm takin' a Greyhound on the Hudson River line
I'm in a New York state of mind"

Last Thing on My Mind - Chad Mitchell Trio (Tom Paxton) 1964, many covers

"Are you going away with no word of farewell,
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
You know that was the last thing on my mind."

You Were on My Mind - the We Five (Sylvia Fricker - of the Canadian folk duo, Ian & Sylvia) 1965

"When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind"

Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind - Cleve Francis (Richard Leigh) 1983, also recorded by Crystal Gayle, George Jones and Ray Charles with Mickey Gilley and others

"Same old story they all hand me

preacher tells me these are troubled times

but I know the Lord's been in tougher scrapes than this one

it ain't gonna worry, it ain't gonna worry

no, it ain't gonna worry my mind"

 

Same old story they all hand me Preacher tells me these are troubled times But I know the Lord's been in tougher scrapes than this one It ain't gonna worry, it ain't gonna worry, No, it ain't gonna worry my mind.

https://www.letssingit.com/george-jones-lyrics-it-ain-t-gonna-worry-my-mind-4rzbkdj
LetsSingIt - The Internet Lyrics Database

Same old story they all hand me Preacher tells me these are troubled times But I know the Lord's been in tougher scrapes than this one It ain't gonna worry, it ain't gonna worry, No, it ain't gonna worry my mind.

https://www.letssingit.com/george-jones-lyrics-it-ain-t-gonna-worry-my-mind-4rzbkdj
LetsSingIt - The Internet Lyrics Database

State of Mind - Clint Black (Clint Black) 1993,

"Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind"

I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind - Johnny Rodriguez (Larry Gatlin) 1975

"Never before has a woman ever haunted me
But her magic spell keeps workin' overtime
Somebody please put her out of my misery
Cause I just can't get her out of my mind"

Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind - Kellie Pickler (Tim Johnson, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble) 2007

"I need to go shopping
These shoes are all wrong
Just look in my closet
Not a thing to put on
I wonder how these jeans make me look from behind
Things that never cross a man's mind"

Man on Your Mind - Little River Band (Glenn Shorrock & Kerryn Tolhurst) 1982

"I said baby
You've got a man on your mind
You've got a weight on your shoulders
How you ever gonna find the words to say
Goodbye"

Jukebox in My Mind - Alabama (Dave Gibson & Ronnie Rogers) 1990

"In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playing all my favorite memories
One by one they take me back
To the days when you were mine
And i can't stop this jukebox in my mind"

Break My Mind -  Glen Campbell & many others (John D. Loudermilk) 1967

'Baby oh baby tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Let me run outside and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind
Break my mind break my mind'

She's Driving Me Out of Your Mind - Ashley Monroe (Charlie Craig & Gene Nelson) 2013

"Don't know where I'm going but I'm gettin' there fast
Looking in your eyes I see her future and my past
And little by little, night after night
She's driving me out of your mind"

Abilene on Her Mind - Buddy Jewell (Jim Weaver & Buddy Jewell) 2003

"I should've seen Abilene on her mind
Her leaving me and Tennessee far behind
Should've seen her growing lonely
All alone there waiting on me
All the warning signs were there but I was blind
I should've seen Abilene on her mind"

Finally, here's two from Gene Watson:

I Don't Think She'd Really Mind at All (A.L. Owens & Dennis Knutson), 1992

"She's got me where I had her back when I had her fooled
Before she cried her blue eyes out and begged me to be true
And if tonight she did not hear my footsteps in the hall
I don't think she'd really mind at all"

I'd Settle for Just Crossing Her Mind (Jollie Hollie) 1977

"To feel her arms around me would be like heaven
Just a thought is nothing short of divine
The thrill I'd like to feel is have her love me
But I'd settle for just crossing her mind"

What "Mind" songs have slipped my mind? I'm a senior and prone to "senior moments" so I may have missed a few.

Evenings at the Bluebird Cafe

For me, one of the best things about living in Nashville was the opportunity to go to shows at the Bluebird Cafe. I took advantage of the opportunity to the point where my wife and I attended 100 shows. Since the Bluebird has been here since 1982  and we only moved here as retirees in October of 2006, I'm sure there has to be quite a few individuals who have attended many more than 100 shows. When we lived on Long Island, our most frequently attended music venue was what was known as the Westbury Music Fair. Maybe we saw 15 - 20 shows over the 29 years we lived there but we were working and raising our kids. What music venue have you attended the most frequently?

The Bluebird shows usually featured 4 singer/songwriters in the round. Their website, bluebirdcafe.com, (in the About Us section) describes the BC as "one of the world’s preeminent listening rooms and the venue has gained worldwide recognition as a songwriter’s performance space where the 'heroes behind the hits' perform their own songs, songs that have been recorded by chart-topping artists in all genres of music"... "Our patrons repeatedly tell us that they are captivated by hearing songs performed by the creators themselves and the stories behind how the songs came to be in such a quiet, intimate, and unique venue." I would agree.  

The list that follows is almost surely of no interest to anyone but me. The names of artists appearing on the dates shown appeared on the Bluebird website's monthly calendar of shows for the early or late show. Most of the time we went to the late show which was generally from 9 to 11 on Tuesdays to Thursdays and 9:30 to 11:30 on Fridays and Saturday evenings. Besides the regularly scheduled artists, there would often be guest artists who would sing one or two songs. Since their names were not shown, sometimes I never got their names. If I got them, I would add their names to the list in parenthesis. (The last show I saw was James Slater and Special Guests.)

Bluebird Café Shows        

2007

Jan 4 - Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea, Jon Vezner & Pat Donohue

Jan 17 - Michael Peterson, Michele Wright, James Slater & Dallas Davidson (also Bekka Bramlett)

Feb 22 - Danny "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" O’Keefe & Wendy Waldman

Mar 6 - Tim Johnson, Rory Lee Feek, Jamie Teachnor & Helen Darling (also Billy Montana, Elliot Park, Joey Martin, Paul Sykes & Mandy Macaulay)

Apr 19 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson, James Slater, Kent Blazy & Marcus Hummon (also Skip Ewing)

Jun 9 - Kathy Mattea, Jon Vezner, Tricia Walker & Fred Knobloch

Jul 17 - Melinda Schneider, Gordon Kennedy, Jay Knowles & Phil Madeira - Shhh! some drunk guy in a suit was being a jerk . Was he a record company exec? Phil Madeira called out his bad behavior.

Aug 29 - Monty Powell, Jimbeau Hinson, Amanda Martin & Rusty Golden

Sep 15 - Gretchen Peters, Craig Carothers, Don Henry & John Lester

Nov 8 – Laura broke her leg so we cancelled out of Nov 9 Lari White show

 

2008 - no shows

 

2009

Jan 13 - Lisa Brokop, Tania Hancheroff, Victoria Banks & Mary Sue Englund

Mar 3 - Hal Ketchum, Gary Nicholson, James House & Colin Linden (also Megan Sheehan)

Apr 29 - Billy Dean, Michael Peterson, Jason Scheff & Aaron Barker

Jun 25 - Tricia Walker, Karen Staley, Danny Wells & Phillip White

Jul 22 - Rissi Palmer, Dave Smith, Deanna Walker & Rick Beresford

Sep 12 - Lari White, Joie Scott, Bill Champlin & Chas Sandford

Oct 9 - Tony Haselden, Georgia Middleman, George Teren & Billy Kirsch (also Maia Sharp)

Oct 29 - Lisa Brokop, Paul Jefferson, Porter Howell & Sonny Lemaire

Nov 18 - Lee Roy Parnell, Rodney Clawson, Dylan Altman & Eric Paslay (also Dave Pahanish & Dave Berg)

Dec 11 - Meldiburpho – (Vince Melamed, Bob DiPiero, Gary Burr & Jim Photoglo)

 

2010

 

Jan 14 - Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea, Doug Crider & Jon Vezner (also John Bettis – slow hand)

Feb 26 - Meldiburpho (Vince Melamed, Bob DiPiero, Gary Burr & Jim Photoglo)

Apr 2 - Skip Ewing, Hugh Prestwood & Deanna Bryant (also Jake Owen & Jason Jones)

May 29 - Tony Arata, Janis Ian, Gretchen Peters & Craig Carothers

Jun 10 - Lisa Brokop, Paul Jefferson, Victoria Banks & Jason Blaine

Jul 6 - D4A$ - Don Schlitz (w Stacey Schlitz)

Aug 6 – Gary Burr & band w Georgia Middleman

Sep 9 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Jim Photoglo & Mark Mirando

Oct 12 – Lisa Brokop, Victoria Banks, Ricky Ray & Jim Parker

Oct 13 – Lari White, James Slater, Marv Green & Chuck Cannon

Oct 22 – Gary Burr & Victoria Shaw (w/Gunnar Nelson, Georgia Middleman & 11 year old Ruby Shaw)

Nov 19 – Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw & Bob DiPiero (w Rory Feek, Karla Davis & Ruby Shaw)

Dec 10 – Lari White, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman & Chuck Cannon

 

2011

 

Jan 29 – Gary Burr, Rivers Rutherford, Georgia Middleman & Jim Photoglo

March 18 – Gary Burr & Don Schlltz (w GM & SS)

April 9^th – Victoria Shaw (w Ruby, Caitlan Evanson, Adam Gregory & Justin Levinson)

May 12 – Lari White, Gretchen Peters, Pam Tillis & Danielle Peck

May 26 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Don Henry & Kylie Sackley

July 16 – Kent Blazy Band (w/Lane Turner)

August 12 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Jim Photoglo & Dave Berg

August 16 – Don Schlitz (w SS)

Sept 27 – Tammy Cochran, Buddy Jewell, Billy Yates & Eddie Heinzelman

Oct 11 – Catherine Britt, Duke Wilde Band, Lachlan Bryan, Chris Altmann, James Blundell & Mia Dyson (Aussie night)

Oct 29 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Jim Photoglo & Mark Mirando

Nov 22 – Lisa Brokop, Paul Jefferson, Porter Howell & Karen Staley

Dec 10 – Skip Ewing w musicians Barry Walsh & Vinnie Santoro

Dec 15 – Greg Barnhill w his band and Lee Roy Parnell

Dec 27 – Don Schlitz

 

2012

 

Jan 18 – Michael Johnson, Jon Vezner, Ellen Britton & Alice Peacock (w Kathy Mattea)

Jan 31 – Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw, Bob DiPiero & Jim Photoglo

March 13 – Gary Burr (w GM, Randy Hart, Duncan Mullins & Bruce Bouton)

May 1 – David Bradley, James Otto, Lucas Hoge and Johnny Gates

May 17 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Marc Beeson & Tom Douglas

June 1 – Gary Burr band (w GM, Randy Hart, Duncan Mullins & Bruce Bouton)

July 13 – Don Schlitz (wSS)

August 7 – Kathie Baillie & Michael Bonagura (Baillie & the Boys), Alyssa Bonagura & Jenny Yates

September 8 – Gary Burr (w GM & Randy Hart)

October 12 – Don Schlitz w SS and Striking Matches

November 10 – Karen Staley, Angela Kaset, Phillip Coleman & Craig Carothers (w Doc Holladay & Catt Gravatt)

November 27 – Anna Wilson & Monty Powell

December 4 – Pam Tillis, Tricia Walker, Karen Staley & Ashley Cleveland

December 15 – Gary Burr (w GM, RH & Pure Prairie League)

 

2013

 

January 24 – Patricia Conroy, Dave Gibson, Bernie Nelson & Michael Bonagura (Kathie Baillie sick)

February 5 – Don Schlitz and Striking Matches (Sarah Zimmermann & Justin Davis)

February 20 – Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw, Alana Springsteen & Brian White

May 8 – Gary Burr (w Georgia Middleman & Randy Hart)

May 23 – Victoria Shaw, Sherrie Austin, Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (w Gary Burr & 4 teen newbies)

June 4 – O’Shea (Jay & Mark), Jamie O’Neal & Tim Nichols

June 5 – Striking Matches, Alyssa Bonagura & Eric Paslay

August 14 – Georgia Middleman & Gary Burr

September 12 – Victoria Shaw (w Jim Photoglo, Lacy Cavalier, Veronica Ballestrini & Carol Shaw)

October 12 – Don Schlitz, Brad & Brett Warren, Josh Kear & Mark Irwin (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill were at the show)

November 19 – Brandy Clark, Josh Osborne, Jeff Cohen & Jimmy Robbins (guest – Shane McAnally)

November 27 – Don Schlitz (w SS)

 

2014

 

January 11 – Hugh Prestwood, Lari White & Jimmy Wayne (guests – James Dean Hicks & Jewel)

January 30 – Don Schlitz, Brad & Brett Warren, Josh Kear & Mark Irwin

February 1 – Gary Burr, Gary Nicholson, Mark Selby & Tia Sillers

March 1 – Kim Richey, Craig Carothers, Don Henry & Randy Sharp (guest – Pam Rose)

April 2 – Georgia Middleman, Annie Tate, Philip Coleman & Dave Berg (guest – Sam Tate)

April 16 – Jay & Mark O’Shea, Steven Dale Jones & Justin Ebach (Ashley Gearing & Billy Burnette)

May 9 – Striking Matches, Sam Lewis, Stephanie Lambring & Andrew Combs

June 3 – Victoria Shaw, Kent Blazy, Kim Williams & Gordon Kennedy (Ruby)

August 9 – Gary Burr w Georgia Middleman & Randy Hart  (new reservation system?)

 

2015

 

February 11 – Amy Black, Will Kimbrough & Blue Mother Tupelo

March 12 – Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Annie Mosher & Dave Berg

June 11 – Mo Pitney, Jimmy Fortune, Jeannie Seely & Billy Yates

July 29 – Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall, Tommy Lee James & Deric Ruttan

August 8 – Victoria Shaw, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Lacy Cavalier & Morgan Evans

November 11 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, Gary Nicholson, Darden Smith & James House (guests – Jay Clementi & Mary Gauthier)

 

2016 (RIP - Kiki)

February 25 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Randy Hart & Jim Photoglo

2017

January 20 – Gary Burr, Mike Reid, Michael McDonald & Jim Photoglo (guest –GM)

February 21 – Kree Harrison, Jason Martin, Leigh Nash & David Borne

May 3 – Pat Alger, Janis Ian, Louise Mosrie & Cliff Eberhardt

June 10 – Striking Matches, Jon Green & the Brummies (John & Jacob)

August 5 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman & Randy Hart

December 5 – Baillie & Boys and the Sisterhood

 

2018

January 23 – Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Mike Reid & Jim Photoglo

January 25 – Kathy Mattea & her band

 

2019

January 2 – Kathy Mattea, Pat Alger, Jon Vezner & Don Henry (guest – Jimmy Wayne)

June 14 - Victoria Shaw (w Jess Leary)

Show # 100! (Most likely our last show since we no longer live in or anywhere near Nashville)

July 12 - James Slater

 

shows & artist:

29 Gary Burr

23 Georgia Middleman

11 Jim Photoglo

10 Don Schlitz

10 Victoria Shaw

9  Randy Hart (all w Gary Burr)

5   Lari White (RIP 1/23/18)    

5 Lisa Brokop

5 Craig Carothers

5 Striking Matches

5 Kathy Mattea

5 Jon Vezner

4 Don Henry

4 Bob DiPiero

4 Dave Berg

4 James Slater

3 Gretchen Peters

3 Tricia Walker

3 Skip Ewing

3 Victoria Banks

3 Kent Blazy

3 Gary Nicholson

 

Twice – Suzy Bogguss, O’Shea, Warren Brothers, Michael Peterson, Hugh Prestwood, Lee Roy Parnell, Monty Powell, Porter Howell, Josh Kear, Phillip Coleman, Mark Irwin, Tim Johnson, Eric Paslay, Tom Douglas, Rory Lee Feek, Chuck Cannon, Pam Tillis, Gordon Kennedy, Tony Arata, Billy Yates, James House, Janis Ian, Kathie Baillie, Mike Reid, Pat Alger

 

Once – Michele Wright, Danny O’Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Dallas Davidson, Helen Darling, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Fred Knobloch, Melinda Schneider, Phil Madeira, Tania Hancheroff, Billy Dean, Aaron Barker, Jason Scheff, Rissi Palmer, Tony Haselden, George Teren, Billy Kirsch, Rodney Clawson, Dylan Altman, Ricky Ray, Jim Parker, Marv Green, Gunnar Nelson, Rivers Rutherford, Danielle Peck. Lane Turner, Tammy Cochran, Buddy Jewell, Eddie Heinzelman, Catherine Britt, Greg Barnhill, Michael Johnson (RIP 7/25/17), David Bradley, James Otto, Marc Beeson, Angela Kaset, Anna Wilson, Sherrie Austin, Allen Shamblin, Jamie O’Neal, Tim Nichols, Brandy Clark, Jeff Cohen, Josh Osborne, Jimmy Wayne, Jewel, Mark Selby, Tia Sillers, Kim Richey, Randy Sharp, Annie Tate, Kim Williams, Bernie Nelson, Tommy Lee James, Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Darden Smith, Deric Ruttan, Kree Harrison, Mo Pitney, Jimmy Fortune, Jeannie Seeley.

The artists we saw most frequently - primarily Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman and to a lesser degree Don Schlitz, Victoria Shaw and Jim Photoglo - were regular performers at the Bluebird. Some who we only saw once or twice we would like to have seen more often but they weren't regulars. The first time I saw Burr was at a Meldiburpho show in December of 2009. I especially liked his shows performed on the small stage rather than "in the round". While Gary did almost all of the singing, most of those shows also featured his wife, outstanding singer/songwriter Georgia Middleman, and piano player extraordinaire Randy Hart.   

 

Shows each year:

2007 - 9

2008 – 0 (wife's broken leg)

2009 - 10

2010 - 13

2011 - 15

2012 - 14

2013 - 12

2014 - 9

2015 - 6

2016 – 1

2017 – 6

2018 - 2

2019 - 3

 

total: 100

 

Previous Posts  re Bluebird Cafe:

Expectations - July 7, 2008

Tricia & Karen at the Bluebird - June 30, 2009

Meldiburpho - December 21, 2009

Don Schlitz - for a Dollar - July 8, 2010

Burr-Schlitz - April 19, 2011

A Thousand Wild Horses - March 15, 2002 (Gary Burr)

Striking Matches w Don Schlitz - October 15, 2012

O'Shea Surprise - June 13, 2013

Brandy at the Bluebird - November 23, 2013

Shaw's Sassy Heart Song - April 24, 2016

 

The reservation system for attending the Bluebird shows was great in the beginning. My wife's very good on the computer so we rarely got shut out of a show we wished to attend. It was in around the middle of 2014 or 2015 that the system changed to Queue-It and it became quite difficult to secure seats. There are not many seats to begin with - less than 90. (When you click on the show, you are given an estimated time of arrival at the reservation site. If you get an arrival time past 8:05 your chances of getting a reservation are not great. The site is supposed to open at 8 am central time. Generally, when 8 am arrives the reservation clock still will say you have 45 to 60 seconds to go even though your computer and phone both indicated that it's already 8 am. (Is this to give favored customers the chance to get in and secure their reservations before the rest of us have a chance? I don't know. )

10 Favorite Patsy Cline Songs

My wife and I have a Hatch Show Print of Patsy Cline (copyright 2007) hanging in our living room above an entertainment center that includes a tapedeck, radio and cd player/changer.  Below her name and picture it reads "1973, First Woman Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame".

I've been playing quite a bit of Patsy Cline music lately but I never bought one of her 3 LP's or any 45's when they were released. I grew up listening to NYC rock music radio stations in the late 1950's and 60's. I don't ever recall hearing a Cline song on the radio. I was not in to country music back then and didn't have any friends who admitted to listening to country. It wasn't so cool at that time. By my late teens I was more likely to mock the twangers.

Patsy died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963 at the age of 30. Linda Ronstadt was 30 when she appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. Next to her picture the cover read "Linda Ronstadt: Torchy Rock". In the 2/28/77 article inside the magazine, "Linda Down the Wind", Linda was favorably compared to Patsy Cline for her cover of "Crazy":

"She stands there and sings. She lets the rambling voice loose in terrain that seems to be well known. She finds new secrets. She goes up against the memory of Patsy Cline's recording of Willie Nelson's Crazy. Cline's version was said to be definitive. It pales next to Ronstadt's ..."

Reading this over 40 years ago made me want to check out Patsy's music. I did.  But first let me address this "Crazy" comment:

I've been a Ronstadt fan since her Stone Pony days. But to be honest, I don't agree that Patsy's "Crazy" pales  next to Linda's "Crazy". After listening to them back to back a half dozen times, I'd say that they are equally great. Wonder what the song's writer Willie Nelson thinks?

Here are my ten favorite Patsy Cline songs. The title is followed by the name of the songwriter(s) and part of the lyrics.

(1) She's Got You - Hank Cochran

"I've got your picture that you gave to me
And its signed with love just like it used to be
The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got your picture, she's got you"

(2) Why Can't He Be You - Hank Cochran (B side single; A side was Heartaches)

"He never fails to call and tell me I'm on his mind
And I'm lucky to have such a guy, I hear it all the time
And he does all the things that you would never do
He loves me too, his love is true
Why can't he be you?"

(3) You Took Him Off My Hands - Harlan Howard, Wynn Stewart & Skeets McDonald

"You took him off my hands
When you stepped in
You changed everything
We're not even friends.

Don't leave the job half done
Leave nothing behind
You took him off my hands
Now please take him off my mind."

(4) Crazy - Willie Nelson

"Oh, crazy
For thinking that my love could hold you...
I'm crazy for trying
And crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you"

(5) So Wrong - Carl Perkins, Danny Dill & Mel Tillis (1962)

"I was so wrong
For so long
But I've seen the light
Darling, I'll make it right
I was wrong."

(6) Sweet Dreams (of You) - Don Gibson

"Sweet dreams of you
Things I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past, start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you"

(7) Leavin' on Your Mind - Wayne Walker & Webb Pierce

According to Wiki, Cline released her final single during her lifetime in January 1963 entitled, "Leavin' on Your Mind." The song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Country Chart, while also reaching #83 on the Pop chart. Patsy Cline died March 5, 1963 in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.^[1]

"If you got leavin' on your mind
Tell me now, get it over
Hurt me now, get it over
If you got leavin' on your mind"

(8) I Fall to Pieces - Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard

"You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget, pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet
You walk by, and I fall to pieces"

(9) Faded Love - Bob Wills, John Wills & Billy Jack Wills

As I look at the letters that you wrote to me
It's you that I am thinking of
As I read the lines, that to me were so dear
I remember our faded love

(10) Always - Irving Berlin

I'll be loving you, always,
With a love that's true, always.
When the things you plan,
Need a helping hand,
I will understand, always.
Always.

I guess you can tell that I really like ballads of love gone wrong. "Walkin' After Midnight" (Alan Block & Donn Hecht) is probably her most popular song that I haven't included.

If you're looking for a PC biography, you might read "Patsy, the Life and Times of Patsy Cline" by Margaret Jones (I read it over 20 years ago and will probably read it again some time), check out Patsy on Wiki or watch Jessica Lange as Patsy in the 1985 movie "Sweet Dreams".

Since Patsy is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, you may want to know where Patsy stands in the history of women in country music - especially in view of the fact that her time in the spotlight was unfortunately brief. You can check out Kevin John Coyne's country music blog www.countryuniverse.net. His take on country's 100 greatest women in 2008 and his 10th anniversary of 100 greatest women in 2018 both had Patsy at #7. I'd rather listen to Patsy than any of the 6 women ahead of her. You may know that Patsy, like Linda Ronstadt and Trisha Yearwood, was not a songwriter. Maybe they all would have been higher on KJC's list if they had some significant songwriting credits.

What are your favorite Patsy Cline songs?

 

Kree Harrison's new single

I decided to play Kree Harrison's debut album, "This Old Thing", this morning. My wife and I play music every morning at breakfast and beyond, usually from 7:30 am til 10 or so. Since I'm playing Kree's album, I decided to search for any news regarding new music from Kree. We first saw Kree in June of 2016 with Ty Herndon at the Nashville City Winery and also in February of 2017 at the Bluebird Cafe. We love her voice and loved the album.

I found an article on prnewswire.com titled "Kree Harrison to release 'I Love the Lie' penned by Chris Stapleton on March 8th." (Inside the article it says that Morgane Stapleton & Liz Rose were co-writers - they should have mentioned the ladies with CS) Towards the end, the article says that "Kree is currently in the studio writing and recording material for her sophomore full-length album to be released later this year. Plans for her forthcoming album and 2019 tour dates are to be announced."

Here are some quotes from the article:

"We love hearing Kree sing anything, so to have her record a song we wrote is truly special. She is an absolute vocal treasure." -Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton

"Kree has been one of my favorite young singers since I first heard (and voted for!) on American Idol. She's really got the right stuff. When you listen to her new single I know you'll agree." -Emmylou Harris

"Kree's music will always be her gift to all of us listening… what matters the most to me is that she is an amazing young woman who has such heart, who stands for what is real, for what is true, and for what is authentic. She is a pioneer and I love her fire! Kree is the next generation of greatness. -Wynonna Judd

I also found a 2/12/2019 article by Lauren Tingle on CMT.com, "Kree Harrison presents world premiere of 'I Love the Lie'" subtitled "Powerhouse Vocalist Returns With New Music Evoking Women of ‘90s Country Music". I was able to play the song - sounds great.

Here's a part of the Lie lyrics:

"I Love The Lie"

I miss hearing you say "I love you"
Even when you didn't mean it
I love the lie, I love the lie
I miss believing you were sorry
Every time you brought me roses
I love the lie, I love the lie

Sweet words dripping from your lips like honey
Shining like gold on your silver tongue
Feels like a pocket full of easy money
But leaving in a rainy day soon

'Cause I love the lie, I love the lie
I love the lie, I love the lie

I miss being that thing you needed
When you were feeling lonely
I love the lie, I love the lie
I miss hearing you say goodbye
Say you always hated leaving
I love the lie, I love the lie

I-tunes has "I love the Lie" and another single, "All Cried Out", written by Katrina Elam, Steve McEwan, & Gordie Sampson. I just bought both songs. (found out that the latter song was released in 2013.)

My most frequently played song from "This Old Thing" is "I've Got Time". Other favorites include "Drinking for Two", "Something in the Middle", "How to Dance", "Dead Man's House" and the title track. I had thought about reviewing the debut album but felt that I couldn't do it justice. I would have liked to see the "This Old Thing" album reviewed by Country Universe (my favorite country music blog - i've been following the site for about 10 years). I doubt that they would review the new single since they've never shown any interest in her music before and they haven't been writing much lately (neither have I).

It just occurred to me that I wrote a post on 2/25/17 which I called "Songs About Lying". Now I have another song to add to the post - Kree's "I Love the Lie". Here's how I began my article back then. Things are worse now:

"Duplicitous donald has a lot of trouble with the truth. He leads the world in WHOPPERS which have been exposed by Politifact, the Washington Post Fact Checker, Factcheck.org and similar organizations. They can hardly keep up with his lies. With a distraction needed from our tweeting compulsive liar in chief, as a public service I give you a playlist of songs about lying. The song titles and artists are followed by the names of the songwriters in parenthesis followed by a part of the lyrics."   

I partially attribute my lack of writing lately to PST (post trumpmatic stress). Go Robert Mueller and the Democratic House.