Re-posted by N.S.
“The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you’re born and doesn’t stop till you sit down to write a song.”
Roger Miller (1936-1992)
“King of the Road” (1964): Live Performance
“Dang Me”: Live Performance
Note that “Dang Me” was the rare follow-up song to a gold record not by The Beatles or The Supremes that itself went gold.
“In the Summertime,” on The Porter Waggoner Show (with a cute, shapely, very young Dolly Parton in the Background)
Note that Dolly Parton had no need for a fake body.
“Chug-a-Lug”
“Do Wacka Do” (Did Miller Forget His Own Lyrics? Was He Drunk? Both?)
“River in the Rain,” from Miller’s 1985 Broadway Show, Big River, which Won 7 Tonys
“One of Roger Miller's most beautiful songs, ‘River in the Rain’ was written for Big River, a Broadway musical based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.”
No doubt one of the characters of 60s music.Jerry Reed kind of filled that niche too.
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The Porter Wagoner clip is wild.The best part--all White folks.
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Nice interview with Dick Clark after "Dang Me".
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BIDEN'S TOO OLD(SUNG TO KING OF THE ROAD)
ReplyDeleteHis brain ain't worth two cents,
Dumber than ol' Mike Pence,
Can't walk up stairs or steps,
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He now has been POTUS for 3 years
Fulfilled all of our fears
Sent that by mistake.
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What's with
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Smartphone malfunction.
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jerry pdx
ReplyDeleteNothing fake at all and music that's not buried under tons of overproduction No synthesizers, no computerized sounds, no auto tune, just talented White people entertaining with their voices and virtuoso instrumental abilities.
"BIDEN'S TOO OLD"(SUNG TO KING OF THE ROAD)
ReplyDeleteHis brain ain't worth two cents,
Dumber than ol' Mike Pence,
Can't walk up stairs or steps,
Was one of--our worst reps.
He's been POTUS the past 3 years,
And,fulfilled all of our fears.
He's a man who shouldn't be there,
Biden's too old.
He mumbles,constantly,
Gives speeches,pathetically,
No questions from the press,
What he says is just a guess.
Now Biden wants another term,
Just the thought makes me squirm,
He's a man who shouldn't be there,
Biden's too old.
I know anybody else would be better than him,
The lightbulb in his head's gone darker than dim,
And counting all the times that he's fallen down,
The only job he's good for--is that of a clown.
I say,
The border's been destroyed,
Have to make him unemployed,
He's a man,who cannot stay there.
Biden's too old.
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Man had his day in the sun. And did some good stuff.
ReplyDelete"River in the Rain" is good,very good.A group called "Cracker" came out with some albums in the 90s that had songs very similar to "River in the Rain".A great band for a while.
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