He was responsible for spreading the "Nashville Sound" to the pop audiences. Prior to him, Patsy and Chet Aktins, country was very traditional and appealed to basically white, rural Americans..
He helped it go international, much to the chagrin of folks who are purists..
Won’t you come on in?
Miracles I guess can happen now and then
Step into my world
Leave your cares behind
I’ve always loved Jim Reeves
Who?
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Paul Robeson for me...
Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day
Don't look up and don't look down
You don't das make the boss man frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until your dead
Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the river Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross.
Ol' man river, that ol' man river
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants em, are soon forgotten
But ol' man river, just keeps rollin' along
You and me, we sweat and strain
Body all achin' and racked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bail
You get a little drunk and you lands in jail
I gets weary, and sick of trying
I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'
But ol' man river, he just keeps rolin' along.
Gentlemen Jim was taken much too early, like Patsy.
Two haunting voices cut down in their prime..
This is probably his biggest hit..
He was responsible for spreading the "Nashville Sound" to the pop audiences. Prior to him, Patsy and Chet Aktins, country was very traditional and appealed to basically white, rural Americans..
He helped it go international, much to the chagrin of folks who are purists..
And he has the pipes for this song. 👍
Dad always played that. It’s a good one.
Both killed in light aircraft crashes from what I remember ?
Yup. Same as Buddy Holly and Jim Croce.
Someone worked long and hard on polishing his speech and removing most traces of his accent.
Even today, with the internet and TV, folks in that region don't talk like he did..
No thanks.