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Topic: Mickey Newberry |
Harold Dye
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Posted 29 Sep 2021 12:41 pm |
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Mickey died Sept 29, 2002. He was one of my favorite song writers and singers. I have many of his albums and loved to hear him sing. Hard to believe he has been gone this long.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mickey_Newbury |
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Harold Dye
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Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2021 6:05 pm
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One of the first songs I ever remember playing in my first club band was Why You Been Gone So Long. “Wolf is scratchin at my door, can’t you hear that lonesome wind moan” - one of the greatest lines ever!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9byiEqQCY
His voice had that something-between-scream-and-whisper/fine-grit sandpaper quality, like Don Henley.
Edited to fix the funky text leftover from the website breakdown.
Last edited by Fred Treece on 20 Dec 2021 11:19 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 30 Sep 2021 1:31 am
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I havn't heard this version before. Thanks Fred!
There's a nice tribute to him record from Gretchen Peters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmPBbnRUpLo
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Jeff Evans
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Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 30 Sep 2021 4:22 am
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| Steel players certainly glommed onto Sweet Memories. Part of our beautiful, morose, funereal repertoire, one reckons. |
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Harold Dye
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Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2021 5:15 am
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| The first time I heard him sing was in 1973. The song was Sunshine. After I heard it I went to the record store and bought it. It was a 45. After that I bought every album I could find over the years and still have them. Sunshine has got to be one of his pain songs and is on youtube. |
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Joy Hollis
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2021 11:09 am
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| My mom loves him too. She dated a couple of songwriters back in the day around LA. I've always suspected Mickey Newbury but she won't admit it. She ended up marrying my dad...a steel player. |
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