Once upon a time I worked in a little country music station in Dothan, Alabama...WAGF. Dolly Parton was going to perform and a guy opened for her. I got to interview him...it was Roger Miller just months before he did "King of the Road" Strange but very affable fellow he was. I'm an old geezer now and I still like him.
I remember Marty Robbins saying on a radio programme how highly he regarded Roger Miller's classic country ballads and he wouldn't have been a bad judge would he?!
Oh Man - Roger wrote it an' a nice delivery on this cut! Love that phrasing, Roger. Just great. And Larry "Wimpy" Sasser on steel, Hoot Hester on fiddle an' Fred Newell on guitar, plus the rest of the Nashville Now band (which was a killer outfit all the way around). This is the real deal.
My Lord what talent, Roger Miller will stand the test of time in anyone's music collection. The shear elegance of his lyrics and storyboard pictures it paints have rarely been matched. His life may have been short in comparison but his music is timeless. Check him singing the second part harmony on the original with Ray Price who was in his prime singing this young kid's song. Roger looks as though he just got out of short pants. Thanks for sharing this wonderful memory. Paul O
fABULOUS ,the people who voted thumbs down wouldn't know a great song or singer if they heard one. I bet they are young because today's music is rubbish.
Great version. Many good ones out there, including, Emmylou with Rodney Crowell Austin City Limits, Steve Fishell on pedal steel. Very good. Here it s the young Hoot Hester on fiddle. Imagine. Pedal steel player awesome. mosrite60
