Growing through my teen years in the 50s, almost born on horseback, using my 1950 ford only as transportation for school, work, horse shows & rodeos, with as much girl chasin' as I could manage, I discovered Marty Robbins in his white sport coat with a pink carnation. One of the many things I was blessed with was a good singing voice. I say good because I have sang all over the US, the Far East and even Europe, won a few contests, made a little money, and had a ton of fun. Whenever I would...
@42sundown ...find my hat fitting a little tight, inevetably I would turn the car radio to a Marty Robbins song and come back down to earth. I admire people with average voices like Elvis, The Beatles, etc., that have the ability to become great entertainers, but I never envied them. Marty Robbins is another matter. I believe that Marty Robbins has the purest, sweetest, male voice with the most range, that I've ever heard. Only heard a few that approached his level, such as Conway Twitty,...
@42sundown ...Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard. Roy Orbison only, do I have on Marty's level. I have literally worn out 45s with 1or 2 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs on them, because I could store them in my little record player, during
service overseas and much travel, great for camping in my car, which is how I went to rodeos. Most music has a saturation point, where I've had enough for a while, but I never ever tired of Marty's stuff. I lived and loved the material but,.....
@42sundown...Marty's magnificient voice as well as his ability to write new material, redo, re-arrange, many old cowboy cowboy classics has been very important to the happy life I've led. Looking back from 70 I know Marty has enriched many other lives as he has mine. Thank you "Big Iron"
Growing through my teen years in the 50s, almost born on horseback, using my 1950 ford only as transportation for school, work, horse shows & rodeos, with as much girl chasin' as I could manage, I discovered Marty Robbins in his white sport coat with a pink carnation. One of the many things I was blessed with was a good singing voice. I say good because I have sang all over the US, the Far East and even Europe, won a few contests, made a little money, and had a ton of fun. Whenever I would...
42sundown 2 weeks ago
@42sundown ...find my hat fitting a little tight, inevetably I would turn the car radio to a Marty Robbins song and come back down to earth. I admire people with average voices like Elvis, The Beatles, etc., that have the ability to become great entertainers, but I never envied them. Marty Robbins is another matter. I believe that Marty Robbins has the purest, sweetest, male voice with the most range, that I've ever heard. Only heard a few that approached his level, such as Conway Twitty,...
42sundown 2 weeks ago
@42sundown ...Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard. Roy Orbison only, do I have on Marty's level. I have literally worn out 45s with 1or 2 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs on them, because I could store them in my little record player, during
service overseas and much travel, great for camping in my car, which is how I went to rodeos. Most music has a saturation point, where I've had enough for a while, but I never ever tired of Marty's stuff. I lived and loved the material but,.....
42sundown 2 weeks ago
@42sundown...Marty's magnificient voice as well as his ability to write new material, redo, re-arrange, many old cowboy cowboy classics has been very important to the happy life I've led. Looking back from 70 I know Marty has enriched many other lives as he has mine. Thank you "Big Iron"
42sundown 2 weeks ago
Beautiful song, sang by a master of melody... Marty
mollinare 9 months ago