"Why don't they play these songs on the radio anymore?" Simple! Radio consultants are lowlife scumbags, no different than teamsters/lobbyists in DC government, buying their CS-ing whores in congress! If I had MY way, I'd buy a struggling radio station in the Los Angeles Basin which would play all these super-ultra-rarities in regular rotation!
This man has one of the greatest voices ever. Hillbilly Heaven is where i'm heading for when it's my time, if they'll have me.This is what i call music, not that bump bump demented washing machine din they laughingly call music today.
Prior to Hank Williams, "country" referred to bluegrass, and "western" referred to cowboy songs. Post-Hank (and the Acuff-Rose Nashville conglomerate), the two have always been combined.
"Why don't they play these songs on the radio anymore?" Simple! Radio consultants are lowlife scumbags, no different than teamsters/lobbyists in DC government, buying their CS-ing whores in congress! If I had MY way, I'd buy a struggling radio station in the Los Angeles Basin which would play all these super-ultra-rarities in regular rotation!
andrez03 2 weeks ago
THIS IS JOHN RITTER'S DAD, THE ACTOR FROM THREES COMPANY.
roscoe496 4 months ago
This man has one of the greatest voices ever. Hillbilly Heaven is where i'm heading for when it's my time, if they'll have me.This is what i call music, not that bump bump demented washing machine din they laughingly call music today.
707743 4 months ago
@duchessofyorkies no it was called hillbilly music just like the song dope!
dizzypilots1 7 months ago
I can remember this getting an incredible amount of airplay in the early '60's on WKWK, the hot top 40 station in Wheeling, WV, at the time.
(Tex was, incidentally, the father of the late, gifted, comedic TV star, John Ritter.)
tuxguys 10 months ago
@duchessofyorkies
Prior to Hank Williams, "country" referred to bluegrass, and "western" referred to cowboy songs. Post-Hank (and the Acuff-Rose Nashville conglomerate), the two have always been combined.
tuxguys 10 months ago
awesome, i love it. and i'm only 20 years old. people need to start listening to this kinda music, it's relaxing :)
greatballzoffire1990 1 year ago
This song is so relevant, ahhhh, memories.
rdickins100 1 year ago
remember this from when I was a kid!
gezer51 1 year ago
My dad use to walk around the house singing this song.
donaldstop 1 year ago
a legend
mickderigger 1 year ago
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dizzypilots1 2 years ago
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dizzypilots1 2 years ago
why don't they play these songs on the radio any more
MrJRamal 2 years ago 6
I love this song from Tex! My grandpa used to play him on the hifi when I was a kid. RIP in peace in Hillbilly Heaven
helms1966 2 years ago 8