RareTrack: The Blind Man In the Bleachers (Kenny Starr)

[MrDove82]

really nice song he sounds a little bit like Joel Osteen when he sings.

[cbabick]

I remember this -- my sister, my niece, my nephew and I would cry...NYC in the 70s.

[joanbeavin]

I love this too, and can't find a download. Anyone know where to buy itq?

[lordturtl]

This is the only song that has ever made me cry. That being said, it is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[little4400]

I just shared it to my facebook. Everyone should have a chance to hear this song

[little4400]

This is my 1000 time or more to watch this video. It makes me cry every time. I love it.

[AuntieMz]

I want a copy for my iPod anyone know where I can get one???

[spikerrandy]

I sang this song for an audition for Ray Price back in 1974. It got me a ticket to do a demo down in Nashville. Stupid me I turned it down. What a song, I haven't heard it in years.

[kevo1137]

I still love to play this record once in a while!!

[sweetshellee]

Have never heard this version of the song, it was the David Geddes version that I grew up listening to, apparently both versions were released in 1975.

[princesssorathepoof]

beautiful song!

[TheBayRene]

Where can you get a MP3 copy? It is NOT available on iTunes

[tocadisco3]

@TheBayRene Let me know your email and I'll send you the MP3. If you don't want to give out your email address, then you can create a new account on Yahoo for stuff such as this, and send me that email, and I'll be more than happy to send it to you. By the way, my email for matter such as this is koko_the_monkee@yahoo.com.

[totallylate]

thats as heavy as cats in the cradle

[KryptonSlim]

I've been thinking about this song for years! I used to have this on a 45-rpm back in the mid 70's , but the only line i could remember was "It was the last day of the season, on a Friday night at home" and had No idea who sung it. Had it not been mentioned in a SI column this week I never would have thought to look it up ! Thanks for posting it.

[newagelady07]

oh, I remember this song and love it. thanks for sharing.

[zaq4267]

I think they stopped playing this on the Radio, to many accidents after people started crying behind the wheel.

[redneckracer89447]

@zaq4267 not totally true. i just heard this song for the first time on my way home from work :) loved it.

[prettytightgirl]

THIS SONG IS DEEP

thanks for sharing 

[chocolatesoccer10]

this almost made me cry great sog

[singing04]

great song great song

[JDvorak2009]

Wow it's DEFINITELY a SAD SAD SONG!!!!!!!!! But it' sreally got a HAPPY ENDING!!!!!! Good song! thanks for posting. I heard it many years ago but by now have forgotten how it went and forgot who sang it and the story about it and all the details. but i do remember hearing it on the radio some years back! THANK YOU MUCH

[jsilence418]

" and his boy is just a pervert a guy with no class, caught by the cops and put in jail where he'll take it up the ass" !

[magwy04]

It's a shame this video only has as many views as it does. Truly one of the all time greats. Very heartfelt song and ever since my mother told me about this song it has been one of my favorites. Thanks so much for uploading this.

[emeraldstar520]

I have the 'RECORD'...down loaded it into my computer.

Awesome song!!!

My grown girls...32, 28, 26, 23...grew up with it.

[fawnscrafts]

This is a song, that I cried so much when I first heard it.

I ran in to tell mom. She was so cool about it.

[tank2449]

Im a young gun but i swear my personalty is from the 50's i lisen to beach boys and stuff like that and rap and hip hop but i have a weak spot for songs like this

[delkolover]

why is it that when they put together a box set of county music they never include great songs like this one ever time i hear it i start crying because it's a damn good song and they don't record songs like this any more what they record now its not music it noise

[jleeangelo]

You should here loyal garners version, it made me teary before.

[cruztacean]

Favorited. Thank you.

[MultiFighter23]

I'm posting this on my son's account, he is now a Marine and i have been singing this song to him and his little sisters since he was born. I had heard it in high school so very long ago, it still brings tears to my eyes....

[laurajoseph1]

tHANK YOU kENNY STARR.. WE LOVEYOU

[TacoBot5000]

This song is fucking gay. I hate this song.

[cruztacean]

@TacoBot5000 That's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but if you don't have anything nice to say...

[WatchingVideosAgain]

Another of my favs from my childhood.

[pottsking]

OMG!!! I haven't heard this for years, thanks so much for posting it

[countalljoy]

The last time I heard this song moust have been 1980!!!!!!!!!!! Thank-you SO MUCH FOR POSTING IT!!! It still makes me teary eye even though I know the ending. What ever happened to this guy?

[flashbell]

@countalljoy, I don't know. I want to start a web site titles "where they are know," I don't have the funds for web hosting.

[andlec21]

I love this song so much

[MarineMom1969]

Thank you for bringing back some good ole' memories... :-)

[wejeinaz]

I haven't heard this song in probably more than 20 years. For some reason today I wanted to hear it and I am sitting here with tears rolling down my face. I just can't listen to it without crying but it's so unutterably beautiful.

[cntrydancin49]

i heard this song so many years ago. at least 30. i cried, it gave me goose bumps. and just now again, wow. it's an amazing song!!!

[ladyblue614]

Great voice !!

[MsTossya]

My mother was president of Kenny's fan club and I went to school and lived next to 2 of his nieces.

[ChaoticJinx]

I had this song on a KTEL album and wore the thing out. LOVE IT- memorized the words first time through and have never forgotten them. Now I'm up here playing them for my 14 year old son.... :)

[danyn]

makes me cry everytime

[dibiasit]

Love this song from back in the 70's. Thank you.

[bloodrage333]

He used to sing this song on the Ralph Emery show that was on in nasville in the 80's on wsmv channel 4. It was an early morning show i would watch before school.

[mgd8945]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[souljahprincess5]

i like this song but i could never find the lyrics and the song

[larkpraise]

I love this song. I have this album and converted everything all to my I-tunes. Every song on the album is superb!! He should have been a major star!! His voice is so beautiful and unique, unlike today's singers who all sound alike. Thank you for posting this.

[QueenLoretta]

I remember this song well from 1975. It went #2 on the Billboard Country singles chart and #1 on the charts in Canada.

Kenny got his big break with the LORETTA LYNN Show in the early 1970's and that lead to his recording contract with MCA Records. I remember seeing Kenny with Loretta on Hee Haw and Pop Goes The Country as a kid.

Loretta Lynn did a lot for his career. I hope he appreciated her!

[101mahina]

I like Loyal Garner's version of this song more... IDK Y but I think its cause with a female's voice it gives it a bit more oomph to it's meaning.

[ldm9]

the funny thing is hes my grampa his real name is kenny teabbe

[flashbell]

@ldm9 , Is it spelled "Teabbe"or "Trebbe?

[MsTossya]

@flashbell

It is spelled Trebbe

[3MRSTONE]

@ldm9 tribbe is his last name he was my nieghbor when I was 5

[QueenLoretta]

What is Kenny doing these days? I remember him well from his days with the Loretta Lynn Show in the early 1970's and his years on MCA records.

[MsTossya]

@ldm9

Ask him if he remembers the lady that drove his parents to his shows.

[ldm9]

@ldm9 Trebbe

[angelforce69]

@ldm9 Are you serious? He gave me guitar lessons! He's a great man. I love Kenny.

[masey213]

anyone who likes this song... listen to "deaf man in the shteeble"

[Wndtalker1]

God every time I hear this song it makes me cry. Men aren't supposed to cry.  Whoever wrote that line never say this song and if they saw it and it dosen't bring a lump and a tear or too, you are not

a man

[0madmac8]

this is my fav. song of all times

[pulseskater]

I grew up with a single mother of 5, on weekends for fun we would pull out the albums and sing loud. This was always one of my faves.

[mherod27]

My dad loves this song...how can I get it??? I have looked everywhere!!!!

[miscbills]

I love the words to this song.

[Jukeboxguy00]

Song just makes ya choke up and shed a tear.

[nothadnotbad]

My dad use to play with Kenny. We grew up down the road from Burlingame Ks. where he lived. Fred Owens.. The Owens family band.

[thespartanproduct]

sad but sweet

[thespartanproduct]

thatrs sad

[kevhead66]

this song is so lame it makes me laugh. velveeta cheesy

[kingdomxofxmusic]

I think yuotube should have the ORIGINAL singer David Geddes on here, he sings this song better then Kenny starr no offence its good i just grew up listening to the original singer and like it best

[lobo81865]

Absolutely. Geddes did it better.

[Andrewsgirl112]

i agree with u :)

[nightwolves29]

This song brings back so many memories from when I was a teenager. Awesome song!!!

[pgh45rpms]

This is probably Kenny's biggest hit, but he recorded many other good songs for MCA, including "Hold Tight".

[showersinger34]

i never knew that this song existed! i only know "deaf man in a shteeble," which is a jewish version of this song!

[flashbell]

This is the original version.

[asbpab1966]

That's a parody of this song sung by Country Yussie.

[txstoryteller]

LOVE this song; five stars!

[liiz313]

first time i heard this i wanted to cry!!! awesome song great job!!

[shack456]

thanks

[squirtbum]

my dad used to play this when i was little and i love it thanks for posting it

[bostwickzapruda]

first time you heard it in the 70's, you cried...then it got played to death so much it ended up being corny. remember it well

[WadeElvisMan]

Wow..never heard this song before...totaly awesome...very sad, yet very sweet:-)

WadeElvisMan

[WeHateDisneys]

kenny starr is my guitar teacher :)

no joke, actually.

he told me to look this song up.

amazing.

[magwy]

That's awesome if he really is. He is a great musician. I love this song. it is such a sad and great song.

[pastordisastor]

My dad found this record on the street, and took it home. He played it. He was a child at the time. He said he played it until it broke.

[dburr13]

I was a high school football player...and a DJ at our local radio station when i first heard this song...As i played it for the first time...the tears started to flow...It's been a lot of years since then but i never forgot this song....Thanks for posting this!

[skyeslilmama]

My mom sang this song to me when I was little.

[jojolaval]

What a lovely voice and very nice song! Thanks for posting.

[billwest69]

I heard this song on XM today. It had been probably about 30 years since I last heard this song. It is a great song.

[likestohearmusic]

this was my brothers favorite song he used to have on a 45 but it got broke he looked for a long time he never found it he passed away in 2003 and now i can listen to it and feel real close to him thank you for putting it on

[Queenrocks1963]

I remember when Kenny sang this on the radio I loved it then, I love it now tears fall when I hear it. :(

[Wndtalker1]

I love this son. It has special meaning to me because me and one of my boys are having

problems, Bless anyone for putting this song here where so many people can enjoy

wndtalker 1

[much2keen2002]

When I was growing up in Illinois Kenny would occasionally come visit us in Illinois. My mom and aunt went out a couple times and stayed with him and his wife in Tn. His real name, if I remember right is Kenny Trebbe. I hope I spelled that right. Anyway, he was a super nice guy. He did play on the Grand ol' opry years ago and sang on a morning show. He was good friends with Mel Tillis and Loretta Lynn. Loretta sang a song with him on his record.

[RVNDAV]

Every time I hear this it reminds me of my Dad who was blind.

This song and Taps are the only two that ALWAYS bring tears to my eyes.

One of those love hate things I guess.  I love the song and hate to hear it because it tears me up.

[keylocam]

Love this song Thanks

[Doreman203]

Thank you! I always cried to this song when my mother would play it. She died about 6 years ago and she had nothing left. I never knew the title/artist and I gave up looking for it until tonight. I never realized how much I loved it till now. Thank you Thank YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!

[prairielily25]

What a blessing to find one of my all time favorites on your site. You have an awesome collection of music flashbell!

[pastordisastor]

lol

im having a party trying to convince my dad to go to my house and get my speakers and that i can find anysong. he told me to find this one and then listened in amazment as i loaded it :D

thanks

[bnett34]

great song, i got this same version off the net about 8 years age, because its got that little at 0:16, craziness.

[maxhieliger]

He used to sing in Nashville on early morning tv- The Ralph Emery Show, if that helps...

[ladyblue614]

Where can you find a good picture of him

[flashbell]

I don't know, I've never seen him or a picture. He toured with Loretta Lynn from 1968 - 1975, so maybe on her web site.

[maid2perfection]

i can supply a pic for you my parents are very close with him he used to stay with us all the time

[mparshall2519]

he still lives in TN i know him.

he sang this in my kitchen. it was great

just a few weeks ago. he still sounds great.

[ldm9]

@ladyblue614 search on face book and search carmella trebbe

[ladyblue614]

@ldm9 I checked it out. I wanted to be friends.I dont see where to do that

[TrinadysDaddy]

@ladyblue614 i have two pics if you want them i can send them to you if you have facebook or myyearbook

[ladyblue614]

@TrinadysDaddy I go by Rose Lynch on facebook

[TrinadysDaddy]

@ladyblue614 i have two pics loretta is my great aunt

[samurai918]

I remember this song from when I was a kid...still remember most of the lyrics, it's a very moving song, sometimes our oldies station will play it on Father's Day.

Thanks for posting.

[CevynDayle]

i love this song so much thank you for posting it!

[ChaoticJinx]

I knew the words of tyhis by heart at the age of 13 after three listens.... and have been serching it for it ever since.. OMG--- TY for posting!

[JANXDPDX]

my 45: credited to "Sterling Whipple",,,"produced by Snuffy Miller"...1975 MCA..............kinda sappy

[duffmetal1970]

Thank you!

[broncose1]

This is a very pretty song and sad. Thank you,Flashbell for sharing and thank you J.T.for sending. 5*****'s Shirley

[flashbell]

We're not being disrespectful, but you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery. His music is extremely rare. We can't find it anywhere.

[erikacman]

where can i buy kenny starr music

[flashbell]

Thanks Joan!

[livingadream2]

You're welcome! Nice video.