Keith Whitley-"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (solo demo)

"'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose" first made its digital debut on Keith's "Greatest Hits" CD. The song was a 1987 demo written by the husband/wife team of Bill & Sharon Rice, and originally featured harmony vocals by Keith's childhood friend Ricky Skaggs. Lorrie Morgan, with creative control on this project and license to Whitley's namesake, recorded her voice alongside Keith's, and released it as a single, which rose to #13 and won them 1991's CMA award for Best Vocal Collaboration. This is the version which does not feature Lorrie's voice and also features a spoken interlude by Keith on the second verse. I originally posted this video on my original account (jkwfaninwv70), but this time I posted it with improved audio.

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[shauniegayle]

So, i am learning more about Keith, and I did not know that he wrote "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"....Does anyone know if he had ever sang a demo of that? I would love to hear him sing that one!

[MAMsMom97]

@shauniegayle Keith didn't write "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind," Whitey & Darlene Shafer wrote it. His version is on his 1986 album "L.A. To Miami."

[shauniegayle]

@MAMsMom97 Thank you for clearing that up!!! So, on a personal note, did you ever have the chance to meet Keith, or any of his family?

[MAMsMom97]

@shauniegayle I've never met Keith. He died the month before I graduated from high school. I've met his mother Faye for the first time in 2003, his brother Dwight and his wife Flo and son Michael first in 2003, and again in 2005 and met up again with Flo in 2009, and his sister Mary in 2005.

[pmilmidi]

Ernie Thacker & Route 23 should make a Keith Whitley CD with his greatest hits of course approved by the family ........ I will be the first to buy one as many will do.

[MAMsMom97]

@pmilmidi I agree, but since Ernie's car accident in the spring of '06 that almost killed him, it's been very hard, and next to impossible, for him to do anything musical. Ernie would be a great one to do a Keith tribute album. Ernie got into music because of Keith. He even named his two kids after him.

[Bellamorra55543]

please sign the petition to have Keith inducted into the country music hall of fame....we are the ones who love his music...we need to do this....

[rogeriafraga25]

i knew this singer just now,he's amazing

[carole7777]

@Bellamorra55543 can you provide a link to the petition in a message here, please?

[charmjac68]

Every thing Keith sings give me goose bumps.....Such a great singer who died way to early....Love you Keith and Lorrie...

[Brit1234ish]

This is such a beautiful song! I loved Keith Whitley singing it most of all

[wonderlandwoman1]

@Bellamorra55543 Nancy Craig327 @ gmail.com

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

@BeckyB289 Yeah....Clint is better.

[BeckyB289]

@LT1HILLINGHOE ~~NOT!!

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

@trhughes09 Bet you regret that decision now. Clint Black is better than Whitley was.

[trucoltsfan2818]

ONE OF MY AND MY DADS FAVORITE SONG TO LISTEN TO.BUT NOW THERE'S HAVE BEEN A TRAGGIC DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND NOW HE'S NO LONGER WITH US HERE ON EARTH.HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM LUNG CANCER.YOU WILL BE VERY MISSED AND LOVED ALOT.AND WE WILL MEET BACK UP AGAIN LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD AND WE CAN START WHERE WE LEFT OFF WHEN U LEFT ME HERE ON EATRH ALONE. R.I.P. DADDY LOVE YA LOTS C-YA-SOON.YOU ARE NOW MY GUARDING ANGEL WATCHING OVER ME AND THE FAMILY FROM UP ABOVE.