I remember very few lines but it was a father and son team. I thought Tex and his son. The best I can recall it had "Daddy, you know what" in it.
I have heard another song by Bill Anderson, but that is not it. Does anyone recall what I am trying to get acrooss. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Cathy

Cathy, Maybe Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare Jr - "Daddy What If"

Click on following link for lyrics: [www.cowboylyrics.com]

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I don't have the lyrics but it's by Jim Wilson & Rita Faye(I think was his daughter).
It came out in 1955. That's all I remember of it.

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Johnny T.

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

I remember this song,Daddy what if I stopped loving you, but it is not the one on my mind. Thanks for trying. Everything is appreciated.

Daddy, What If
By Bobby Bare (and Bobby Bare, Jr)
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle@satx.rr.com
5/20/04




(A)Daddy what if the (Bm)sun stop shinin' (E)what would happen (A)then
If the (D)sun stopped shinin' (D)you'd be so surprised
(D)You'd stare at the heavens with (A)wide open eyes
And the (D)wind would carry your (A)light to the (F#m)skies
And the (Bm)sun would start (E)shinin' a(A)gain


(But Daddy what if the wind stopped blowin' what would happen then)
If the wind stopped blowin' then the land would be dry
And your boat wouldn't sail son and your kite wouldn't fly
And the grass would see your troubles and she'd tell the wind
And the wind would start blowin' again


(But daddy what if the grass stopped growin' what would happen then)
If the grass stopped growin' why you'd probably cry
And the ground would be watered by the tears from your eyes
And like your love for me the grass would grow so high
Yes the grass would start growin' again


(But daddy what if I stopped loving you, what would happen then)
If you stopped lovin' me then the grass would stop growin'
The sun would stop shinin' and the wind would stop blowin'
So you see if you wanna keep this old world a goin'
You better start lovin' me again again you better start lovin' me again


You hear me Bobby you better start lovin' me again
You love me Bobby you better start lovin' me again

Bobby Bares song isnt the song I am trying to find, I have that one. I am really sure it was done by Tex Ritter and his son, I got it off the internet, and then my computor went down, then I lost it. It really touched me, and I havent been able to find it again. I believe it ended with his son saying "Daddy, you know what, I Love You".

I am very interested in songs where there is speaking involved, especially the old ones. I love songs with a story to them. Like Dolly Partons Raggedy Ann and Andy. Very sad song, but it is one of the great ones. Where have all the good songs gone? Not to say that the new ones aren't good too, it's just that the radio has forgotten about us older people that grew up with the legends.
Cathy

Radio doesn't care anymore, Cathy...that's all there is to it - they care about the marketshare and the demographic and the bottom line...there's a song out by Jon Christopher Davis and if I may post it here, you will see how fitting the lyrics are - actually - I will put one more up by Austin Cunningham because they are a true reflection of the state of radio


The Bottom Line
By Jon Christopher Davis
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle@satx.rr.com
4/19/2006


Beautiful girl in ripped up jeans, head full of air and karaoke dreams
Bartender says she looks so good, she oughta be in Hillbilly Hollywood
Well the fat cat told her she could be a star, not because shes good, because she fits the part
Id like to find the jerk that said sex sells, take his job away and throw his ass in jail


Chorus 1:
Hey man, you went too far, won't you bring back the radio star
You ran a good thing into the ground when you started selling sight over sound
And the thing that saddens me the most are the things that once mattered are now a ghost
Why dont you take a look at what youre leaving behind 'stead of always thinking about the bottom line."


Well I tried to listen but all I see are cartoon characters on TV
They cant hear the difference today between saying something and having something to say
Give me Waylon, Dylan, Haggard, and Jones, give me just a little more meat on the bones
Johnny Cash come and take our hand and lead us back over to the promised land


Chorus



Bridge:
Its lights, camera, action
Its as strange as Michael Jackson
They spend a million dollars on a new CD
While the kids at home download it for free



Chorus


The bottom line, the bottom line
Oh the bottom line, the bottom line
Ooooo-ooooh, ooooh-ooooh
Ooooo-ooooh, ooooh-ooooh









15 SONGS
Austin Cunningham



Spoken: "This song is for the cold - fading - memory...of country music.
And unfortunately, it's also a sad testament, to what it has become today."


Chorus:
15 songs, 15 songs
That's all the dadgum DJ plays, all dadgum day long
Where have all the good ones gone
There's a whole lot more out there than 15 songs


Well, they used to write songs about drinking, cheatin', and murder
About hobos and trains, and winding up in jail
But, if I wrote that these days, I never would get paid
And 'Music Row' says all my songs would fail

Chorus

Well, whatever happened to Chris, Willie, and Waylon Jennings
And, you don't hear Johnny Cash in 'radioland'
Though their music's been time tested, they could get arressted
Unless it was for some form of contraband - I didn't say country-band

Chorus

Larry...ditto! While there has always been a bottom line, I believe it went overboard long ago.

I can honestly say that I have never been influenced by the weekly "top 10" list. A lot of those songs get on the list as a result of marketing and "biased" radio/tv/etc air play rather than as a result of just plain good old talent.


Cathy...Can you remember a few more words from the song you are looking for?

In the meantime, a few good old songs that include talking are:
1. Golden Guitar - Bill Anderson
2. Jeannies Afraid Of The Dark - Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
3. Silent Night - Garth Brooks (he recites a nice little story between verses)
4. The Christmas Guest - Grandpa Jones
5. The Cowboy's Deck Of Cards - Cowboy Copas
6. Jeannies Afraid of The Dark - Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
7. Johnny's Christmas Tree - Porter Wagoner
8. Little Boy's Prayer - Hank Williams Sr.
9. Angels - Randy Travis
10. Roses For Mama - Red Sovine
11. Teddy Bear - Red Sovine
12. Sequel to Teddy Bear - Red Sovine
13. Old Shep - Walter Brennan

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Through the years some of the best known songs, standards by any definition, have failed to score as high as the top 10, if at all.

Hank Williams "Rambling Man" and Buck Owens "Crying Time", Elvis Presley's "That's All Right, Mama" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", Johnny Cash's "Hey Porter", "Get Rhythm" "I Still Miss Someone" and "Rock Island Line". Also nothing that Hank Williams recorded as Luke The Drifter ever scored in Billboard. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" were B side releases and were minor hits.

When I was growing up listening to radio, most programs were all request. This was a lot of fun. I can still remember a lot of great songs that never scored on a popularity chart that still got a lot of airplay. Remember the trucker standard, "Truck Driving Man"? That was the B side of a top 10 tune called "Don"t Drop It"? Which side do you remember today?

Top 40 radio to my recollection was an innovation of the late 50's and early 60's. Which is the time Country Music came in for some heavy promotion and lots of artists who could not buy a hit in record sales or radio play suddenly began popping up on the charts.

Artists like Grandpa Jones, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Billy Walker, Flatt & Scruggs. Bill Monroe, Freddy Hart, Ernest Ashworth, Carl Butler. Jimmie Skinner, Jimmy Dean, Leroy Van Dyke, heck there were no more than a dozen or so artists who were regular hitmakers up to that time.

So I would have to say that the popularity charts certainly had a worthwhile effect in making Country Music the worldwide force it is today by opening the doors to many marginal artists through promotion.

And Gary, I would like to know(with all due respect) how an artist with no talent can make it in today's competitive field. And how you would promote music and artists without marketing and "biased" radio/tv airply. Because every time I turn on CMT or GAC I see a new artist I've never seen or heard before.

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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

"And Gary, I would like to know(with all due respect) how an artist with no talent can make it in today's competitive field. And how you would promote music and artists without marketing and "biased" radio/tv airply. Because every time I turn on CMT or GAC I see a new artist I've never seen or heard before."


I'll take a stab at this one since I see it on a daily basis...let's face it - you have to have "some" talent otherwise you wouldn't be in the business. But you could be the best guitar player, best singer, best songwriter in the world but without contacts and networking, you are behind the 8 ball when trying to gain recognition. I go to acoustic shows all week long including an open mic on Tuesdays I participate in and the talent I see there blows away what is on the radio oftentimes. You see a new artist on GAC or CMT because they are trying to find the next Tim McGraw for their label...it's a business that they are trying to capitalize on...BTW, I wouldn't trust CMT as the "de facto standard" for what is country music...GAC is better but in the past few years, even they have fallen off...

Larry, If you are seeing talent at acoustic shows that "blows away" what is on the radio sometimes, then If that talent persists there is nothing that can hold them back. Many artists take years of performing annonomously before they receive their "big break".

Yes, one needs to have contacts and a lot of luck but that has always been the case. Especially with song writers.

I don't necessarily agree that record labels are looking for the next Tim McGraw. There have been too many great performers to concentrate on discovering any one particular clone. In fact, I think your chances of hitting it big are enhanced if you are different from the "run of the mill". Maybe that's the problem. Not enough great talent that is "different."

Josh Turner, for instance, I think you would have to agree, doesn't suffer from any lack of talent. And I don't know of anyone else on the scene today who you could say is similar to him in any way. And what was the song that got him noticed? Was it a "honky tonk" or"cheatin" song or song qbout "Mom and Dad"" "Long Black Train", a semi-gospel song, which is practically unheard of today. That, my friend, is "different."

And that, in my humble opinion is what Country Music lacks. But it's not because record execs are looking for people who are carbon copies of someone else.

Maybe it's not the fault of the record execs alone but the artists themselves who want to be the next Tim McGraw or Reba McIntire, instead of who they are.

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Johnny T.

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

Johnny...I should have added that all the folks in the business have talent...some more than others. My point was...'I like what I like', not what some list tells me I should like.

I believe a lot of 'better talent' does not make it to higher levels for any number of reasons, including reasons that are self-caused.

And regarding Josh Turner...right on. His great singing voice and the good solid country beat puts him on my top 10 talent list.

Larry...thanks for jumping in.

Good comments/thoughts from both you guys.

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