about thirty year’s ago
It was down in Tulsa, about thirty years ago,
At Cain’s Academy, down in old Oklahom’
The dust was blowin’ but the music was right,
And W. Lee O’Daniel played all night
Actually it was about 30 years ago that I first heard James Talley sing those lines. In those days most of my record collection was jazz or rock. Despite living in Texas I had little appreciation for country music. But Talley’s music touched something in me.
The album was a gift that got lost somewhere over the years, but the music kept running through my head. I tried to find a replacement but it was always out of print. Then I happened on his website where all his albums were available. Now I’ve got a brand new copy and in addition an album of James Talley singing the songs of Woody Guthrie.
March 29th, 2005 @ 2:10 pm
SCORE!!!!
April 8th, 2005 @ 11:18 pm
While going to school in San Francisco in 1970, I discovered that
people thought I was from Northern California because of my TV-bred accent
(or lack thereof), in spite of having lived all my life in North Texas,
with more than a few of those years working on a true ranch-ette in
Grayson County.
I called my Dad, and asked him to send me some of his favorite Western
Music… and a pair of Acme Roughout cowboy boots.
I had to move to the Bay Area to discover (develop) my
hardscrabble-texas roots… and appreciation for same.