Friday, August 27, 2021

Bobbie Malone - Bill’s Favorite Songs

 

Bill’s Favorite Songs

Hand-pieced and hand quilted nap quilt made from Bill’s old summer cotton shirts, commercial embroidery floss, and cotton thread hand dyed by Leslee Nelson

Bobbie Malone

My husband, Bill C. Malone, is a historian and ardent fan of American country music. His selections range from those he heard his mother singing to more contemporary works, all chosen for being beautifully written and, in many cases, have proven personally meaningful over the many years of his life.



BILL’S FAVORITE SONGS

 

1 I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight  -  Louvin Brothers

2 My Mary   -  Merle Haggard        

3 Pictures from Life’s Other Side   - Blue Sky Boys

4 Til I Can Gain Control Again  -  Rodney Crowell

5 What About You?  -   Johnny and Jack

6 The Last Letter -   Rex Griffin

7 Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald  - Gordon Lightfoot

8 They’ll Never Take Her Love from Me  - Hank Williams

9 Jack and May (Lovers Quarrel)  - Stanley Brothers

10 Hungry Eyes    - Merle Haggard

11 Teardrops Falling in the Snow  - Molly O’Day

12 Drifting Too Far from the Shore  -  Boone Creek

13 Pretty Polly  -  Ralph Stanley & Patty Loveless

14 It Makes No Difference Now  -  Gene Autry

15 Little Green Valley - Dalhart & Robison

16 Take Me as I Am  - Jimmy Dickens 

17 No One Will Ever Know - Roy Acuff

18 Waiting for a Train  - Jimmie Rodgers

19 Night Rider’s Lament    - Suzy Bogguss

20 Empty Cot in the Bunk House  - Gene Autry


You can hear all these songs on WORT Archive until Sept 7, 2021

Scroll to August 25 - Back to the Country (celebrating his 87th Birthday)

https://archive.wortfm.org



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