I was sittin’ in this beer joint down in Houston, Texas
We’s drinkin’ Colorado KoolAid and talkin’ to some Mexicans
These opening lines were all I needed to hear to know that I was going to love this song. If you haven’t heard it before, do yourself a favor and check it out. It’s more [...]
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What I love most about Asleep at the Wheel’s “Merry Christmas Y’all” is that they did a Christmas song that stays true to their sound–plenty of fiddle and steel guitar. This is one you can get up and dance to! And if you’ve [...]
This is one of my all time favorite story songs. The cool thing about Marty Robbins’s story songs is that they all sound just like western movies. In this one, a small cowboy is getting picked on in a saloon by another cowboy who insists on calling him “Shorty”. “Shorty” informs the man quickly that [...]
Marty Robbins had a ton of great story songs about the old west. They sound like the screenplays for (really good) western movies, but his incredible voice makes them. Even though El Paso was probably a bigger hit for him, “Big Iron” is the song that made me a die hard Marty Robbins Fan.
Ironically, I’d [...]
This is one of my all time favorite story songs. The story of the song is good, but not what makes this song one of my favorites. The one liners in the lyrics to me are what really make this song stand out:
“He may look dumb, but that’s just a disguise”
“I reached out [...]
This song is about a Mexican man named Carlos Zaragosa whose families land has been taken by Pancho Villa. In an attempt to buy the land back, Carlos steals a prized fighting rooster named Gallo del Cielo (Rooster of Heaven). The story follows the two through Texas and California where Zaragosa builds up [...]
Okay, first things first…
If this song came out today there would be more than a couple of people upset with the lyrics. Some would be upset that the boy in the song is called “crippled”. Others would be bothered by Red saying “you better believe I rode that Teddy Bear.” Others would [...]
