Jon Weisberger wrote:
The guy is a monster
When I hear the name Bill Anderson I have to contend with "I Get
The Fever" going through my head for a day or two. That tune and it's
instrumentation really suits his voice.
WWWestern
That *is* an excellent article. It ought to be pointed out, though, that
"City Lights," "Once A Day" and "Saginaw, Michigan" barely begins to start
scratching the surface of great Anderson songs; I suppose that editorially
speaking it would have made for excess to list many more than three.
I'm telling you, there's about 13 pages of BMI registrations under the first
"Anderson Bill" entry at http://bmi.com, at about 20 songs a page. The guy
is a monster, right up there with Harlan Howard, Roger Miller and Pete
Goble.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How much did they ever wanna do anything else? The irony here
is that if
there had been a P2 back then, some folks on the list would have been
pointing to the same thing in relation to Anderson. Not that
he's wrong,
mind you, but I'll bet that he'd argue that there's a
difference
Atkins has said more than once that the development of the Nashville Sound had an
economic motivation, but I don't know that he's ever counterposed it to valid
artistic statements.
Jon, I swear I'm not making this up, but I read somewhere (and it wasn't Carlin's
book) an interview with Chet
Jon quoted from texts that quoted Chet Atkins, as follows:
"In 1976, Chet Atkins made an ambivalent apology for his role in redefining
the sound of country music:
I hate to see country going uptown beause it's the wrong uptown. We're
about to lose our identity and get all
that *is* an excellent article. It ought to be pointed out, though, that
"City Lights," "Once A Day" and "Saginaw, Michigan" barely begins to start
scratching the surface of great Anderson songs; I suppose that editorially
speaking it would have made for excess to list many more than three.
