Rosalynn Carter introduced me to Chris LeDoux's music. Now that's a strange connection.
Do you get all the references in Luckenbach? We were touring a lot and occasionally were booked on the same shows during the time he cut that song. All those guys were around...Mickey, Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff. Geez, we were all so young and naive. We really thought that we could write intelligent songs, play good music, and actually make it in the music business. Kris, Willie and Waylon are the exceptions. The rest of us got our butts kicked all the way back to the farm.. So it's great to see Mickey finally getting some attention, even though he's gone and can't appreciate it. The weirdest part of listening to An American Trilogy is that I can remember in vivid detail the exact incidents that inspired some of the songs. Memories I thought long buried just boiling over. Bittersweet. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll pick that up this weekend. > > I actually have 4 of his albums on my ipod. Learned about him from the > reference by Waylon in "Luckenbach, TX". > > (I actually have picked up a few favorites from mentions in songs by > people I like. I doubt I would ever have listened to Chris Ledoux > without the mention in "much too young" by Garth Brooks. Or actually > listened to Elvin Bishop without Molly Hatchet, or Chet Atkins without > Clint Black. I had heard the names, but never really listened to the > music.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
