> How about Kinky Friedman's Old Ben Lucas
> "had a lot of mucus coming right out of his nose
Jeff was asking about phlegm songs, not mucus songs, and of course there's
something to be said for preserving genre boundaries <g>.
"I Can't Quit Cigarettes," written by Jerry Crutchfield and Billy Kitchen
and recorded by Jimmy Martin back in 1965, arguably qualifies, as it
features some great hacking and wheezing from Bill Torbert, then the Sunny
Mountain Boys' mandolin player. "We did that session stone cold," Torbert
recalled in an interview quoted in the Bear Family box set. "Jimmy Martin
read the lyrics off a paper. When we did 'I Can't Quit Cigarettes,' we
(Jimmy) went around the group to see who had the best cough. I won."
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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