On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
> I'm about halfway thru Colin Escott's excellent Hank book and am
> intrigued by his mentioning a song that Hank and Bill Monroe wrote
> together. Since I don't have the book, I can't rememeber the name
> or the exact credit (credited to Ferlin B. Smith or some such), but
> I'd never heard this before. Anyone have any more info about this?
>
> Dave
Bluegrass legend has it that the song was "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome Too."
Marty Stuart covered it some time back. One listen to the song bears out
the idea that Monroe and Hank co-wrote it - it's so very much the both of
them stylistically.
OK- Jon, correct me if I'm wrong on this, as always.
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