The careers of many of the top country artists start in rather unlikely places - like the cold winters of Wisconsin or because of strange circumstances - like an injury to the right arm of a promising young pitcher in the minor leagues. Thus, started the career of one of the most formidable performers of country music today - Dave Dudley. It was while convalescing from his injury in his hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin that Dave went to visit a friend who was a disc jockey on a local radio station. Dave was asked to sing and in a fashion that would do Hollywood scenario writers proud - a star was born. Since his first big hit Six Days On The Road Dave has compiled an ubroken string of hit recordings that is almost unbelievable. I said almost unbelievable, because the reason for his success becomes readily apparent when you listen to a Dave Dudley record. There is something special about that big, deep, booming voice of Dave Dudley - something that makes you stop and listen and listen again and again. He reads a lyric and drives it home in a strong personal way to each and every individual so that record, that song becomes something very special. I know that I look with great anticiaption for the new Dave Dudley release to come across my desk and I know that my anticipation and subsequent delight is shared by the many thousands of other Dave Dudley fans throughout the world.
DAVE DUDLEY
GEORGE (AND THE NORTH WOODS)
Mercury SR-61242November/1969
Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar/dobroPete Wade, Dale Sellers - guitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Bob Moore, Joe Zinkan - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Recorded:
Apr/1969, Monument Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
GEORGE (AND THE NORTH WOODS)
(Tom T. Hall) « © '69 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »George I was just a lyin' here thinking
I'm blind what if I was all alone
Old timer if you weren't here to guide me
I'd be lost and they'd never find my bones
I just came here to the North Woods for some thinking
A man's just gotta rest once in a while
And I'm really glad you're still around to guide me
It seems to me we walked a hundred miles
You know how much I've always liked this cabin
It's quiet and I get a chance to think
I just can't figure things out in that city
The bars are there and you know how I drink
You know George I made a fortune in the big town
My name is on the city limit sign
And then fate laid her heavy hand upon me
And brought the accident that left me blind
Old buddy you know how that woman did me
I guess you knew her better than I did
George I guess you knew how much it hurt me
The day the judge gave her our little kids
She said she wouldn't care if I should drop dead
With all that insurance I don't guess she would
Most people think the wilderness is quiet
But just listen to the wolves out in the woods
Well tomorrow when I'll leave here I'll be different
I'll ride the train when they say all aboard
You've spent a lotta time here in the North Woods
You are still goin' with me aren't you George
George George where are you George
George no kiddin' now George George don't foolin'
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2.
GETTIN' BACK TOGETHER
(Dave Dudley - Danny Morrison) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »Gettin' back together is hard to do
Gettin' back the good times that we once knew
Now think about the sad times I'm going through
And gettin' back together is hard to do
Gettin' back together that's all that I want
I had my good times I've had my fun
Now if we have some bad times we'll see them through
Cause gettin' back together is hard to do
Gettin' back together me and you
Well it seems like forever that I been missing you
I wanna build the bridges I burned in two
Gettin' back together is hard to do
Gettin' back together is hard to do
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3.
SOMEWHERE
(Dave Dudley) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »Somewhere somewhere somewhere
I heard that they're all curvy and that the girls in Jersey are just fine
And that the girls in Philly well now they're really kind of chilly but refined
And I got out of Cleveland cause I couldn't find a single girl who cares
But I'll still find the one for me and she'll know that she's the one for me somewhere
I went to Detroit City and I couldn't find her there in Morder Town
Then I moved down to Chicago where there's wind and women all around
Maybe Kansas City where they wear microminis she'll be there
I'm looking for the one for me she'll know that she's the one for me somewhere
Somewhere somewhere somewhere
Vegas had me dizzy cause all the girls are busy but not with me
Now how about that Hollywood where all the girls just sit around and dream
And I still like to travel but it gets much more lonely everywhere
But I'll still find the one for me and she'll know that she's the one for me somewhere
Somewhere somewhere somewhere
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4.
IT'S NOT A VERY PLEASANT DAY TODAY
(Dave Dudley) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »Rain that hits the window on the outside
Hides the teadrops falling on the inside
A heart that has a sadder beat cause someone went away
It's not a very pleasant day today
Cloudy skies that make the moon so gloomy
All alone it makes the room more roomy
The echo of your footsteps that seems to plainly say
It's not a very pleasant day today
Without the sun it makes my world seem chilly
Well it may be me and I guess that's kind of silly
It's over now and my mind somehow should make you go away
It's not a very pleasant day today
The wind that blows just seems to tell the story
It seems to say I'm wrong and now I'm sorry
You're all I have the weather's bad and it looks like it's here to stay
It's not a very pleasant day today
It's not a very pleasant day today
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5.
COLD WIND THROUGH GEORGIA
(Roy Baham) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »I met her in Savannah a beauty oh so rare
She sparkled like a dewdrop in the morning
And I loved her in the springtime the summer and the fall
Then the wind grew cold in Georgia without warning
There's a cold wind a blowing and soon I'll be going
I just heard a freight train whistle down the line
And it sure sounds mournful but it's not half as lonesome
As a cold cold wind through Georgia pines
On the lonely Georgia hillside I told my love goodbye
A muddy grave now holds all that I own
And I whispered dear I love you as all the flowers cried
And a cold wind through Georgia chilled my bones
There's a cold wind a blowing...
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6.
RUNNING WITH THE WIND
(Roy Baham) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »I never stop in one place long till life starts closin' in
Then a night wind beckons and I'll go running with the wind
Well I grew up an orphan boy no one to call my own
Deserted by my family never felt that I belong
So I went running with the wind to hell and back again
From north to south east to west running with the wind
I loved a little girl one time but I didn't love her long
Late one night a wind came up and with the morning I was gone
I never tell them where I'm going they don't know where I've been
They only know I was here and gone running with the wind
Well a high wind brought me to this town I'll leave here with a breeze
You never know how the wind will blow and I'll scatter like the leaves
I never stop in one place long till life starts blowin' in
Then a night wind beckons and I'll go running with the wind
I never stop in one place long till life starts blowin' in
Then a night wind beckons and I'll go running with the wind
I keep running with the wind I'm running with the wind
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7.
BAD MOON RISING
(John C. Fogerty) « © '69 Jondora Music, BMI »I see the bad moon rising I see trouble all the way
I see earthquakes and lightenin' I see bad times today
Don't fool around tonight well it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
I hear a hurricane a roaring I know the end is coming soon
And I hear the river overflowin' I hear the voice of ragin' ruin
Don't fool around tonight...
I hope you've got your things together I hope you're quite prepared to die
It looks like you're in for nasty weather oh now you're sinkin' for an eye
Don't fool around tonight...
Oh don't fool around tonight...
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8.
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
(Bob Dylan) « © '63 Special Rider Music, SESAC »How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand
And how many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind the answer is blowin' in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend he just doesn't see
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind the answer is blowin' in the wind
[ harmonica ] How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky
How many years must one man live before he can hear people cry
And how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind the answer is blowin' in the wind
How many roads must a man walk down...
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9.
THAT'S HOW I GOT TO MEMPHIS
(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »If you love somebody enough you'll follow wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough you'll go where your heart wants to go
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me cause you are my friend
I've got to find her and find out the trouble she's in
If you tell me that she's not here I'll follow the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
[ harmonica ] She get mad and she'd say she'd come back to Memphis some day
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
I haven't eaten a bite or slept for three days and nights
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
I've got to find her and tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest till I find out why she had to go
Thank you for your precious time forgive me if I started cryin'
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
Oh that's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
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10.
DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES
(Slim Willett) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night in daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Keep your heart for me for someday I'll return
And you'll know you're the only one I'll ever love
Too many nights too many stars
Too many moons could change your mind
If I'm gone too long don't forget where you belong
When the stars come out remember you are mine
Don't let the stars get in your eyes...
Too many miles too many days
Too many nights to be alone
Oh please keep your heart while we are apart
Don't linger in the moonlight while I'm gone
Don't let the stars get in your eyes...
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11.
STUCK ON JEANNIE
(Dave Dudley) « © '69 Southern Arts Music, BMI »Kinda tricky when she's caught in a trap by me
Kinda dumb in a smart little way like she can be
Those cry a little laugh a little moods that fit her to a T
That's why I'm stuck on Jeannie
If she needs a new somethin' there's never ever anything said
But some morning when I'm half asleep here she comes with breakfast in bed
No she's not a politician but somehow you believe the things she says
And that's why I'm stuck on Jeannie
There are times when things go bad and I'm as mad as any man can be
She's the first to catch the meaness who's the first to give forgiveness be
Even through my gloom she can always find the room for sun and flowers
I ask if that's new dress she says no it's really old about an hour
It's her own little world it's a crazy lovin' world forever
And that's why I'm stuck on Jeannie
That's why I'm stuck on Jeannie
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