https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuX79Ud8zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh_XhovQB9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAO7vs_Q9is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuX79Ud8zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh_XhovQB9M
One of the best.
I remember roofing houses as a teenager and Marty would come on the radio and work would stop. WBAP820 used to be country music back then...
My parents were big Marty Robbins fans when I was young. He played regularly on our Grundig. I Walk Alone was my favorite.
Marty had a mistake in the studio while recording “Don’t Worry About Me” when a tube blew in his amp, creating a fuzz guitar sound. Marty kept playing and released the record that way. The Beatles and Rolling Stones were fascinated by the sound and copied it in some of there own songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZAoJQSNW4
If he had been born 10 years later, advancement in heart care would have substantially extended his life.
On another note, there are three songs in the El Paso trilogy. The third not mentioned is “Faleena” and tells about the life of the female at Rosa’s Cantina.
Thanks Jet for posting this. Marty Robbins was my Dad’s favorite artist and died just a few days after my own father’s death. I remember waking up every Saturday morning to El Paso on the stereo. If you haven’t heard “The Master’s Call” you missing a great religious tune that touched me deeply...even though I’m not a particularly religious guy...
I have, love, and frequently play the Gunfighter Ballads. Have them practically memorized. Hard to pick a favorite.
Big Iron, Running Gun, Mr. Shorty, San Angelo, Five Brothers.
He appealed to the gunfighter in all of us. The top gun we
all knew we were.
My first knowledge of him was, “A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)”, a very big hit where I came from, in the long, long ago.
Yeah, Mr. Shorty, is my favorite! “When you call me Shorty, you better say MISTER, or maybe you’d rather be dead?!”
Rest in Peace, Mr. Robinson. You left a hell of a legacy!