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If you've ever heard the expression "the soundtrack of your life" no one embodies it more than this guy. Just look at the songs he wrote, you'll be amazed.
1 posted on 09/23/2016 2:20:40 PM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: smalltownslick

Some great songs there........Ebony Eyes is one of my all-time favorites. RIP John D.


2 posted on 09/23/2016 2:25:59 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: smalltownslick

Not mentioned in the article, this hit #32 on the pop charts in 1961:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPhSlbN9L4


3 posted on 09/23/2016 2:41:23 PM PDT by pookie18
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To: smalltownslick
The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian (aka Indian Reservation)--John D. Loudermilk (1965)
4 posted on 09/23/2016 3:33:56 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: smalltownslick

“the soundtrack of your life”

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Uh, no, sorry.


5 posted on 09/23/2016 3:37:19 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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Eh, not really, but I always liked, “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye.” One of the 90s country guys did a nice cover of it. I remember the video.


6 posted on 09/23/2016 3:52:15 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The coming of a Cthulhu presidency will be heralded by a worldwide wave of madness.)
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To: smalltownslick
Abilene--George Hamilton (1963)

John D. Loudermilk co-wrote this song. Today, however, the community in question might not be such a desirable destination.


Car bombing in Suq Wadi Barada (Abilene), Syria, October, 2013

7 posted on 09/23/2016 3:54:19 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: smalltownslick

RIP.


11 posted on 09/23/2016 9:13:07 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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