Re: Old Song

On Apr 9, 5:20 pm, StarvinMarv <marv...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 9, 4:46 pm, StarvinMarv <marv...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Apr 9, 8:35 am, "JC" <dontbot...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"StarvinMarv" <marv...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I write a lot of songs and several have been recorded in the past.
Usually, I test out the lyrics on family and friends just for a
reaction.

One I wrote recently had a kind of "blah" reception. Then I realized
that almost all the friends who saw the lyrics were about 35 or
younger. How could they identify with these laments.

And so my friends, near or close to my age I present..."Talking to
Ghosts" for your comments:

TALKING TO GHOSTS

On a rickety old stage in a rundown old bar
My fingers running on an old spruce guitar
Trying my best
To fill every request
My heart was falling apart

The clock moved so slowly, its hands were not hurried
As I watched and wished it'd move on
Why I don't know
'Cause when it struck time to go
I knew I'd be home all alone

(Chorus)

Sitting here talking to ghosts
Thinking of ones I love most
Some of them gone
Some just left me alone
So I just sit here...talking to ghosts

Folks in New York were stricken with pain
As buildings crumbled and fell
But if the building still stands
And there's no reaching hands
Those left are still living in hell

So I'm trying my best to live on
Only one child who calls on the phone
I know God has His ways
But I never thought my last days
Would be sitting here talking to ghosts

(Chorus)

Sitting here talking to ghosts
Thinking of ones I love most
Some of them gone
Some just left me alone
So I just sit here talking to ghosts

Starvin'Marv

Sounds like a good old Bobby Bare type waltz.- Hide quoted text -

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JC: My little royalty checks are from ASCAP but I am registered with
BMI also. I'm currently working with a friend to develop a sub for the
"Ghosts" song. (A sub is a tape with music and vocal submitted to
music agencies.)

I don't really expect much from it. Thousands of subs are sent in each
day and only a very few ever reach the recording stage.

Marv- Hide quoted text -

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From Wikipedia:

[edit] The Height of His Career in the 70s
Despite Rich's lack of consistent commercial success, Epic Records
signed Rich in 1967, mainly on the recommendation of producer Billy
Sherrill. Sherrill helped Rich refashion himself as a Nashville Sound
balladeer during an era when old rock n' rollers like Jerry Lee Lewis
and Conway Twitty were finding a new musical home in the country and
western format. This new "Countrypolitan" Rich sound paid off in the
summer of 1972, when "I Take It on Home" went to number six in the
country charts. The title track from his 1973 album, Behind Closed
Doors, became a number one hit early in that year, crossing over into
the Top 20 on the pop charts. This time his follow-up did not fizzle,
as "The Most Beautiful Girl" spent three weeks at the top of the
country charts and two weeks at the top of the pop charts. Now
established as a country music star, Behind Closed Doors won three
awards from the Country Music Association that year: Best Male
Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. The album was
also certified gold. Rich won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country
Vocal Performance, and he took home four ACM awards. RCA's resident
songwriter, Marvin Walters, co-wrote for three years with Charlie
producing four recordings including a very popular "Set Me Free".

After "The Most Beautiful Girl", number one hits came quickly, as five
songs topped the country charts in 1974 and crossed over to the pop
charts. The songs were "There Won't Be Anymore" (Pop #18), "A Very
Special Love Song" (Pop #11), "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes
Anymore" (Pop #47), "I Love My Friend" (Pop #24), and "She Called Me
Baby" (Pop #47). Both RCA and Mercury (Smash was a subsidiary of
Mercury which was absorbed into the main company in 1970) re-released
his previously recorded material from the mid-1960s, as well. All of
this success led the CMA to name him Entertainer of the Year in 1974.
Rich had three more top five hits in 1975, but even though he was at
the peak of his popularity, Rich began to drink heavily, causing
considerable problems off-stage. His destructive personal behavior
famously culminated at the CMA awards ceremony for 1975, when he
presented the award for Entertainer of the Year, while visibly
intoxicated.[1] Instead of reading the name of the winner, who
happened to be John Denver, he set fire to the envelope with a
cigarette lighter, before announcing the award had gone to "My friend
Mr. John Denver." Some considered it an act of rebellion against the
Music Row-controlled Nashville Sound. But many speculated that Rich's
behavior was a protest against the award going to Denver, whose music
Rich had considered too "pop," and not enough "country."[1] Others,
including industry insiders, were outraged, and Rich had trouble
having hits throughout 1976, and only had one top ten with "Since I
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Link to Charlie Rich bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich#The_Height_of_His_Career_in_the_70s
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