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Bill and Gloria Gaither: Precious Memories | Bill Gaither - Wilson Fairchild: Statler Made | January 4, 2025
- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'?" ♪
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- Bill: "wilson fairchild: statler made"
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- Is not just a mere homage.
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- It's a true celebration of the golden era
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- Of country and gospel music.
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- - ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
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- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
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- - ♪ ain't got time... ♪
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- Bill: cousins langdon and wil reid,
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- Both sons of the legendary
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- Hall of fame statler brothers members
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- Don reid and harold reid,
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- Have embarked on a mission
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- To pay tribute to their roots...
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- - ♪ countin' flowers on the wall... ♪
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- Bill: honoring the legacy of their fathers
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- With a brand-new project that promises
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- To be an unforgettable trip down a musical memory lane.
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- - ♪ and the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
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- ♪ and he walks... ♪
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- Bill: i'm your host, bill cody,
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- And i invite you to join me on a journey
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- Through the pages of country and gospel music history
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- As wilson fairchild revisits the iconic songs
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- That made the statler brothers a household name.
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- - ♪ for i'll go to my grave loving you. ♪
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- Bill: gaither music group is pleased to present
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- "wilson fairchild: statler made."
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- [upbeat music]
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- - ♪ she was standing in the crowd, ♪
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- ♪ all alone and looking pretty, ♪
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- ♪ listening to the music that we played. ♪
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- ♪ she walked up and whispered. ♪
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- ♪ i leaned down and listened ♪
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- ♪ to the request that she made. ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'?" ♪
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- ♪ she asked so sweet and tenderly. ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'? ♪
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- ♪ and would you do it one more time for me?" ♪
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- - ♪ border to border and ocean to ocean, ♪
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- ♪ i still look for her everyplace. ♪
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- - ♪ chasing the sunshine, each and every night, ♪
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- ♪ i'm searching every crowd for her face. ♪
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- - ♪ she was gone just as quick ♪
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- ♪ as the song that she asked for, ♪
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- ♪ taking my sunshine away. ♪
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- - ♪ but someday when i finally look down and see her, ♪
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- ♪ i know just what i'm gonna say. ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know you are my sunshine? ♪
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- ♪ do you know what your smile did to me? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know you are my sunshine? ♪
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- ♪ and it looks like you're always gonna be. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know you are my sunshine? ♪
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- ♪ do you know what your smile did to me? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know you are my sunshine? ♪
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- ♪ and it looks like you're always gonna be. ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'?" ♪
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- ♪ she asked so sweet and tenderly. ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'? ♪
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- ♪ and would you do it one more time for me?" ♪
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- - ♪ do you know? ♪
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- - ♪ do you know you are my ♪
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- ♪ sunshine? ♪
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- - ♪ shine. ♪ - ♪ shine. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - well, for people who don't know
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- The family relationship to the statler brothers,
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- You are the sons of don and harold reid.
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- - yes.
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- - langdon's father is don,
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- And, of course, harold was the late harold reid,
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- Your father. - yes.
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- - you guys have-- you were born to it.
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- - mm-hmm. - you didn't have to do
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- The music thing together. - no.
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- - we thought we did.
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- - did you early on? - yeah.
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- - [laughs]
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- - you know, bill, in this business,
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- Everybody's got their own story,
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- And no two are alike, right? - right.
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- - so, you know, us growing up in this family
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- And our dads being so great at being dads
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- And so great at being
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- Hall of fame country music stars,
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- We were always eat up with the music.
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- You know, from the time we were kids to teenagers,
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- We tell the story that langdon and i
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- Literally started playing as a band when i was 16
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- And he was 14.
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- 'cause he couldn't drive. - mm-hmm.
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- - and i'd go pick him up for band practice.
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- - oh, wow. - and i'd still let him drive,
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- But he didn't have his license.
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- - [laughs] that's ok.
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- In virginia, that's ok. - that's another story.
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- - oh, yeah, absolutely.
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- In our town, it was fine.
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- Our dads were the statler brothers.
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- - yeah. - [laughs]
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- And if you don't get caught, everything's fine.
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- - yeah, exactly.
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- And so that's where it all started.
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- But we were always on the same page.
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- You know, all these musical journeys that we've
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- Been on through the years, trying to invent ourselves
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- And reinvent ourselves, we always came back
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- To our dads' music, because it inspired us
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- And we loved it and we learned from it.
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- And when the fans
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- Couldn't separate us from them--you know,
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- 'cause you kind of look like them.
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- You kind of sound like them.
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- Recently it really has been great doing this record.
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- You know, we embrace everything they've ever done.
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- - well, it's titled "statler made."
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- - yeah. yeah.
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- - how apt that title is, 'cause that's truly--
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- That is--that's exactly what he's saying.
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- That's who we are.
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- That's where we come from.
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- And for a while even with our music and what we were doing,
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- We wanted to try to separate and say, you know,
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- Here's who we are.
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- But at the same time, people won't allow you
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- Necessarily to do that, because you do--
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- You sound, you look, you act like them.
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- - we're of an age now that we want to celebrate their music.
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- We want the legacy to go on.
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- We want it to go on for our sons who want to do music.
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- And you're always creating
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- And you're always trying to do something new.
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- But it's important to us.
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- We've been grooving on that music our whole lives,
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- And that's what got us here. - yeah.
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- - they were grooving with johnny cash
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- At a period of time in their hall of fame career.
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- They're both in the hall of fame.
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- That's appropriate, it seems. - yes. how about that?
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- - so how about "i walk the line"?
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- Then we'll talk about the johnny cash years...
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- - let's do it. - on the other side.
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- - nothing better.
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- [upbeat music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i keep a close watch on this heart of mine. ♪
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- ♪ i keep my eyes wide open all the time. ♪
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- ♪ i keep the ends out for the tie that binds. ♪
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- ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i find it very, very easy to be true. ♪
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- ♪ i find myself alone when each day is through. ♪
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- - ♪ yes, i'll admit that i'm a fool for you. ♪
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- - ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ as sure as night is dark and day is light, ♪
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- ♪ i keep you on my mind both day and night. ♪
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- ♪ and happiness i've known proves that it's right. ♪
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- ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ you've got a way to keep me on your side. ♪
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- ♪ you give me cause for love that i can't hide. ♪
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- - ♪ for you, i know i'd even try to turn the tide. ♪
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- ♪ because you're mine... ♪
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- - ♪ i walk the line. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i keep a close watch on this heart of mine. ♪
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- ♪ i keep my eyes wide open all the time. ♪
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- ♪ i keep the ends out for the tie that binds. ♪
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- ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line. ♪
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- - ♪ i keep a close watch on this heart of mine. ♪
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- ♪ i keep my eyes wide open all the time. ♪
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- ♪ i keep the ends out for the tie that binds. ♪
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- ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line. ♪
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- - ♪ because you're mine... ♪
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- - ♪ i walk the line. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - so, you know, they professionally went
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- To work for cash in 1964
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- And were on the road with him for eight years,
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- Driving around in a cadillac, four of them.
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- I think they even drove that cadillac
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- To new zealand, too, one time, didn't they?
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- - i think they did, yeah. - yeah, uh-huh, yeah.
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- - fins on it. - yeah, had fins on it.
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- Yeah, they went. - flippers over there.
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- - you know, john says go, we go.
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- - that's right.
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- - but, you know, there's a huge relationship there,
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- You know, what they learned in the music business
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- Before their career took off and had to go out on their own.
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- But all that stuff is so near and dear to our hearts,
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- All the music, you know?
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- - "bed of rose's" is where we're going next.
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- Give us a quick setup,
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- And then we'll talk in more detail afterward.
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- - well, my dad, harold reid, wrote "bed of rose's."
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- He carried it around in a folder for a few years.
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- - and another character song like "susan when she tried."
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- "rose's," rose is the character in this song.
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- - and it's very scandalous, bill.
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- It's a scandalous song that he wrote
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- When he came home from church one day and--
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- - there's some juxtaposition there, isn't it?
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- Church and a scandalous song.
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- - but they actually pitched it to other artists
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- And nobody would record it at the time,
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- But that's what they recorded when they went to mercury
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- In 1970, and, fwoosh, the rest is history.
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- So yes, as most of you know, some of you may not, but--
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- So we cut six statler brothers songs on this record.
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- And you know what?
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- It's just one of those things that langdon and i
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- Want the music to keep going on and on.
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- And since we're able to do it and we think
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- We do an all right job with it, we really enjoyed--
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- Thank you. [cheers and applause]
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- We really enjoyed recording these songs
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- That we had never done before.
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- You know, we've done them live but never recorded them.
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- And it's just a whole lot of fun for us.
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- Do you want to say anything else?
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- - no.
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- - ok, we'd like to do the next song now, please.
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- [laughter]
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- [upbeat music]
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- - ♪ she was called a scarlet woman ♪
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- ♪ by the people ♪
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- ♪ who would go to church but left me in the streets. ♪
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- ♪ with no parents of my own, i never had a home, ♪
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- ♪ and an 18-year-old boy has got to eat. ♪
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- - ♪ she found me outside one sunday morning ♪
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- ♪ begging money from a man i didn't know. ♪
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- ♪ she took me in and wiped away my childhood, ♪
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- ♪ a woman of the streets, this lady rose. ♪
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- ♪ this bed of rose's that i lay on ♪
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- ♪ where i was taught to be a man. ♪
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- ♪ this bed of rose's where i'm living ♪
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- ♪ is the only kind of life i understand. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ she was a handsome woman just 35 ♪
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- ♪ who was spoken to in town by very few. ♪
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- ♪ she managed a late-evening business ♪
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- ♪ like most of the town wished they could do. ♪
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- - ♪ but i've learned all the things ♪
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- ♪ that a man should know ♪
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- ♪ from a woman not approved of, i suppose. ♪
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- ♪ but she died knowing that i really loved her. ♪
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- ♪ of life's bramble bush i picked a rose. ♪
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- ♪ this bed of rose's that i lay on ♪
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- ♪ where i was taught to be a man. ♪
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- ♪ this bed of rose's where i'm living ♪
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- ♪ is the only kind of life i understand. ♪
- 00:13:00.569 --> 00:13:05.307
- ♪ this bed of rose's that i lay on ♪
- 00:13:05.307 --> 00:13:09.812
- ♪ where i was taught to be a man. ♪
- 00:13:09.812 --> 00:13:14.383
- ♪ this bed of rose's where i'm living ♪
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- ♪ is the only kind of life i understand. ♪
- 00:13:18.520 --> 00:13:22.424
- ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ♪
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- ♪ ooh. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Bill: what did you ever find out?
- 00:13:47.449 --> 00:13:48.517
- Where did your dad--
- 00:13:48.517 --> 00:13:49.818
- Did he just create this character?
- 00:13:49.818 --> 00:13:52.655
- - i'm sure it was inspired by something
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- That happened at church, like a sermon or something.
- 00:13:54.723 --> 00:13:56.959
- - mm-hmm. - i'm not sure exactly.
- 00:13:56.959 --> 00:13:58.694
- But i just know that he came home from church
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- And sit down at the piano and wrote this song.
- 00:14:00.396 --> 00:14:03.132
- - wow.
- 00:14:03.132 --> 00:14:04.400
- - and it is--you know what the subject matter--
- 00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:07.903
- The song is about.
- 00:14:07.903 --> 00:14:09.305
- And you're looking back at these decades--
- 00:14:09.305 --> 00:14:11.507
- And you talk to artists all the time that write songs.
- 00:14:11.507 --> 00:14:13.776
- And those songs come out of times
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- That people were experimenting
- 00:14:16.211 --> 00:14:18.347
- And they were pushing the envelope.
- 00:14:18.347 --> 00:14:20.049
- And so it's got, you know, a great message,
- 00:14:20.049 --> 00:14:23.719
- But it's just a story song, right?
- 00:14:23.719 --> 00:14:25.220
- - mm-hmm. - but even at the time,
- 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:27.189
- It was so touchy
- 00:14:27.189 --> 00:14:30.059
- That when--he had pitched it to friends,
- 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:31.994
- And one that i remember was kenny rogers...
- 00:14:31.994 --> 00:14:33.896
- - he did.
- 00:14:33.896 --> 00:14:34.964
- - who had it on hold, basically,
- 00:14:34.964 --> 00:14:36.899
- And was gonna record it.
- 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:38.167
- And this is when our dads had only had
- 00:14:38.167 --> 00:14:41.170
- "flowers on the wall," right?
- 00:14:41.170 --> 00:14:42.504
- So they didn't have, like, a real big follow-up hit.
- 00:14:42.504 --> 00:14:45.541
- And they were hanging on to this song.
- 00:14:45.541 --> 00:14:47.743
- So they were pitching songs to friends.
- 00:14:47.743 --> 00:14:49.945
- But even he backed out and said, nah.
- 00:14:49.945 --> 00:14:52.281
- - a little too risky for me.
- 00:14:52.281 --> 00:14:53.349
- - i think a little too risky for me
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- At this point in my career.
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- I'm not recording it.
- 00:14:55.818 --> 00:14:57.119
- So when they got to jerry kennedy
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- And mercury in 1970,
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- Not only was that the title cut of the album...
- 00:15:01.056 --> 00:15:03.625
- - mm-hmm. - but they cut it.
- 00:15:03.625 --> 00:15:04.860
- And it was a hit record.
- 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.528
- And it worked for them.
- 00:15:06.528 --> 00:15:08.764
- So not only did they get the group in country music,
- 00:15:08.764 --> 00:15:12.067
- But they also got "bed of rose's" cut.
- 00:15:12.067 --> 00:15:14.436
- - you guys talk about working up songs.
- 00:15:14.436 --> 00:15:16.005
- - mm-hmm. - who determines,
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- Or at what point do you agree,
- 00:15:17.773 --> 00:15:19.308
- Ok, i'm taking the lead vocal,
- 00:15:19.308 --> 00:15:21.710
- Which you do most of the time.
- 00:15:21.710 --> 00:15:23.545
- - right. - or on occasion, you will.
- 00:15:23.545 --> 00:15:25.381
- - right.
- 00:15:25.381 --> 00:15:26.648
- - i mean, obviously you come to some sort--
- 00:15:26.648 --> 00:15:28.417
- - i don't think there's any kind of formula or anything.
- 00:15:28.417 --> 00:15:31.286
- It's just-- it really is feeling.
- 00:15:31.286 --> 00:15:34.289
- Or, you know, think, man, i've always liked this song.
- 00:15:34.289 --> 00:15:37.192
- I really want to sing this one.
- 00:15:37.192 --> 00:15:39.962
- Or, again, i got a few higher notes than he does.
- 00:15:39.962 --> 00:15:43.999
- He's got a few lower notes than i do.
- 00:15:43.999 --> 00:15:45.768
- So, you know, him singing lead,
- 00:15:45.768 --> 00:15:47.569
- And i usually sing the part over top.
- 00:15:47.569 --> 00:15:49.438
- - i think that's how we evolved to it, yeah...
- 00:15:49.438 --> 00:15:51.206
- - we did. yeah. - from the beginning.
- 00:15:51.206 --> 00:15:53.375
- We had more high notes when we started than we do now.
- 00:15:53.375 --> 00:15:55.778
- - right. - yeah.
- 00:15:55.778 --> 00:15:57.179
- And the other thing, too,
- 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:58.280
- About me and langdon and our career
- 00:15:58.280 --> 00:16:00.349
- And getting to this point is,
- 00:16:00.349 --> 00:16:02.918
- You know, we also joke
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- That really, we're two bass singers.
- 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.722
- So, you know, trying to make two bass singers a duo career,
- 00:16:06.722 --> 00:16:10.059
- It's been a tough road.
- 00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:11.427
- - at least baritone.
- 00:16:11.427 --> 00:16:12.528
- - yeah, exactly. it's been tough.
- 00:16:12.528 --> 00:16:14.129
- - and your father being
- 00:16:14.129 --> 00:16:16.465
- One of the quintessential bass voices...
- 00:16:16.465 --> 00:16:19.034
- - right. - in all genres of music.
- 00:16:19.034 --> 00:16:21.136
- - right. - yes.
- 00:16:21.136 --> 00:16:22.438
- - yeah, that's hard-- it's hard to deal with.
- 00:16:22.438 --> 00:16:24.139
- But--no, the other thing is, with me and langdon
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- And our experiences and the family that we come from,
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- He and i just love doing it together.
- 00:16:31.280 --> 00:16:33.582
- You know, we just wanted the two of us to do it together
- 00:16:33.582 --> 00:16:35.851
- Like our dads did it together.
- 00:16:35.851 --> 00:16:37.853
- And so, you know, we make a lot of musical decisions that way.
- 00:16:37.853 --> 00:16:42.257
- - so the name is c. austin miles.
- 00:16:42.257 --> 00:16:47.162
- And the song goes back to 1912.
- 00:16:47.162 --> 00:16:50.199
- I was trying to do a little history on "in the garden,"
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- Because i'm a baptist preacher's kid,
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- And that was one of my daddy's favorites.
- 00:16:55.304 --> 00:16:57.172
- You know, they were always "child of the king,"
- 00:16:57.172 --> 00:16:59.208
- "in the garden."
- 00:16:59.208 --> 00:17:00.242
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:17:00.242 --> 00:17:01.610
- - there were just a handful that he would always,
- 00:17:01.610 --> 00:17:05.114
- You know, if he were alone in his office,
- 00:17:05.114 --> 00:17:07.549
- You might hear him--as i was coming down the hallway
- 00:17:07.549 --> 00:17:10.686
- To check in or whatever...
- 00:17:10.686 --> 00:17:12.955
- - that's so nice.
- 00:17:12.955 --> 00:17:14.056
- - i'd hear him singing those songs.
- 00:17:14.056 --> 00:17:15.157
- - mm. - but boy, this one.
- 00:17:15.157 --> 00:17:17.860
- A lot of people have done "in the garden"
- 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:19.027
- Through the years.
- 00:17:19.027 --> 00:17:20.195
- - they have. - yeah.
- 00:17:20.195 --> 00:17:23.065
- - we've been singing it a long--
- 00:17:23.132 --> 00:17:25.167
- Again, we both grew up in the church,
- 00:17:25.167 --> 00:17:27.903
- Know a lot of those hymns as well.
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- And this is one of those, when we worked it up,
- 00:17:29.805 --> 00:17:31.540
- We didn't need to look the lyrics up to this one.
- 00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:33.475
- We knew all the verses. - yeah.
- 00:17:33.475 --> 00:17:35.210
- - and there's something so tender and powerful
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- About this song.
- 00:17:40.382 --> 00:17:42.317
- It always has been to me.
- 00:17:42.317 --> 00:17:43.652
- You know, you usually think of a powerful song,
- 00:17:43.652 --> 00:17:45.154
- It's got to be heavy and hit you hard.
- 00:17:45.154 --> 00:17:47.356
- But there's something so sweet and tender.
- 00:17:47.356 --> 00:17:49.558
- And when you look at the inspiration for it,
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- Of how it was written,
- 00:17:52.327 --> 00:17:55.097
- You know, it's probably going back to john 20
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- When mary magdalene goes to the tomb to visit jesus.
- 00:17:58.867 --> 00:18:02.738
- She's in the garden alone.
- 00:18:02.738 --> 00:18:04.573
- And we all have experienced a time like that in our lives
- 00:18:04.573 --> 00:18:09.478
- When you want to go to the garden
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- Or the cemetery or someplace special
- 00:18:10.746 --> 00:18:13.015
- To visit with somebody. - yeah.
- 00:18:13.015 --> 00:18:14.850
- - and that's what this song is to me.
- 00:18:14.850 --> 00:18:19.821
- And that's--
- 00:18:19.821 --> 00:18:21.390
- - and natur-- - it's such a--so tender.
- 00:18:21.390 --> 00:18:23.158
- - naturally in our progression through the years,
- 00:18:23.158 --> 00:18:27.162
- It's just a song that i don't even know
- 00:18:27.162 --> 00:18:29.665
- When we started singing it, but we would just do it
- 00:18:29.665 --> 00:18:31.266
- Acoustically just with the guitar.
- 00:18:31.266 --> 00:18:32.634
- - mm-hmm. - and we just--
- 00:18:32.634 --> 00:18:34.236
- The words are so powerful.
- 00:18:34.236 --> 00:18:36.171
- It's why we slowed it down
- 00:18:36.171 --> 00:18:37.706
- And we kind of made it a ballad.
- 00:18:37.706 --> 00:18:39.841
- And then that's our arrangement on the record, of course.
- 00:18:39.841 --> 00:18:42.711
- Just, they're our little changes to the melody.
- 00:18:42.711 --> 00:18:46.815
- Just one of those things we had held on to for years
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- And just never recorded it till now.
- 00:18:50.219 --> 00:18:53.355
- ♪ i come to the garden... ♪
- 00:18:53.355 --> 00:18:59.094
- - ♪ alone, ♪
- 00:18:59.094 --> 00:19:03.932
- ♪ while the dew is still on ♪
- 00:19:03.932 --> 00:19:09.805
- ♪ the roses. ♪
- 00:19:09.805 --> 00:19:14.710
- ♪ and the voice i hear ♪
- 00:19:14.710 --> 00:19:19.548
- ♪ falling on my ear, ♪
- 00:19:19.548 --> 00:19:25.654
- ♪ the son of god ♪
- 00:19:25.654 --> 00:19:30.125
- ♪ discloses. ♪
- 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:36.765
- - ♪ and he... ♪
- 00:19:36.765 --> 00:19:39.401
- - ♪ walks with me, ♪
- 00:19:39.401 --> 00:19:42.938
- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
- 00:19:42.938 --> 00:19:48.910
- ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
- 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:54.716
- ♪ his own. ♪
- 00:19:54.716 --> 00:19:59.388
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:19:59.388 --> 00:20:04.893
- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
- 00:20:04.893 --> 00:20:10.265
- ♪ none other ♪
- 00:20:10.265 --> 00:20:12.868
- ♪ has ever known. ♪
- 00:20:12.868 --> 00:20:19.107
- ♪ ♪
- 00:20:19.107 --> 00:20:21.176
- - ♪ he speaks, ♪
- 00:20:21.176 --> 00:20:23.378
- ♪ and the sound of... ♪
- 00:20:23.378 --> 00:20:26.481
- - ♪ his voice ♪
- 00:20:26.481 --> 00:20:31.420
- ♪ is so sweet, ♪
- 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:34.456
- ♪ the birds hush ♪
- 00:20:34.456 --> 00:20:37.192
- ♪ their singing. ♪
- 00:20:37.192 --> 00:20:41.963
- ♪ and the melody ♪
- 00:20:41.963 --> 00:20:47.302
- ♪ that he gave to me ♪
- 00:20:47.302 --> 00:20:53.075
- ♪ within my heart ♪
- 00:20:53.075 --> 00:20:58.380
- ♪ is ringing. ♪
- 00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:04.052
- - ♪ and he... ♪
- 00:21:04.052 --> 00:21:06.755
- - ♪ walks with me, ♪
- 00:21:06.755 --> 00:21:10.192
- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
- 00:21:10.192 --> 00:21:16.365
- ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
- 00:21:16.365 --> 00:21:22.070
- ♪ his own. ♪
- 00:21:22.070 --> 00:21:26.975
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:21:26.975 --> 00:21:32.114
- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
- 00:21:32.114 --> 00:21:37.586
- ♪ none other ♪
- 00:21:37.586 --> 00:21:40.222
- ♪ has ever known. ♪
- 00:21:40.222 --> 00:21:45.627
- ♪ ♪
- 00:21:45.627 --> 00:21:48.196
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:21:48.196 --> 00:21:53.468
- ♪ as we tarry there... ♪
- 00:21:53.468 --> 00:22:01.777
- - ♪ none other ♪
- 00:22:01.777 --> 00:22:04.980
- ♪ has ever... ♪
- 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:10.886
- - ♪ known. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- [tender music]
- 00:23:30.866 --> 00:23:33.869
- ♪ ♪
- 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:37.205
- - ♪ wise men say ♪
- 00:23:37.205 --> 00:23:43.411
- ♪ only fools rush in. ♪
- 00:23:43.411 --> 00:23:50.385
- ♪ but i can't help ♪
- 00:23:50.385 --> 00:23:55.624
- ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:23:55.624 --> 00:24:02.097
- ♪ ♪
- 00:24:02.097 --> 00:24:03.965
- - ♪ shall i stay? ♪
- 00:24:03.965 --> 00:24:10.138
- ♪ would it be a sin... ♪
- 00:24:10.138 --> 00:24:17.012
- - ♪ if i can't help... ♪
- 00:24:17.012 --> 00:24:22.250
- - ♪ falling in love with you? ♪
- 00:24:22.250 --> 00:24:28.657
- ♪ ♪
- 00:24:28.657 --> 00:24:30.592
- - ♪ like a river flows ♪
- 00:24:30.592 --> 00:24:33.995
- ♪ surely to the sea, ♪
- 00:24:33.995 --> 00:24:36.965
- ♪ darling, so it goes. ♪
- 00:24:36.965 --> 00:24:40.535
- - ♪ some things ♪
- 00:24:40.535 --> 00:24:42.604
- ♪ are meant to be. ♪
- 00:24:42.604 --> 00:24:47.208
- - ♪ take my hand. ♪
- 00:24:47.208 --> 00:24:53.615
- - ♪ take my whole life too. ♪
- 00:24:53.615 --> 00:25:00.322
- - ♪ for i can't help... ♪
- 00:25:00.322 --> 00:25:05.594
- - ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:25:05.594 --> 00:25:12.667
- - turn it up.
- 00:25:12.667 --> 00:25:14.336
- ♪ ♪
- 00:25:14.336 --> 00:25:36.992
- ♪ like a river flows ♪
- 00:25:40.562 --> 00:25:43.932
- ♪ surely to the sea, ♪
- 00:25:43.932 --> 00:25:47.469
- ♪ darling, so it goes. ♪
- 00:25:47.469 --> 00:25:50.405
- - ♪ some things ♪
- 00:25:50.405 --> 00:25:53.108
- ♪ are meant to be. ♪
- 00:25:53.108 --> 00:25:58.980
- - ♪ take my hand. ♪
- 00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:05.053
- - ♪ take my whole life too. ♪
- 00:26:05.053 --> 00:26:12.027
- - ♪ for i can't help... ♪
- 00:26:12.027 --> 00:26:17.098
- - ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:26:17.098 --> 00:26:23.938
- ♪ no, i can't help ♪
- 00:26:23.938 --> 00:26:30.578
- ♪ falling in love ♪
- 00:26:30.578 --> 00:26:35.483
- ♪ with you. ♪
- 00:26:35.483 --> 00:26:47.729
- ♪ ♪
- 00:26:47.729 --> 00:26:52.300
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:55.503
- - good job. all right, yeah.
- 00:26:55.503 --> 00:26:59.708
- Yeah.
- 00:26:59.708 --> 00:27:04.079
- - 1961, "blue hawaii,"
- 00:27:04.145 --> 00:27:07.182
- "i can't help falling in love." - mm-hmm.
- 00:27:07.182 --> 00:27:09.150
- - what elvis movie would you most like to star in as elvis?
- 00:27:09.150 --> 00:27:15.457
- - so while you're thinking about that...
- 00:27:15.523 --> 00:27:16.725
- - ok.
- 00:27:16.725 --> 00:27:18.126
- - it's funny you would say that about the "blue hawaii."
- 00:27:18.126 --> 00:27:20.695
- When we came along, we were eat up with '70s elvis.
- 00:27:20.695 --> 00:27:24.499
- So our version of hearing that song
- 00:27:24.499 --> 00:27:26.434
- Was hearing him do it onstage.
- 00:27:26.434 --> 00:27:28.036
- - with a live-- - with a live band.
- 00:27:28.036 --> 00:27:29.804
- - from honolulu, right? - yes.
- 00:27:29.804 --> 00:27:31.840
- - yeah, we're talking with, you know,
- 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.842
- Ronnie tutt and jerry scheff and james burton.
- 00:27:33.842 --> 00:27:36.244
- - via satellite, which was technology at--
- 00:27:36.244 --> 00:27:39.647
- I mean, at the cutting edge at that point in time.
- 00:27:39.647 --> 00:27:42.283
- - yes, so, you know, that was our introduction
- 00:27:42.283 --> 00:27:43.585
- To that song as far as ears.
- 00:27:43.585 --> 00:27:46.521
- But as far as elvis movies?
- 00:27:46.521 --> 00:27:48.289
- - probably whichever one ann-margret was in.
- 00:27:48.289 --> 00:27:50.024
- - yeah, that one. we'd be in that one, sure.
- 00:27:50.024 --> 00:27:51.726
- - i don't know. - or any of the other ones.
- 00:27:51.726 --> 00:27:53.194
- - just spitballing here, sure. - yeah.
- 00:27:53.194 --> 00:27:54.596
- Yeah, but langdon would have been good
- 00:27:54.596 --> 00:27:55.764
- In that clambake movie, you know.
- 00:27:55.764 --> 00:27:57.499
- ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:27:57.499 --> 00:27:59.434
- ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:27:59.434 --> 00:28:01.002
- He would have been good at that, yeah.
- 00:28:01.002 --> 00:28:02.303
- - 'cause i love a clambake.
- 00:28:02.303 --> 00:28:03.605
- - he loves a good clambake
- 00:28:03.605 --> 00:28:05.340
- And a good elvis movie from the '60s.
- 00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:07.342
- - and singing about the clambake.
- 00:28:07.342 --> 00:28:09.043
- - ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:28:09.043 --> 00:28:10.311
- - yeah, he would have been good.
- 00:28:10.311 --> 00:28:11.446
- - stop by the house on the weekend.
- 00:28:11.446 --> 00:28:12.881
- He's hanging off the back deck and he's back there.
- 00:28:12.881 --> 00:28:14.916
- - yeah. that's what he does.
- 00:28:14.916 --> 00:28:16.017
- - i pop the collar and go in.
- 00:28:16.017 --> 00:28:17.986
- Yeah.
- 00:28:17.986 --> 00:28:19.154
- Every weekend.
- 00:28:19.154 --> 00:28:20.155
- - every weekend, yeah.
- 00:28:20.155 --> 00:28:21.222
- - every weekend.
- 00:28:21.222 --> 00:28:22.557
- [soft music]
- 00:28:22.557 --> 00:28:24.325
- - ♪ he said, "i'll love you till i die." ♪
- 00:28:24.325 --> 00:28:28.329
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:28.329 --> 00:28:31.299
- ♪ she told him, "you'll forget in time." ♪
- 00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:35.837
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:35.837 --> 00:28:38.406
- ♪ as the years went slowly by... ♪
- 00:28:38.406 --> 00:28:42.143
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:42.143 --> 00:28:45.046
- ♪ she still preyed upon his mind. ♪
- 00:28:45.046 --> 00:28:49.150
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:49.150 --> 00:28:51.286
- ♪ he kept her picture on his wall. ♪
- 00:28:51.286 --> 00:28:55.456
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:55.456 --> 00:28:58.393
- ♪ went half crazy now and then. ♪
- 00:28:58.393 --> 00:29:02.330
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:02.330 --> 00:29:04.632
- ♪ but he still loved her through it all... ♪
- 00:29:04.632 --> 00:29:09.037
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:09.037 --> 00:29:11.940
- ♪ hoping she'd come back again. ♪
- 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:15.743
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:15.743 --> 00:29:18.213
- ♪ kept some letters by his bed... ♪
- 00:29:18.213 --> 00:29:22.283
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:22.283 --> 00:29:25.286
- ♪ dated 1962. ♪
- 00:29:25.286 --> 00:29:29.023
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:29.023 --> 00:29:31.993
- ♪ he had underlined in red... ♪
- 00:29:31.993 --> 00:29:35.463
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:35.463 --> 00:29:38.533
- ♪ every single "i love you." ♪
- 00:29:38.533 --> 00:29:42.470
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:42.470 --> 00:29:44.806
- ♪ i went to see him just today. ♪
- 00:29:44.806 --> 00:29:48.743
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:48.743 --> 00:29:51.112
- ♪ oh, but i didn't see no tears. ♪
- 00:29:51.112 --> 00:29:55.884
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:55.884 --> 00:29:58.186
- ♪ all dressed up to go away. ♪
- 00:29:58.186 --> 00:30:02.290
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:02.290 --> 00:30:04.425
- ♪ first time i'd seen him smile in years. ♪
- 00:30:04.425 --> 00:30:10.398
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:10.398 --> 00:30:11.633
- - ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:30:11.633 --> 00:30:17.872
- ♪ they placed a wreath upon his door. ♪
- 00:30:17.872 --> 00:30:25.246
- ♪ and soon they'll carry him away. ♪
- 00:30:25.246 --> 00:30:31.653
- ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:30:31.653 --> 00:30:36.658
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:36.658 --> 00:30:41.763
- - you know, she came to see him one last time.
- 00:30:41.763 --> 00:30:45.133
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:45.133 --> 00:30:47.902
- Oh, and we all wondered if she would.
- 00:30:47.902 --> 00:30:50.872
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:50.872 --> 00:30:55.109
- And it kept running through my mind...
- 00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:57.779
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:01.115
- This time, he's over her for good.
- 00:31:01.115 --> 00:31:04.652
- - ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:31:04.652 --> 00:31:10.858
- ♪ they placed a wreath upon his door. ♪
- 00:31:10.858 --> 00:31:17.899
- ♪ and soon they'll carry him away. ♪
- 00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:25.540
- ♪ he stopped loving her ♪
- 00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:29.744
- ♪ today. ♪
- 00:31:29.744 --> 00:31:37.552
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:31:37.552 --> 00:31:42.857
- - so the "class of '57." - mm-hmm.
- 00:31:46.594 --> 00:31:48.763
- Did they change the names to protect
- 00:31:48.763 --> 00:31:52.133
- The identities of the people that they really knew?
- 00:31:52.133 --> 00:31:55.303
- - not necessarily. not necessarily.
- 00:31:55.303 --> 00:31:56.637
- - no? ok. - no.
- 00:31:56.637 --> 00:31:57.972
- - and we certainly don't know all those names
- 00:31:57.972 --> 00:32:02.076
- Coming from their class.
- 00:32:02.076 --> 00:32:03.411
- But over the years through local community,
- 00:32:03.411 --> 00:32:06.414
- Through friends, through fans, we're still to this day,
- 00:32:06.414 --> 00:32:10.018
- And we will after this record comes out again,
- 00:32:10.018 --> 00:32:12.653
- Have people come up and say,
- 00:32:12.653 --> 00:32:15.156
- You know who john was, don't you?
- 00:32:15.156 --> 00:32:17.158
- It's like, no.
- 00:32:17.158 --> 00:32:18.860
- Well, that was my uncle on my father's side.
- 00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:20.828
- That was the john they were talking about.
- 00:32:20.828 --> 00:32:22.330
- - he lived right down the road from y'all.
- 00:32:22.330 --> 00:32:23.765
- - i was like, that's wonderful. - had a cattle farm.
- 00:32:23.765 --> 00:32:24.999
- - and that's true.
- 00:32:24.999 --> 00:32:26.234
- And i'm not saying that they weren't true,
- 00:32:26.234 --> 00:32:27.769
- 'cause it just happened to me here recently locally at home.
- 00:32:27.769 --> 00:32:31.439
- And, you know, it's one of those things
- 00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:33.975
- That it doesn't matter.
- 00:32:33.975 --> 00:32:35.777
- That's what's great about the song.
- 00:32:35.777 --> 00:32:37.578
- Everybody can relate to it.
- 00:32:37.578 --> 00:32:39.047
- - oh, and everybody knows somebody...
- 00:32:39.047 --> 00:32:40.915
- - yes. - oh, yeah.
- 00:32:40.915 --> 00:32:42.183
- - that either in their particular class or maybe
- 00:32:42.183 --> 00:32:45.219
- A sibling's class that it fits the events
- 00:32:45.219 --> 00:32:48.756
- Of those characters' lives in the song.
- 00:32:48.756 --> 00:32:50.191
- - yes. and it's real.
- 00:32:50.191 --> 00:32:51.692
- - i'll never forget, i was in a hardware store
- 00:32:51.692 --> 00:32:53.428
- In our hometown one time and a man--
- 00:32:53.428 --> 00:32:54.929
- - now, you know you ain't never been in a hardware store.
- 00:32:54.929 --> 00:32:58.099
- He's making this up, bill.
- 00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.600
- - i'm standing at the counter, and a man comes up to me
- 00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:01.436
- And he says, you know who i am?
- 00:33:01.436 --> 00:33:03.571
- I'm like, no, sir, i don't.
- 00:33:03.571 --> 00:33:04.839
- He said, well, i'm ray.
- 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.507
- I said, ok.
- 00:33:06.507 --> 00:33:08.009
- - nice to meet you, ray.
- 00:33:08.009 --> 00:33:09.243
- - he said, y'all's daddies wrote about me.
- 00:33:09.243 --> 00:33:11.079
- He said, in that song "class of '57,"
- 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.114
- Ray is deep in debt, that's me.
- 00:33:13.114 --> 00:33:16.484
- [laughter]
- 00:33:16.484 --> 00:33:20.388
- - how can you not love country music?
- 00:33:20.455 --> 00:33:22.123
- - that's right. that's what we do.
- 00:33:22.123 --> 00:33:23.858
- - ray is deep--now, that's who they were writing about.
- 00:33:23.858 --> 00:33:26.360
- Ok, i gotcha. - oh, that's funny.
- 00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:28.362
- - ray, we hope you're watching and listening.
- 00:33:28.362 --> 00:33:29.831
- - yes, uh-huh.
- 00:33:29.831 --> 00:33:30.832
- [upbeat music]
- 00:33:30.832 --> 00:33:34.001
- ♪ tommy's selling used cars, nancy's fixing hair, ♪
- 00:33:34.001 --> 00:33:39.540
- ♪ harvey runs a grocery store, and margaret doesn't care. ♪
- 00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:45.046
- ♪ and jerry drives a truck for sears, ♪
- 00:33:45.046 --> 00:33:47.782
- ♪ and charlotte's on the make. ♪
- 00:33:47.782 --> 00:33:50.218
- ♪ and paul sells life insurance and part-time real estate. ♪
- 00:33:50.218 --> 00:33:55.623
- ♪ ♪
- 00:33:55.623 --> 00:33:57.358
- - ♪ helen is a hostess. frank works at the mill. ♪
- 00:33:57.358 --> 00:34:02.530
- ♪ janet teaches grade school and probably always will. ♪
- 00:34:02.530 --> 00:34:07.935
- ♪ bob works for the city, and jack's in lab research. ♪
- 00:34:07.935 --> 00:34:13.341
- ♪ and peggy plays organ at the presbyterian church. ♪
- 00:34:13.341 --> 00:34:19.814
- - ♪ and the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:34:19.814 --> 00:34:25.853
- - ♪ we all thought we'd change the world ♪
- 00:34:25.853 --> 00:34:28.422
- ♪ with our great works and deeds. ♪
- 00:34:28.422 --> 00:34:31.192
- ♪ ♪
- 00:34:31.192 --> 00:34:32.793
- - ♪ or maybe we just thought ♪
- 00:34:32.793 --> 00:34:34.529
- ♪ the world would change to fit our needs. ♪
- 00:34:34.529 --> 00:34:37.965
- ♪ the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:34:37.965 --> 00:34:42.970
- ♪ ♪
- 00:34:42.970 --> 00:34:51.779
- - ♪ betty runs a trailer park, jan sells tupperware, ♪
- 00:34:51.846 --> 00:34:57.518
- ♪ randy's on an insane ward, and mary's on welfare. ♪
- 00:34:57.518 --> 00:35:02.823
- ♪ charlie took a job with ford, and joe took freddy's wife. ♪
- 00:35:02.823 --> 00:35:08.095
- ♪ charlotte took a millionaire, and freddy took his life. ♪
- 00:35:08.095 --> 00:35:14.602
- - ♪ john is big in cattle. ♪
- 00:35:14.602 --> 00:35:17.805
- ♪ ray is deep in debt. ♪
- 00:35:17.805 --> 00:35:20.074
- ♪ where mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet. ♪
- 00:35:20.074 --> 00:35:25.947
- ♪ linda married sonny, and brenda, she had me, ♪
- 00:35:25.947 --> 00:35:31.118
- ♪ and the class of all of them is just part of history. ♪
- 00:35:31.118 --> 00:35:37.592
- - ♪ and the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:35:37.592 --> 00:35:43.364
- - ♪ but living life day to day is never like it seems. ♪
- 00:35:43.364 --> 00:35:49.971
- - ♪ things get complicated when you get past 18, ♪
- 00:35:49.971 --> 00:35:55.376
- ♪ but the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:35:55.376 --> 00:36:00.781
- ♪ oh, the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:36:00.781 --> 00:36:07.822
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:36:07.822 --> 00:36:13.094
- [upbeat music]
- 00:37:17.091 --> 00:37:20.528
- - ♪ i keep hearing you're concerned ♪
- 00:37:20.528 --> 00:37:22.496
- ♪ about my happiness. ♪
- 00:37:22.496 --> 00:37:24.865
- ♪ but all that thought you're giving me ♪
- 00:37:24.865 --> 00:37:26.967
- ♪ is conscience, i guess. ♪
- 00:37:26.967 --> 00:37:29.270
- ♪ if i were walking in your shoes, ♪
- 00:37:29.270 --> 00:37:31.405
- ♪ i wouldn't worry none. ♪
- 00:37:31.405 --> 00:37:33.808
- ♪ when you and your friends are worrying about me, ♪
- 00:37:33.808 --> 00:37:35.943
- ♪ i'm having lots of fun. ♪
- 00:37:35.943 --> 00:37:37.812
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:37:37.812 --> 00:37:40.014
- ♪ that don't bother me at all, ♪
- 00:37:40.014 --> 00:37:43.551
- ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51, ♪
- 00:37:43.551 --> 00:37:49.023
- ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:37:49.023 --> 00:37:50.524
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:37:50.524 --> 00:37:53.094
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:37:53.094 --> 00:37:58.065
- ♪ last night, i dressed in tails, ♪
- 00:37:58.065 --> 00:37:59.800
- ♪ pretended i was on the town. ♪
- 00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:02.670
- ♪ as long as i can dream, ♪
- 00:38:02.670 --> 00:38:04.171
- ♪ it's hard to slow this swinger down. ♪
- 00:38:04.171 --> 00:38:07.174
- ♪ so please don't give a thought to me. ♪
- 00:38:07.174 --> 00:38:09.110
- ♪ i'm really doing fine. ♪
- 00:38:09.110 --> 00:38:11.712
- ♪ you can always find me here and having quite a time. ♪
- 00:38:11.712 --> 00:38:15.583
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:38:15.583 --> 00:38:17.818
- ♪ that don't bother me at all, ♪
- 00:38:17.818 --> 00:38:21.222
- ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51, ♪
- 00:38:21.222 --> 00:38:26.794
- ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:38:26.794 --> 00:38:28.028
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:38:28.028 --> 00:38:30.931
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:38:30.931 --> 00:38:35.803
- ♪ it's good to see you. i must go. ♪
- 00:38:35.803 --> 00:38:38.038
- ♪ i know i look a fright. ♪
- 00:38:38.038 --> 00:38:40.541
- ♪ and anyway, my eyes are not accustomed to this light. ♪
- 00:38:40.541 --> 00:38:44.578
- ♪ and my shoes are not accustomed ♪
- 00:38:44.578 --> 00:38:47.148
- ♪ to this hard concrete. ♪
- 00:38:47.148 --> 00:38:49.016
- ♪ so i must go back to my room and make my day complete. ♪
- 00:38:49.016 --> 00:38:53.387
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:38:53.387 --> 00:38:55.556
- ♪ that don't bother me at all... ♪
- 00:38:55.556 --> 00:38:57.491
- - you do it too.
- 00:38:57.491 --> 00:38:59.026
- - ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51... ♪
- 00:38:59.026 --> 00:39:03.230
- - i can do it.
- 00:39:03.230 --> 00:39:04.432
- - ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:39:04.432 --> 00:39:05.666
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:39:05.666 --> 00:39:08.636
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:39:08.636 --> 00:39:13.441
- ♪ don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:39:13.441 --> 00:39:19.113
- ♪ ♪
- 00:39:19.113 --> 00:39:23.517
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:39:23.517 --> 00:39:36.797
- - tell us about your houses and your families,
- 00:39:40.801 --> 00:39:43.037
- A little bit about your home life individually.
- 00:39:43.037 --> 00:39:45.639
- - born and raised in staunton, virginia,
- 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:48.008
- In the shenandoah valley.
- 00:39:48.008 --> 00:39:49.710
- And it's beautiful there.
- 00:39:49.710 --> 00:39:51.745
- We--and our dads, again, always did a great job
- 00:39:51.745 --> 00:39:56.817
- Of knowing which hat to wear.
- 00:39:56.817 --> 00:39:58.385
- And they'd be out performing for 20,000 people,
- 00:39:58.385 --> 00:40:03.390
- And then they'd come back home and coach third base for us
- 00:40:03.390 --> 00:40:06.827
- At a little league baseball game.
- 00:40:06.827 --> 00:40:08.262
- - i love that. i just absolutely adore that.
- 00:40:08.262 --> 00:40:10.364
- - and so they never gave us any reason
- 00:40:10.364 --> 00:40:14.602
- To want to leave our hometown. -mm-hmm.
- 00:40:14.602 --> 00:40:16.470
- - and i think there-- being in a small town
- 00:40:16.470 --> 00:40:18.873
- Like that, it really-- it kept them humble.
- 00:40:18.873 --> 00:40:22.576
- And they appreciated that, and they liked that.
- 00:40:22.576 --> 00:40:25.546
- And that was just part of their story as well.
- 00:40:25.546 --> 00:40:29.016
- - well, you can play to 20,000 people,
- 00:40:29.016 --> 00:40:30.684
- But when you come home,
- 00:40:30.684 --> 00:40:31.785
- Home folks will keep you grounded.
- 00:40:31.785 --> 00:40:33.087
- - they will. yes. - yeah.
- 00:40:33.087 --> 00:40:34.321
- - 1954, stuart hamblen wrote "this ole house."
- 00:40:34.321 --> 00:40:37.958
- - mm. mm-hmm.
- 00:40:37.958 --> 00:40:39.059
- - and rosemary clooney, of course,
- 00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:41.028
- Had the blowup pop version that crossed over.
- 00:40:41.028 --> 00:40:44.598
- - yeah, and i was amazed that her voice was that low
- 00:40:44.598 --> 00:40:46.767
- To sing that front part.
- 00:40:46.767 --> 00:40:48.369
- ♪ well, ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:40:48.369 --> 00:40:49.803
- It doesn't even sound like rosemary clooney.
- 00:40:49.803 --> 00:40:51.639
- Right. yeah.
- 00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.773
- [upbeat music]
- 00:40:52.773 --> 00:40:56.343
- ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:40:56.343 --> 00:40:58.546
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:40:58.546 --> 00:41:00.581
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:41:00.581 --> 00:41:02.716
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:41:02.716 --> 00:41:04.418
- ♪ i ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:41:04.418 --> 00:41:06.587
- ♪ nor to mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:41:06.587 --> 00:41:08.589
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:41:08.589 --> 00:41:10.357
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:41:10.357 --> 00:41:12.760
- - sing it.
- 00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:14.128
- - ♪ now, this ole house once knew my children. ♪
- 00:41:14.128 --> 00:41:15.563
- ♪ and this ole house once knew my wife. ♪
- 00:41:15.563 --> 00:41:17.565
- ♪ and this ole house was home and comfort ♪
- 00:41:17.565 --> 00:41:19.700
- ♪ as we fought the storms of life. ♪
- 00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:21.368
- ♪ this ole house once rang with laughter. ♪
- 00:41:21.368 --> 00:41:23.571
- ♪ and this ole house heard many shouts. ♪
- 00:41:23.571 --> 00:41:25.506
- ♪ now she trembles in the darkness ♪
- 00:41:25.506 --> 00:41:27.575
- ♪ when the lightning walks about. ♪
- 00:41:27.575 --> 00:41:29.443
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:41:29.443 --> 00:41:31.545
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:41:31.545 --> 00:41:33.614
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:41:33.614 --> 00:41:35.549
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:41:35.549 --> 00:41:37.585
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:41:37.585 --> 00:41:39.620
- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:41.622
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:41:41.622 --> 00:41:43.457
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:41:43.457 --> 00:41:46.260
- - ♪ now this old house is getting shaky, ♪
- 00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:48.529
- ♪ and this old house is getting old. ♪
- 00:41:48.529 --> 00:41:50.598
- ♪ this old house lets in the rain, ♪
- 00:41:50.598 --> 00:41:52.533
- ♪ and this old house lets in the cold. ♪
- 00:41:52.533 --> 00:41:54.902
- ♪ and my knees are getting chilly, ♪
- 00:41:54.902 --> 00:41:56.737
- ♪ but i feel no fear nor pain, ♪
- 00:41:56.737 --> 00:41:58.739
- ♪ 'cause i can see a new tomorrow ♪
- 00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:00.674
- ♪ through a golden windowpane. ♪
- 00:42:00.674 --> 00:42:02.543
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:02.543 --> 00:42:04.545
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:42:04.545 --> 00:42:06.747
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:42:06.747 --> 00:42:08.549
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:42:08.549 --> 00:42:10.517
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:42:10.517 --> 00:42:12.620
- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:14.421
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:14.421 --> 00:42:16.890
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:42:16.890 --> 00:42:19.793
- - yeah!
- 00:42:19.793 --> 00:42:20.894
- ♪ ♪
- 00:42:20.894 --> 00:42:32.206
- ♪ now, my old hound dog lies a-sleeping. ♪
- 00:42:36.176 --> 00:42:38.545
- ♪ he don't know i'm gonna leave, ♪
- 00:42:38.545 --> 00:42:40.948
- ♪ else he'd wake up by the fireplace, ♪
- 00:42:40.948 --> 00:42:42.716
- ♪ and he'd howl and moan and grieve. ♪
- 00:42:42.716 --> 00:42:44.785
- ♪ but my hunting days are over. ♪
- 00:42:44.785 --> 00:42:46.620
- ♪ ain't gonna hunt the coon no more. ♪
- 00:42:46.620 --> 00:42:48.622
- ♪ gabriel just brought in my chariot ♪
- 00:42:48.622 --> 00:42:50.591
- ♪ when the wind blew down the door. ♪
- 00:42:50.591 --> 00:42:52.526
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:52.526 --> 00:42:54.495
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:42:54.495 --> 00:42:56.830
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
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- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
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- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
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- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
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- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
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- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:43:06.607 --> 00:43:08.976
- - come on. - ♪ well, i ain't gonna ♪
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- ♪ need this house no longer. ♪
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- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:43:11.512 --> 00:43:13.681
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
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- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:17.618
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
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- ♪ nor to mend no windowpanes. ♪
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- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
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- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- [upbeat music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i'll go to my grave ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ i'll give all i've saved ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:45:03.023 --> 00:45:05.359
- ♪ and should i live again, ♪
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- ♪ even then, it won't end, ♪
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- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ oh, to take his place forever, ♪
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- ♪ there's nothing i wouldn't give. ♪
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- ♪ i'd prove to you daily ♪
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- ♪ what a man really is. ♪
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- ♪ i'd lay down my life ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:43.063 --> 00:45:44.898
- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ i'd work day and night ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:51.171 --> 00:45:52.906
- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
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- ♪ honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
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- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
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- ♪ honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
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- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- - ♪ one more time. ♪
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- - ♪ oh, to take his place forever, ♪
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- ♪ there's nothing i wouldn't give. ♪
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- ♪ i'd prove to you daily ♪
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- ♪ what a man really is. ♪
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- ♪ i'd lay down my life ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ oh, i'd work day and night loving you. ♪
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- - ♪ loving you. ♪ - ♪ loving you. ♪
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- - ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
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- ♪ well, honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
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- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
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- ♪ loving you, ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- ♪ dow-da-dow, ♪
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- ♪ dow-da-dow, ♪
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- ♪ dow-da-dow. ♪
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- ♪ loving you. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Bill: so it's the civil war, 1862.
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- And a fellow named joseph gilmore
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- Writes the lyric.
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- But there's no music.
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- That comes in 1880 courtesy of william bradbury.
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- And the song is "he leadeth me."
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- Of all those great old hymns that you could--
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- And truly, they're hymns--
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- You could have put on "statler made,"
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- Why'd you choose this one?
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- - we were in church one sunday,
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- And we sang this hymn, "he leadeth me."
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- And it just hit me that sunday.
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- I'm like, this is so-- such a beautiful song.
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- I love this song.
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- So i pulled my phone out and wrote it down on my list.
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- And then a few weeks later, he and i were together
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- And talking about different songs
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- We wanted to add to our show
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- Or work up or anything like that.
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- And we said, yeah, i think we need another gospel song.
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- And wil says, all right, i can tell you one
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- That has been-- it's my mind lately.
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- And we sang it in church a few weeks ago, and i wrote it down.
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- I was like, oh, really? all right, what'd you have?
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- And he said, "he leadeth me."
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- I said, i did the same thing, man.
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- It's on top of my list.
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- - we really did. - we did.
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- - so again, it's no secret that god's in control,
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- You know, and speaking to us.
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- - do you go to church together?
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- Both: we do. - do you? ok.
- 00:49:04.498 --> 00:49:05.499
- - yeah. - yup.
- 00:49:05.499 --> 00:49:07.067
- - but that was-- i mean, that's a no--
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- Ok, well, we're doing "he leadeth me."
- 00:49:09.336 --> 00:49:10.871
- You know, it spoke to him, and it spoke to me.
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- - and we talked about, you know, the tempo,
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- Picking up the tempo, and how cool we thought
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- That would be to do it live.
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- And yeah, back to the civil war era of where it came from,
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- It has that feeling on the front
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- With gordon mote playing the piano.
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- It kind of puts you in a place to set the tone.
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- - and that happened, too, with--in the studio.
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- - mm-hmm.
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- - we knew we wanted to do this.
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- And gordon mote, as you said, the piano player,
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- He's over there in his room, just starts playing it.
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- And everybody just stopped.
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- And we were like, we got to-- this is the intro.
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- - yeah. - this is beautiful.
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- - it does get any better
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- Than gordon playing gospel music.
- 00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:48.208
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:49:48.208 --> 00:49:49.242
- - so that was the intro for this.
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- And then he sings the first verse without a tempo.
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- And then we come in, and then we put
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- That contemporary rhythm there that comes.
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- - keep building it.
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- - and the key changes.
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- And it really just took off.
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- And back to the energy that we had
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- In the studio with the musicians,
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- They were feeling it lyrically, emotionally, and melodically.
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- Everything was coming together with this.
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- And it was divinely led.
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- - i am so glad he led me here with you guys today
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- And you to the gaither music family.
- 00:50:20.740 --> 00:50:22.876
- - yes, we are so excited, so honored to be part of this.
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- There's nowhere we'd rather be.
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- All the years of-- all the things that we've done
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- In and around the music business, like we said,
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- There's no--this is-- these are our people.
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- These are statler fans.
- 00:50:38.892 --> 00:50:40.861
- These are gospel fans. these are country fans.
- 00:50:40.861 --> 00:50:43.063
- - it is a family.
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- We're part of the gaither music family.
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- And we like hanging around good people,
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- And these are some of the best.
- 00:50:49.636 --> 00:50:51.204
- - and we'll be here till they kick us out.
- 00:50:51.204 --> 00:50:52.739
- - we will.
- 00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:54.007
- - well, thanks for making me feel like family.
- 00:50:54.007 --> 00:50:55.575
- - and you are the best too. - yes.
- 00:50:55.575 --> 00:50:57.144
- - you've been a friend for a long time.
- 00:50:57.144 --> 00:50:58.245
- - thank you so much. - so special.
- 00:50:58.245 --> 00:50:59.546
- - bless you, brother. - you know we love you.
- 00:50:59.546 --> 00:51:00.647
- - we do, man.
- 00:51:00.647 --> 00:51:02.149
- - just adore the opportunity to sit down here and do this.
- 00:51:02.149 --> 00:51:04.518
- - appreciate it. - well, thank you.
- 00:51:04.518 --> 00:51:05.519
- - thanks for asking.
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- [reverent music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ sometimes 'mid scenes ♪
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- ♪ of deepest gloom ♪
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- ♪ sometimes where eden's ♪
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- ♪ bowers bloom, ♪
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- ♪ by waters still ♪
- 00:51:48.828 --> 00:51:52.799
- ♪ o'er troubled sea, ♪
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- ♪ still 'tis his hand ♪
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- ♪ that leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:52:08.114 --> 00:52:09.883
- - ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:09.883 --> 00:52:13.687
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:13.687 --> 00:52:18.024
- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:21.861 --> 00:52:25.732
- ♪ his faithful follower ♪
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- ♪ i would be, ♪
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- ♪ for by his hand, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:37.344 --> 00:52:43.383
- ♪ ♪
- 00:52:43.383 --> 00:52:51.758
- - ♪ and when my task on earth is done, ♪
- 00:52:51.825 --> 00:52:57.797
- ♪ when by thy grace, thy victory is won, ♪
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- ♪ even death's cold wave ♪
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- ♪ i will not flee, ♪
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- ♪ since god through jordan, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:53:17.350 --> 00:53:18.685
- - ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:28.028 --> 00:53:30.930
- ♪ his faithful follower i would be, ♪
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- ♪ for by his hand, he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:24.984 --> 00:54:28.088
- ♪ his faithful follower i would be, ♪
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- ♪ for by his hand, ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:45.071 --> 00:54:48.608
- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
- 00:54:48.608 --> 00:54:51.778
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:51.778 --> 00:54:54.981
- ♪ his faithful follower i would be, ♪
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- ♪ for by his hand, he leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ for by his hand, he leadeth ♪
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- ♪ me. ♪
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- ♪ leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ leadeth me. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause] ♪precious memories♪
- 00:56:55.335 --> 00:57:01.140
- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
- 00:57:08.214 --> 00:57:09.849
- Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
- 00:57:09.849 --> 00:57:12.352
- ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
- 00:57:12.352 --> 00:57:15.421
- Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
- 00:57:15.421 --> 00:57:18.858
- ... share more of your favorite songs.
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- ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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