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Gaither Gospel Hour | Wilson Fairchild: Statler Made | Gaither Gospel Hour | October 19, 2025
- Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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- ... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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- Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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- ... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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- Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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- The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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- ... of who we are.
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- (choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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- ... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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- ... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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- ... personal treasure of memories.
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- For these folks, many precious memories...
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- ... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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- They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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- ... by god's amazing grace.
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- ♪precious scenes unfold♪
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- - ♪ 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. ♪
- 00:13:15.708 --> 00:13:20.579
- ♪ 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 ♪
- 00:14:09.929 --> 00:14:14.133
- ♪ where i was taught to be a man. ♪
- 00:14:14.133 --> 00:14:18.470
- ♪ this bed of rose's where i'm living ♪
- 00:14:18.470 --> 00:14:22.908
- ♪ is the only kind of life i understand. ♪
- 00:14:22.908 --> 00:14:27.646
- ♪ this bed of rose's that i lay on ♪
- 00:14:27.646 --> 00:14:32.151
- ♪ where i was taught to be a man. ♪
- 00:14:32.151 --> 00:14:36.722
- ♪ this bed of rose's where i'm living ♪
- 00:14:36.722 --> 00:14:40.859
- ♪ is the only kind of life i understand. ♪
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- ♪ 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?
- 00:15:09.788 --> 00:15:10.856
- Where did your dad--
- 00:15:10.856 --> 00:15:12.157
- Did he just create this character?
- 00:15:12.157 --> 00:15:14.994
- - i'm sure it was inspired by something
- 00:15:14.994 --> 00:15:17.062
- That happened at church, like a sermon or something.
- 00:15:17.062 --> 00:15:19.298
- - mm-hmm. - i'm not sure exactly.
- 00:15:19.298 --> 00:15:21.033
- But i just know that he came home from church
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- And sit down at the piano and wrote this song.
- 00:15:22.735 --> 00:15:25.471
- - wow.
- 00:15:25.471 --> 00:15:26.739
- - and it is--you know what the subject matter--
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- The song is about.
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- And you're looking back at these decades--
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- And you talk to artists all the time that write songs.
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- And those songs come out of times
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- That people were experimenting
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- And they were pushing the envelope.
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- And so it's got, you know, a great message,
- 00:15:42.388 --> 00:15:46.058
- But it's just a story song, right?
- 00:15:46.058 --> 00:15:47.559
- - mm-hmm. - but even at the time,
- 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:49.528
- It was so touchy
- 00:15:49.528 --> 00:15:52.398
- That when--he had pitched it to friends,
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- And one that i remember was kenny rogers...
- 00:15:54.333 --> 00:15:56.235
- - he did.
- 00:15:56.235 --> 00:15:57.302
- - who had it on hold, basically,
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- And was gonna record it.
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- And this is when our dads had only had
- 00:16:00.506 --> 00:16:03.509
- "flowers on the wall," right?
- 00:16:03.509 --> 00:16:04.843
- So they didn't have, like, a real big follow-up hit.
- 00:16:04.843 --> 00:16:07.880
- And they were hanging on to this song.
- 00:16:07.880 --> 00:16:10.082
- So they were pitching songs to friends.
- 00:16:10.082 --> 00:16:12.284
- But even he backed out and said, nah.
- 00:16:12.284 --> 00:16:14.620
- - a little too risky for me.
- 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.687
- - 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.
- 00:16:18.157 --> 00:16:19.458
- So when they got to jerry kennedy
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- And mercury in 1970,
- 00:16:21.293 --> 00:16:23.395
- Not only was that the title cut of the album...
- 00:16:23.395 --> 00:16:25.964
- - mm-hmm. - but they cut it.
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- And it was a hit record.
- 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:28.867
- And it worked for them.
- 00:16:28.867 --> 00:16:31.103
- So not only did they get the group in country music,
- 00:16:31.103 --> 00:16:34.406
- But they also got "bed of rose's" cut.
- 00:16:34.406 --> 00:16:36.775
- - you guys talk about working up songs.
- 00:16:36.775 --> 00:16:38.343
- - mm-hmm. - who determines,
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- Or at what point do you agree,
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- Ok, i'm taking the lead vocal,
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- Which you do most of the time.
- 00:16:44.049 --> 00:16:45.884
- - right. - or on occasion, you will.
- 00:16:45.884 --> 00:16:47.719
- - right.
- 00:16:47.719 --> 00:16:48.987
- - i mean, obviously you come to some sort--
- 00:16:48.987 --> 00:16:50.756
- - i don't think there's any kind of formula or anything.
- 00:16:50.756 --> 00:16:53.625
- It's just-- it really is feeling.
- 00:16:53.625 --> 00:16:56.628
- Or, you know, think, man, i've always liked this song.
- 00:16:56.628 --> 00:16:59.531
- I really want to sing this one.
- 00:16:59.531 --> 00:17:02.301
- Or, again, i got a few higher notes than he does.
- 00:17:02.301 --> 00:17:06.338
- He's got a few lower notes than i do.
- 00:17:06.338 --> 00:17:08.107
- So, you know, him singing lead,
- 00:17:08.107 --> 00:17:09.908
- And i usually sing the part over top.
- 00:17:09.908 --> 00:17:11.777
- - i think that's how we evolved to it, yeah...
- 00:17:11.777 --> 00:17:13.545
- - we did. yeah. - from the beginning.
- 00:17:13.545 --> 00:17:15.714
- We had more high notes when we started than we do now.
- 00:17:15.714 --> 00:17:18.117
- - right. - yeah.
- 00:17:18.117 --> 00:17:19.518
- And the other thing, too,
- 00:17:19.518 --> 00:17:20.619
- About me and langdon and our career
- 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:22.688
- And getting to this point is,
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- You know, we also joke
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- That really, we're two bass singers.
- 00:17:27.459 --> 00:17:29.061
- So, you know, trying to make two bass singers a duo career,
- 00:17:29.061 --> 00:17:32.397
- It's been a tough road.
- 00:17:32.397 --> 00:17:33.765
- - at least baritone.
- 00:17:33.765 --> 00:17:34.867
- - yeah, exactly. it's been tough.
- 00:17:34.867 --> 00:17:36.468
- - and your father being
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- One of the quintessential bass voices...
- 00:17:38.804 --> 00:17:41.373
- - right. - in all genres of music.
- 00:17:41.373 --> 00:17:43.475
- - right. - yes.
- 00:17:43.475 --> 00:17:44.776
- - yeah, that's hard-- it's hard to deal with.
- 00:17:44.776 --> 00:17:46.478
- 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.
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- You know, we just wanted the two of us to do it together
- 00:17:55.921 --> 00:17:58.190
- Like our dads did it together.
- 00:17:58.190 --> 00:18:00.192
- And so, you know, we make a lot of musical decisions that way.
- 00:18:00.192 --> 00:18:04.596
- - so the name is c. austin miles.
- 00:18:04.596 --> 00:18:09.501
- And the song goes back to 1912.
- 00:18:09.501 --> 00:18:12.538
- 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.
- 00:18:17.643 --> 00:18:19.511
- You know, they were always "child of the king,"
- 00:18:19.511 --> 00:18:21.547
- "in the garden."
- 00:18:21.547 --> 00:18:22.581
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:18:22.581 --> 00:18:23.949
- - there were just a handful that he would always,
- 00:18:23.949 --> 00:18:27.452
- You know, if he were alone in his office,
- 00:18:27.452 --> 00:18:29.888
- You might hear him--as i was coming down the hallway
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- To check in or whatever...
- 00:18:33.025 --> 00:18:35.294
- - that's so nice.
- 00:18:35.294 --> 00:18:36.395
- - i'd hear him singing those songs.
- 00:18:36.395 --> 00:18:37.496
- - mm. - but boy, this one.
- 00:18:37.496 --> 00:18:40.199
- A lot of people have done "in the garden"
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- Through the years.
- 00:18:41.366 --> 00:18:42.534
- - they have. - yeah.
- 00:18:42.534 --> 00:18:45.404
- - we've been singing it a long--
- 00:18:45.470 --> 00:18:47.506
- Again, we both grew up in the church,
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- Know a lot of those hymns as well.
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- And this is one of those, when we worked it up,
- 00:18:52.144 --> 00:18:53.879
- We didn't need to look the lyrics up to this one.
- 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:55.814
- We knew all the verses. - yeah.
- 00:18:55.814 --> 00:18:57.549
- - and there's something so tender and powerful
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- About this song.
- 00:19:02.721 --> 00:19:04.656
- It always has been to me.
- 00:19:04.656 --> 00:19:05.991
- You know, you usually think of a powerful song,
- 00:19:05.991 --> 00:19:07.492
- It's got to be heavy and hit you hard.
- 00:19:07.492 --> 00:19:09.695
- But there's something so sweet and tender.
- 00:19:09.695 --> 00:19:11.897
- And when you look at the inspiration for it,
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- Of how it was written,
- 00:19:14.666 --> 00:19:17.436
- You know, it's probably going back to john 20
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- When mary magdalene goes to the tomb to visit jesus.
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- She's in the garden alone.
- 00:19:25.077 --> 00:19:26.912
- And we all have experienced a time like that in our lives
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- When you want to go to the garden
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- Or the cemetery or someplace special
- 00:19:33.085 --> 00:19:35.354
- To visit with somebody. - yeah.
- 00:19:35.354 --> 00:19:37.189
- - and that's what this song is to me.
- 00:19:37.189 --> 00:19:42.160
- And that's--
- 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.729
- - and natur-- - it's such a--so tender.
- 00:19:43.729 --> 00:19:45.497
- - naturally in our progression through the years,
- 00:19:45.497 --> 00:19:49.501
- It's just a song that i don't even know
- 00:19:49.501 --> 00:19:52.004
- When we started singing it, but we would just do it
- 00:19:52.004 --> 00:19:53.605
- Acoustically just with the guitar.
- 00:19:53.605 --> 00:19:54.973
- - mm-hmm. - and we just--
- 00:19:54.973 --> 00:19:56.575
- The words are so powerful.
- 00:19:56.575 --> 00:19:58.510
- It's why we slowed it down
- 00:19:58.510 --> 00:20:00.045
- And we kind of made it a ballad.
- 00:20:00.045 --> 00:20:02.180
- And then that's our arrangement on the record, of course.
- 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:05.050
- Just, they're our little changes to the melody.
- 00:20:05.050 --> 00:20:09.154
- Just one of those things we had held on to for years
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- And just never recorded it till now.
- 00:20:12.557 --> 00:20:15.694
- ♪ i come to the garden... ♪
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- - ♪ alone, ♪
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- ♪ while the dew is still on ♪
- 00:20:26.271 --> 00:20:32.144
- ♪ the roses. ♪
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- ♪ and the voice i hear ♪
- 00:20:37.049 --> 00:20:41.887
- ♪ falling on my ear, ♪
- 00:20:41.887 --> 00:20:47.993
- ♪ the son of god ♪
- 00:20:47.993 --> 00:20:52.464
- ♪ discloses. ♪
- 00:20:52.464 --> 00:20:59.104
- - ♪ and he... ♪
- 00:20:59.104 --> 00:21:01.740
- - ♪ walks with me, ♪
- 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:05.277
- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
- 00:21:05.277 --> 00:21:11.249
- ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
- 00:21:11.249 --> 00:21:17.055
- ♪ his own. ♪
- 00:21:17.055 --> 00:21:21.727
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:21:21.727 --> 00:21:27.232
- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
- 00:21:27.232 --> 00:21:32.604
- ♪ none other ♪
- 00:21:32.604 --> 00:21:35.207
- ♪ has ever known. ♪
- 00:21:35.207 --> 00:21:41.446
- ♪ ♪
- 00:21:41.446 --> 00:21:43.515
- - ♪ he speaks, ♪
- 00:21:43.515 --> 00:21:45.717
- ♪ and the sound of... ♪
- 00:21:45.717 --> 00:21:48.820
- - ♪ his voice ♪
- 00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:53.759
- ♪ is so sweet, ♪
- 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:56.795
- ♪ the birds hush ♪
- 00:21:56.795 --> 00:21:59.531
- ♪ their singing. ♪
- 00:21:59.531 --> 00:22:04.302
- ♪ and the melody ♪
- 00:22:04.302 --> 00:22:09.641
- ♪ that he gave to me ♪
- 00:22:09.641 --> 00:22:15.414
- ♪ within my heart ♪
- 00:22:15.414 --> 00:22:20.719
- ♪ is ringing. ♪
- 00:22:20.719 --> 00:22:26.391
- - ♪ and he... ♪
- 00:22:26.391 --> 00:22:29.094
- - ♪ walks with me, ♪
- 00:22:29.094 --> 00:22:32.531
- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
- 00:22:32.531 --> 00:22:38.703
- ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
- 00:22:38.703 --> 00:22:44.409
- ♪ his own. ♪
- 00:22:44.409 --> 00:22:49.314
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:22:49.314 --> 00:22:54.453
- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
- 00:22:54.453 --> 00:22:59.925
- ♪ none other ♪
- 00:22:59.925 --> 00:23:02.561
- ♪ has ever known. ♪
- 00:23:02.561 --> 00:23:07.966
- ♪ ♪
- 00:23:07.966 --> 00:23:10.535
- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
- 00:23:10.535 --> 00:23:15.807
- ♪ as we tarry there... ♪
- 00:23:15.807 --> 00:23:24.115
- - ♪ none other ♪
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- ♪ has ever... ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
- 00:23:45.837 --> 00:23:52.677
- - elvis music from "blue hawaii," 1961...
- 00:23:56.615 --> 00:24:00.151
- - yeah. - makes its way
- 00:24:00.151 --> 00:24:01.186
- Onto this album, "statler made."
- 00:24:01.186 --> 00:24:03.054
- - yes. - why'd you choose this one?
- 00:24:03.054 --> 00:24:04.523
- - "can't help falling in love with you."
- 00:24:04.523 --> 00:24:07.058
- - another one that we've sat down with before
- 00:24:07.058 --> 00:24:09.494
- And played with the guitar and kind of
- 00:24:09.494 --> 00:24:11.630
- Felt our own way through the song.
- 00:24:11.630 --> 00:24:13.198
- And you're right.
- 00:24:13.198 --> 00:24:14.232
- It's so popular
- 00:24:14.232 --> 00:24:15.500
- And been recorded so many times.
- 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.302
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:24:17.302 --> 00:24:18.537
- - you know, it was one that we questioned,
- 00:24:18.537 --> 00:24:19.604
- Should we, or should we not?
- 00:24:19.604 --> 00:24:20.872
- - and as the statler brothers, did they go
- 00:24:20.872 --> 00:24:23.308
- Off script from time to time?
- 00:24:23.308 --> 00:24:24.676
- Would they do cover songs in their live shows?
- 00:24:24.676 --> 00:24:27.145
- 'cause i only got a chance to see them
- 00:24:27.145 --> 00:24:28.380
- A couple of times live. - they would, yes.
- 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:30.181
- - yes. - they would?
- 00:24:30.181 --> 00:24:31.516
- - oh, yeah. - and they recorded
- 00:24:31.516 --> 00:24:32.651
- Quite a few covers too.
- 00:24:32.651 --> 00:24:34.052
- You know, back to that formula that we learned from,
- 00:24:34.052 --> 00:24:36.087
- They had a lot of original music,
- 00:24:36.087 --> 00:24:38.323
- And obviously that's a big part of their story.
- 00:24:38.323 --> 00:24:40.525
- - right. - but they would also record
- 00:24:40.525 --> 00:24:42.594
- Other big hits for the album for the sake of--
- 00:24:42.594 --> 00:24:47.532
- - familiarity. - yeah, exactly.
- 00:24:47.532 --> 00:24:48.967
- - for the fans to say, oh, they're doing
- 00:24:48.967 --> 00:24:51.269
- "delta dawn" or something, you know?
- 00:24:51.269 --> 00:24:52.637
- I want to hear their version of that.
- 00:24:52.637 --> 00:24:54.973
- So we love elvis.
- 00:24:54.973 --> 00:24:56.541
- I mean, we-- - oh, yeah.
- 00:24:56.541 --> 00:24:57.576
- - yeah, we could talk all day
- 00:24:57.576 --> 00:24:59.010
- About elvis music as well.
- 00:24:59.010 --> 00:25:00.679
- So when we decided in our original meeting
- 00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:03.882
- Of the songs that we wanted to include on this project,
- 00:25:03.882 --> 00:25:07.719
- Yeah, you know, we're-- all right, click, check,
- 00:25:07.719 --> 00:25:10.188
- We got johnny cash songs.
- 00:25:10.188 --> 00:25:11.423
- We got some statler brothers songs.
- 00:25:11.423 --> 00:25:12.724
- Let's do an elvis song. - mm-hmm.
- 00:25:12.724 --> 00:25:15.360
- - and i think it was at that point
- 00:25:15.427 --> 00:25:16.661
- We said, all right, well, i think we need
- 00:25:16.661 --> 00:25:17.696
- A ballad, probably, you know,
- 00:25:17.696 --> 00:25:19.230
- Something a little slower.
- 00:25:19.230 --> 00:25:20.799
- And so that's how we came around to this one.
- 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:23.935
- I'm not sure who came up with it
- 00:25:23.935 --> 00:25:25.503
- Or who finally decided on it.
- 00:25:25.503 --> 00:25:27.672
- - "hunka hunka burning love" next time, though.
- 00:25:27.672 --> 00:25:29.341
- - absolutely. just for you.
- 00:25:29.341 --> 00:25:31.242
- You got it, uh-huh. - thank you.
- 00:25:31.242 --> 00:25:32.410
- I appreciate it. - you're welcome. anytime.
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- [tender music]
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:25:37.682 --> 00:25:41.620
- ♪ wise men say ♪
- 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:47.959
- ♪ only fools rush in. ♪
- 00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:54.933
- ♪ but i can't help ♪
- 00:25:54.933 --> 00:26:00.171
- ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:26:00.171 --> 00:26:06.645
- ♪ ♪
- 00:26:06.645 --> 00:26:08.513
- - ♪ shall i stay? ♪
- 00:26:08.513 --> 00:26:14.686
- ♪ would it be a sin... ♪
- 00:26:14.686 --> 00:26:21.559
- - ♪ if i can't help... ♪
- 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:26.798
- - ♪ falling in love with you? ♪
- 00:26:26.798 --> 00:26:33.204
- ♪ ♪
- 00:26:33.204 --> 00:26:35.140
- - ♪ like a river flows ♪
- 00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:38.543
- ♪ surely to the sea, ♪
- 00:26:38.543 --> 00:26:41.513
- ♪ darling, so it goes. ♪
- 00:26:41.513 --> 00:26:45.083
- - ♪ some things ♪
- 00:26:45.083 --> 00:26:47.152
- ♪ are meant to be. ♪
- 00:26:47.152 --> 00:26:51.756
- - ♪ take my hand. ♪
- 00:26:51.756 --> 00:26:58.163
- - ♪ take my whole life too. ♪
- 00:26:58.163 --> 00:27:04.869
- - ♪ for i can't help... ♪
- 00:27:04.869 --> 00:27:10.141
- - ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:27:10.141 --> 00:27:17.215
- - turn it up.
- 00:27:17.215 --> 00:27:18.883
- ♪ ♪
- 00:27:18.883 --> 00:27:41.539
- ♪ like a river flows ♪
- 00:27:45.110 --> 00:27:48.480
- ♪ surely to the sea, ♪
- 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:52.016
- ♪ darling, so it goes. ♪
- 00:27:52.016 --> 00:27:54.953
- - ♪ some things ♪
- 00:27:54.953 --> 00:27:57.655
- ♪ are meant to be. ♪
- 00:27:57.655 --> 00:28:03.528
- - ♪ take my hand. ♪
- 00:28:03.528 --> 00:28:09.601
- - ♪ take my whole life too. ♪
- 00:28:09.601 --> 00:28:16.574
- - ♪ for i can't help... ♪
- 00:28:16.574 --> 00:28:21.646
- - ♪ falling in love with you. ♪
- 00:28:21.646 --> 00:28:28.486
- ♪ no, i can't help ♪
- 00:28:28.486 --> 00:28:35.126
- ♪ falling in love ♪
- 00:28:35.126 --> 00:28:40.031
- ♪ with you. ♪
- 00:28:40.031 --> 00:28:52.277
- ♪ ♪
- 00:28:52.277 --> 00:28:56.848
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:28:56.848 --> 00:29:00.051
- - good job. all right, yeah.
- 00:29:00.051 --> 00:29:04.255
- Yeah.
- 00:29:04.255 --> 00:29:08.626
- - 1961, "blue hawaii,"
- 00:29:08.693 --> 00:29:11.729
- "i can't help falling in love." - mm-hmm.
- 00:29:11.729 --> 00:29:13.698
- - what elvis movie would you most like to star in as elvis?
- 00:29:13.698 --> 00:29:20.004
- - so while you're thinking about that...
- 00:29:20.071 --> 00:29:21.272
- - ok.
- 00:29:21.272 --> 00:29:22.674
- - it's funny you would say that about the "blue hawaii."
- 00:29:22.674 --> 00:29:25.243
- When we came along, we were eat up with '70s elvis.
- 00:29:25.243 --> 00:29:29.047
- So our version of hearing that song
- 00:29:29.047 --> 00:29:30.982
- Was hearing him do it onstage.
- 00:29:30.982 --> 00:29:32.584
- - with a live-- - with a live band.
- 00:29:32.584 --> 00:29:34.352
- - from honolulu, right? - yes.
- 00:29:34.352 --> 00:29:36.387
- - yeah, we're talking with, you know,
- 00:29:36.387 --> 00:29:38.389
- Ronnie tutt and jerry scheff and james burton.
- 00:29:38.389 --> 00:29:40.792
- - via satellite, which was technology at--
- 00:29:40.792 --> 00:29:44.195
- I mean, at the cutting edge at that point in time.
- 00:29:44.195 --> 00:29:46.831
- - yes, so, you know, that was our introduction
- 00:29:46.831 --> 00:29:48.132
- To that song as far as ears.
- 00:29:48.132 --> 00:29:51.069
- But as far as elvis movies?
- 00:29:51.069 --> 00:29:52.837
- - probably whichever one ann-margret was in.
- 00:29:52.837 --> 00:29:54.572
- - yeah, that one. we'd be in that one, sure.
- 00:29:54.572 --> 00:29:56.274
- - i don't know. - or any of the other ones.
- 00:29:56.274 --> 00:29:57.742
- - just spitballing here, sure. - yeah.
- 00:29:57.742 --> 00:29:59.143
- Yeah, but langdon would have been good
- 00:29:59.143 --> 00:30:00.311
- In that clambake movie, you know.
- 00:30:00.311 --> 00:30:02.046
- ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:30:02.046 --> 00:30:03.982
- ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:30:03.982 --> 00:30:05.550
- He would have been good at that, yeah.
- 00:30:05.550 --> 00:30:06.851
- - 'cause i love a clambake.
- 00:30:06.851 --> 00:30:08.152
- - he loves a good clambake
- 00:30:08.152 --> 00:30:09.888
- And a good elvis movie from the '60s.
- 00:30:09.888 --> 00:30:11.890
- - and singing about the clambake.
- 00:30:11.890 --> 00:30:13.591
- - ♪ gonna have a clambake. ♪
- 00:30:13.591 --> 00:30:14.859
- - yeah, he would have been good.
- 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.994
- - stop by the house on the weekend.
- 00:30:15.994 --> 00:30:17.428
- He's hanging off the back deck and he's back there.
- 00:30:17.428 --> 00:30:19.464
- - yeah. that's what he does.
- 00:30:19.464 --> 00:30:20.565
- - i pop the collar and go in.
- 00:30:20.565 --> 00:30:22.533
- Yeah.
- 00:30:22.533 --> 00:30:23.701
- Every weekend.
- 00:30:23.701 --> 00:30:24.702
- - every weekend, yeah.
- 00:30:24.702 --> 00:30:25.770
- - every weekend.
- 00:30:25.770 --> 00:30:27.105
- [soft music]
- 00:30:27.105 --> 00:30:28.873
- - ♪ he said, "i'll love you till i die." ♪
- 00:30:28.873 --> 00:30:32.877
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:32.877 --> 00:30:35.847
- ♪ she told him, "you'll forget in time." ♪
- 00:30:35.847 --> 00:30:40.385
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:40.385 --> 00:30:42.954
- ♪ as the years went slowly by... ♪
- 00:30:42.954 --> 00:30:46.691
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:46.691 --> 00:30:49.594
- ♪ she still preyed upon his mind. ♪
- 00:30:49.594 --> 00:30:53.698
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:53.698 --> 00:30:55.833
- ♪ he kept her picture on his wall. ♪
- 00:30:55.833 --> 00:31:00.004
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:00.004 --> 00:31:02.941
- ♪ went half crazy now and then. ♪
- 00:31:02.941 --> 00:31:06.878
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:06.878 --> 00:31:09.180
- ♪ but he still loved her through it all... ♪
- 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:13.584
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:13.584 --> 00:31:16.487
- ♪ hoping she'd come back again. ♪
- 00:31:16.487 --> 00:31:20.291
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:20.291 --> 00:31:22.760
- ♪ kept some letters by his bed... ♪
- 00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:26.831
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:26.831 --> 00:31:29.834
- ♪ dated 1962. ♪
- 00:31:29.834 --> 00:31:33.571
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:33.571 --> 00:31:36.541
- ♪ he had underlined in red... ♪
- 00:31:36.541 --> 00:31:40.011
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:40.011 --> 00:31:43.081
- ♪ every single "i love you." ♪
- 00:31:43.081 --> 00:31:47.018
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:47.018 --> 00:31:49.354
- ♪ i went to see him just today. ♪
- 00:31:49.354 --> 00:31:53.291
- ♪ ♪
- 00:31:53.291 --> 00:31:55.660
- ♪ oh, but i didn't see no tears. ♪
- 00:31:55.660 --> 00:32:00.431
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:00.431 --> 00:32:02.734
- ♪ all dressed up to go away. ♪
- 00:32:02.734 --> 00:32:06.838
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:06.838 --> 00:32:08.973
- ♪ first time i'd seen him smile in years. ♪
- 00:32:08.973 --> 00:32:14.946
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:14.946 --> 00:32:16.180
- - ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:22.420
- ♪ they placed a wreath upon his door. ♪
- 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:29.794
- ♪ and soon they'll carry him away. ♪
- 00:32:29.794 --> 00:32:36.200
- ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:41.205
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:41.205 --> 00:32:46.310
- - you know, she came to see him one last time.
- 00:32:46.310 --> 00:32:49.680
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:52.450
- Oh, and we all wondered if she would.
- 00:32:52.450 --> 00:32:55.420
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:59.657
- And it kept running through my mind...
- 00:32:59.657 --> 00:33:02.326
- ♪ ♪
- 00:33:02.326 --> 00:33:05.663
- This time, he's over her for good.
- 00:33:05.663 --> 00:33:09.200
- - ♪ he stopped loving her today. ♪
- 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:15.406
- ♪ they placed a wreath upon his door. ♪
- 00:33:15.406 --> 00:33:22.447
- ♪ and soon they'll carry him away. ♪
- 00:33:22.447 --> 00:33:30.088
- ♪ he stopped loving her ♪
- 00:33:30.088 --> 00:33:34.292
- ♪ today. ♪
- 00:33:34.292 --> 00:33:42.100
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:47.405
- - so the "class of '57." - mm-hmm.
- 00:33:51.142 --> 00:33:53.311
- Did they change the names to protect
- 00:33:53.311 --> 00:33:56.681
- The identities of the people that they really knew?
- 00:33:56.681 --> 00:33:59.851
- - not necessarily. not necessarily.
- 00:33:59.851 --> 00:34:01.185
- - no? ok. - no.
- 00:34:01.185 --> 00:34:02.520
- - and we certainly don't know all those names
- 00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:06.624
- Coming from their class.
- 00:34:06.624 --> 00:34:07.959
- But over the years through local community,
- 00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:10.962
- Through friends, through fans, we're still to this day,
- 00:34:10.962 --> 00:34:14.565
- And we will after this record comes out again,
- 00:34:14.565 --> 00:34:17.201
- Have people come up and say,
- 00:34:17.201 --> 00:34:19.704
- You know who john was, don't you?
- 00:34:19.704 --> 00:34:21.706
- It's like, no.
- 00:34:21.706 --> 00:34:23.407
- Well, that was my uncle on my father's side.
- 00:34:23.407 --> 00:34:25.376
- That was the john they were talking about.
- 00:34:25.376 --> 00:34:26.878
- - he lived right down the road from y'all.
- 00:34:26.878 --> 00:34:28.312
- - i was like, that's wonderful. - had a cattle farm.
- 00:34:28.312 --> 00:34:29.547
- - and that's true.
- 00:34:29.547 --> 00:34:30.781
- And i'm not saying that they weren't true,
- 00:34:30.781 --> 00:34:32.316
- 'cause it just happened to me here recently locally at home.
- 00:34:32.316 --> 00:34:35.987
- And, you know, it's one of those things
- 00:34:35.987 --> 00:34:38.523
- That it doesn't matter.
- 00:34:38.523 --> 00:34:40.324
- That's what's great about the song.
- 00:34:40.324 --> 00:34:42.126
- Everybody can relate to it.
- 00:34:42.126 --> 00:34:43.594
- - oh, and everybody knows somebody...
- 00:34:43.594 --> 00:34:45.463
- - yes. - oh, yeah.
- 00:34:45.463 --> 00:34:46.731
- - that either in their particular class or maybe
- 00:34:46.731 --> 00:34:49.767
- A sibling's class that it fits the events
- 00:34:49.767 --> 00:34:53.304
- Of those characters' lives in the song.
- 00:34:53.304 --> 00:34:54.739
- - yes. and it's real.
- 00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.240
- - i'll never forget, i was in a hardware store
- 00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.975
- In our hometown one time and a man--
- 00:34:57.975 --> 00:34:59.477
- - now, you know you ain't never been in a hardware store.
- 00:34:59.477 --> 00:35:02.647
- He's making this up, bill.
- 00:35:02.647 --> 00:35:04.148
- - i'm standing at the counter, and a man comes up to me
- 00:35:04.148 --> 00:35:05.983
- And he says, you know who i am?
- 00:35:05.983 --> 00:35:08.119
- I'm like, no, sir, i don't.
- 00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.387
- He said, well, i'm ray.
- 00:35:09.387 --> 00:35:11.055
- I said, ok.
- 00:35:11.055 --> 00:35:12.557
- - nice to meet you, ray.
- 00:35:12.557 --> 00:35:13.791
- - he said, y'all's daddies wrote about me.
- 00:35:13.791 --> 00:35:15.626
- He said, in that song "class of '57,"
- 00:35:15.626 --> 00:35:17.662
- Ray is deep in debt, that's me.
- 00:35:17.662 --> 00:35:21.032
- [laughter]
- 00:35:21.032 --> 00:35:24.936
- - how can you not love country music?
- 00:35:25.002 --> 00:35:26.671
- - that's right. that's what we do.
- 00:35:26.671 --> 00:35:28.406
- - ray is deep--now, that's who they were writing about.
- 00:35:28.406 --> 00:35:30.908
- Ok, i gotcha. - oh, that's funny.
- 00:35:30.908 --> 00:35:32.910
- - ray, we hope you're watching and listening.
- 00:35:32.910 --> 00:35:34.378
- - yes, uh-huh.
- 00:35:34.378 --> 00:35:35.379
- [upbeat music]
- 00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:38.549
- ♪ tommy's selling used cars, nancy's fixing hair, ♪
- 00:35:38.549 --> 00:35:44.088
- ♪ harvey runs a grocery store, and margaret doesn't care. ♪
- 00:35:44.088 --> 00:35:49.594
- ♪ and jerry drives a truck for sears, ♪
- 00:35:49.594 --> 00:35:52.330
- ♪ and charlotte's on the make. ♪
- 00:35:52.330 --> 00:35:54.765
- ♪ and paul sells life insurance and part-time real estate. ♪
- 00:35:54.765 --> 00:36:00.171
- ♪ ♪
- 00:36:00.171 --> 00:36:01.906
- - ♪ helen is a hostess. frank works at the mill. ♪
- 00:36:01.906 --> 00:36:07.078
- ♪ janet teaches grade school and probably always will. ♪
- 00:36:07.078 --> 00:36:12.483
- ♪ bob works for the city, and jack's in lab research. ♪
- 00:36:12.483 --> 00:36:17.888
- ♪ and peggy plays organ at the presbyterian church. ♪
- 00:36:17.888 --> 00:36:24.362
- - ♪ and the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:36:24.362 --> 00:36:30.401
- - ♪ we all thought we'd change the world ♪
- 00:36:30.401 --> 00:36:32.970
- ♪ with our great works and deeds. ♪
- 00:36:32.970 --> 00:36:35.740
- ♪ ♪
- 00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.341
- - ♪ or maybe we just thought ♪
- 00:36:37.341 --> 00:36:39.076
- ♪ the world would change to fit our needs. ♪
- 00:36:39.076 --> 00:36:42.513
- ♪ the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:36:42.513 --> 00:36:47.518
- ♪ ♪
- 00:36:47.518 --> 00:36:56.327
- - ♪ betty runs a trailer park, jan sells tupperware, ♪
- 00:36:56.394 --> 00:37:02.066
- ♪ randy's on an insane ward, and mary's on welfare. ♪
- 00:37:02.066 --> 00:37:07.371
- ♪ charlie took a job with ford, and joe took freddy's wife. ♪
- 00:37:07.371 --> 00:37:12.643
- ♪ charlotte took a millionaire, and freddy took his life. ♪
- 00:37:12.643 --> 00:37:19.150
- - ♪ john is big in cattle. ♪
- 00:37:19.150 --> 00:37:22.353
- ♪ ray is deep in debt. ♪
- 00:37:22.353 --> 00:37:24.622
- ♪ where mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet. ♪
- 00:37:24.622 --> 00:37:30.494
- ♪ linda married sonny, and brenda, she had me, ♪
- 00:37:30.494 --> 00:37:35.666
- ♪ and the class of all of them is just part of history. ♪
- 00:37:35.666 --> 00:37:42.139
- - ♪ and the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:47.912
- - ♪ but living life day to day is never like it seems. ♪
- 00:37:47.912 --> 00:37:54.518
- - ♪ things get complicated when you get past 18, ♪
- 00:37:54.518 --> 00:37:59.924
- ♪ but the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:37:59.924 --> 00:38:05.329
- ♪ oh, the class of '57 had its dreams. ♪
- 00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:12.236
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:38:12.236 --> 00:38:16.841
- - ♪ i keep hearing "floyou're concerned ♪be--
- 00:38:22.713 --> 00:38:24.815
- ♪ about my happiness. ♪
- 00:38:24.815 --> 00:38:27.184
- ♪ but all that thought you're giving me ♪
- 00:38:27.184 --> 00:38:29.286
- ♪ is conscience, i guess. ♪
- 00:38:29.286 --> 00:38:31.589
- ♪ if i were walking in your shoes, ♪
- 00:38:31.589 --> 00:38:33.724
- ♪ i wouldn't worry none. ♪
- 00:38:33.724 --> 00:38:36.127
- ♪ when you and your friends are worrying about me, ♪
- 00:38:36.127 --> 00:38:38.262
- ♪ i'm having lots of fun. ♪
- 00:38:38.262 --> 00:38:40.131
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:38:40.131 --> 00:38:42.333
- ♪ that don't bother me at all, ♪
- 00:38:42.333 --> 00:38:45.870
- ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51, ♪
- 00:38:45.870 --> 00:38:51.342
- ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:38:51.342 --> 00:38:52.843
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:38:52.843 --> 00:38:55.413
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:38:55.413 --> 00:39:00.384
- ♪ last night, i dressed in tails, ♪
- 00:39:00.384 --> 00:39:02.119
- ♪ pretended i was on the town. ♪
- 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:04.989
- ♪ as long as i can dream, ♪
- 00:39:04.989 --> 00:39:06.490
- ♪ it's hard to slow this swinger down. ♪
- 00:39:06.490 --> 00:39:09.493
- ♪ so please don't give a thought to me. ♪
- 00:39:09.493 --> 00:39:11.429
- ♪ i'm really doing fine. ♪
- 00:39:11.429 --> 00:39:14.031
- ♪ you can always find me here and having quite a time. ♪
- 00:39:14.031 --> 00:39:17.902
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:39:17.902 --> 00:39:20.137
- ♪ that don't bother me at all, ♪
- 00:39:20.137 --> 00:39:23.541
- ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51, ♪
- 00:39:23.541 --> 00:39:29.113
- ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:39:29.113 --> 00:39:30.347
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:39:30.347 --> 00:39:33.250
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:39:33.250 --> 00:39:38.122
- ♪ it's good to see you. i must go. ♪
- 00:39:38.122 --> 00:39:40.357
- ♪ i know i look a fright. ♪
- 00:39:40.357 --> 00:39:42.860
- ♪ and anyway, my eyes are not accustomed to this light. ♪
- 00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:46.897
- ♪ and my shoes are not accustomed ♪
- 00:39:46.897 --> 00:39:49.467
- ♪ to this hard concrete. ♪
- 00:39:49.467 --> 00:39:51.335
- ♪ so i must go back to my room and make my day complete. ♪
- 00:39:51.335 --> 00:39:55.706
- ♪ counting flowers on the wall, ♪
- 00:39:55.706 --> 00:39:57.875
- ♪ that don't bother me at all... ♪
- 00:39:57.875 --> 00:39:59.810
- - you do it too.
- 00:39:59.810 --> 00:40:01.345
- - ♪ playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51... ♪
- 00:40:01.345 --> 00:40:05.549
- - i can do it.
- 00:40:05.549 --> 00:40:06.750
- - ♪ smoking cigarettes ♪
- 00:40:06.750 --> 00:40:07.985
- ♪ and watching "captain kangaroo." ♪
- 00:40:07.985 --> 00:40:10.955
- ♪ now, don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:40:10.955 --> 00:40:15.759
- ♪ don't tell me i've nothing to do. ♪
- 00:40:15.759 --> 00:40:21.432
- ♪ ♪
- 00:40:21.432 --> 00:40:25.836
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:40:25.836 --> 00:40:39.116
- - tell us about your houses and your families,
- 00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:45.356
- A little bit about your home life individually.
- 00:40:45.356 --> 00:40:47.958
- - born and raised in staunton, virginia,
- 00:40:47.958 --> 00:40:50.327
- In the shenandoah valley.
- 00:40:50.327 --> 00:40:52.029
- And it's beautiful there.
- 00:40:52.029 --> 00:40:54.064
- We--and our dads, again, always did a great job
- 00:40:54.064 --> 00:40:59.136
- Of knowing which hat to wear.
- 00:40:59.136 --> 00:41:00.704
- And they'd be out performing for 20,000 people,
- 00:41:00.704 --> 00:41:05.709
- And then they'd come back home and coach third base for us
- 00:41:05.709 --> 00:41:09.146
- At a little league baseball game.
- 00:41:09.146 --> 00:41:10.581
- - i love that. i just absolutely adore that.
- 00:41:10.581 --> 00:41:12.683
- - and so they never gave us any reason
- 00:41:12.683 --> 00:41:16.921
- To want to leave our hometown. -mm-hmm.
- 00:41:16.921 --> 00:41:18.789
- - and i think there-- being in a small town
- 00:41:18.789 --> 00:41:21.191
- Like that, it really-- it kept them humble.
- 00:41:21.191 --> 00:41:24.895
- And they appreciated that, and they liked that.
- 00:41:24.895 --> 00:41:27.865
- And that was just part of their story as well.
- 00:41:27.865 --> 00:41:31.335
- - well, you can play to 20,000 people,
- 00:41:31.335 --> 00:41:33.003
- But when you come home,
- 00:41:33.003 --> 00:41:34.104
- Home folks will keep you grounded.
- 00:41:34.104 --> 00:41:35.406
- - they will. yes. - yeah.
- 00:41:35.406 --> 00:41:36.640
- - 1954, stuart hamblen wrote "this ole house."
- 00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:40.277
- - mm. mm-hmm.
- 00:41:40.277 --> 00:41:41.378
- - and rosemary clooney, of course,
- 00:41:41.378 --> 00:41:43.347
- Had the blowup pop version that crossed over.
- 00:41:43.347 --> 00:41:46.917
- - yeah, and i was amazed that her voice was that low
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- To sing that front part.
- 00:41:49.086 --> 00:41:50.688
- ♪ well, ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:41:50.688 --> 00:41:52.122
- It doesn't even sound like rosemary clooney.
- 00:41:52.122 --> 00:41:53.958
- Right. yeah.
- 00:41:53.958 --> 00:41:55.092
- [upbeat music]
- 00:41:55.092 --> 00:41:58.662
- ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:41:58.662 --> 00:42:00.864
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:42:00.864 --> 00:42:02.900
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:05.035
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:42:05.035 --> 00:42:06.737
- ♪ i ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:42:06.737 --> 00:42:08.906
- ♪ nor to mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:42:08.906 --> 00:42:10.908
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:10.908 --> 00:42:12.676
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:42:12.676 --> 00:42:15.079
- - sing it.
- 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.447
- - ♪ now, this ole house once knew my children. ♪
- 00:42:16.447 --> 00:42:17.881
- ♪ and this ole house once knew my wife. ♪
- 00:42:17.881 --> 00:42:19.883
- ♪ and this ole house was home and comfort ♪
- 00:42:19.883 --> 00:42:22.019
- ♪ as we fought the storms of life. ♪
- 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.687
- ♪ this ole house once rang with laughter. ♪
- 00:42:23.687 --> 00:42:25.889
- ♪ and this ole house heard many shouts. ♪
- 00:42:25.889 --> 00:42:27.825
- ♪ now she trembles in the darkness ♪
- 00:42:27.825 --> 00:42:29.893
- ♪ when the lightning walks about. ♪
- 00:42:29.893 --> 00:42:31.762
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:31.762 --> 00:42:33.864
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:42:33.864 --> 00:42:35.933
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:42:35.933 --> 00:42:37.868
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:42:37.868 --> 00:42:39.903
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:42:39.903 --> 00:42:41.939
- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:42:41.939 --> 00:42:43.941
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:42:43.941 --> 00:42:45.776
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:42:45.776 --> 00:42:48.579
- - ♪ now this old house is getting shaky, ♪
- 00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:50.848
- ♪ and this old house is getting old. ♪
- 00:42:50.848 --> 00:42:52.916
- ♪ this old house lets in the rain, ♪
- 00:42:52.916 --> 00:42:54.852
- ♪ and this old house lets in the cold. ♪
- 00:42:54.852 --> 00:42:57.221
- ♪ and my knees are getting chilly, ♪
- 00:42:57.221 --> 00:42:59.056
- ♪ but i feel no fear nor pain, ♪
- 00:42:59.056 --> 00:43:01.058
- ♪ 'cause i can see a new tomorrow ♪
- 00:43:01.058 --> 00:43:02.993
- ♪ through a golden windowpane. ♪
- 00:43:02.993 --> 00:43:04.862
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:43:04.862 --> 00:43:06.864
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:43:06.864 --> 00:43:09.066
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:43:09.066 --> 00:43:10.868
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:43:10.868 --> 00:43:12.836
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:43:12.836 --> 00:43:14.938
- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:43:14.938 --> 00:43:16.740
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:19.209
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:43:19.209 --> 00:43:22.112
- - yeah!
- 00:43:22.112 --> 00:43:23.213
- ♪ ♪
- 00:43:23.213 --> 00:43:34.525
- ♪ now, my old hound dog lies a-sleeping. ♪
- 00:43:38.495 --> 00:43:40.864
- ♪ he don't know i'm gonna leave, ♪
- 00:43:40.864 --> 00:43:43.267
- ♪ else he'd wake up by the fireplace, ♪
- 00:43:43.267 --> 00:43:45.035
- ♪ and he'd howl and moan and grieve. ♪
- 00:43:45.035 --> 00:43:47.104
- ♪ but my hunting days are over. ♪
- 00:43:47.104 --> 00:43:48.939
- ♪ ain't gonna hunt the coon no more. ♪
- 00:43:48.939 --> 00:43:50.941
- ♪ gabriel just brought in my chariot ♪
- 00:43:50.941 --> 00:43:52.910
- ♪ when the wind blew down the door. ♪
- 00:43:52.910 --> 00:43:54.845
- - ♪ well, i ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:43:54.845 --> 00:43:56.814
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:43:56.814 --> 00:43:59.149
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:43:59.149 --> 00:44:00.784
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:44:00.784 --> 00:44:02.953
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:44:02.953 --> 00:44:04.955
- ♪ nor mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:44:04.955 --> 00:44:06.724
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:44:06.724 --> 00:44:08.926
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:44:08.926 --> 00:44:11.295
- - come on. - ♪ well, i ain't gonna ♪
- 00:44:11.295 --> 00:44:12.296
- ♪ need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:44:12.296 --> 00:44:13.831
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no more. ♪
- 00:44:13.831 --> 00:44:15.999
- - ♪ ain't got time to fix the shingles. ♪
- 00:44:15.999 --> 00:44:17.768
- ♪ ain't got time to fix the floor. ♪
- 00:44:17.768 --> 00:44:19.937
- ♪ ain't got time to oil the hinges, ♪
- 00:44:19.937 --> 00:44:21.905
- ♪ nor to mend no windowpanes. ♪
- 00:44:21.905 --> 00:44:23.974
- ♪ ain't gonna need this house no longer. ♪
- 00:44:23.974 --> 00:44:25.976
- ♪ i'm getting ready to meet the saints. ♪
- 00:44:25.976 --> 00:44:35.119
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:42.993
- [upbeat music]
- 00:44:43.727 --> 00:44:46.730
- ♪ ♪
- 00:44:46.730 --> 00:44:50.167
- - ♪ i'll go to my grave ♪
- 00:44:50.167 --> 00:44:54.104
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:44:54.104 --> 00:44:56.173
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:44:56.173 --> 00:44:58.408
- ♪ i'll give all i've saved ♪
- 00:44:58.408 --> 00:45:02.246
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:02.246 --> 00:45:04.248
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:45:04.248 --> 00:45:06.583
- ♪ and should i live again, ♪
- 00:45:06.583 --> 00:45:10.154
- ♪ even then, it won't end, ♪
- 00:45:10.154 --> 00:45:14.224
- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
- 00:45:14.224 --> 00:45:18.162
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:18.162 --> 00:45:20.197
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:45:20.197 --> 00:45:22.332
- ♪ oh, to take his place forever, ♪
- 00:45:22.332 --> 00:45:26.303
- ♪ there's nothing i wouldn't give. ♪
- 00:45:26.303 --> 00:45:30.274
- ♪ i'd prove to you daily ♪
- 00:45:30.274 --> 00:45:34.178
- ♪ what a man really is. ♪
- 00:45:34.178 --> 00:45:40.651
- ♪ i'd lay down my life ♪
- 00:45:40.651 --> 00:45:44.288
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:44.288 --> 00:45:46.123
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:45:46.123 --> 00:45:48.392
- ♪ i'd work day and night ♪
- 00:45:48.392 --> 00:45:52.396
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:45:52.396 --> 00:45:54.131
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:45:54.131 --> 00:45:56.466
- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
- 00:45:56.466 --> 00:46:00.270
- ♪ honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
- 00:46:00.270 --> 00:46:04.208
- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
- 00:46:04.208 --> 00:46:08.178
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:46:08.178 --> 00:46:10.214
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:46:10.214 --> 00:46:12.683
- ♪ ♪
- 00:46:12.683 --> 00:46:24.628
- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
- 00:46:28.532 --> 00:46:32.369
- ♪ honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
- 00:46:32.369 --> 00:46:36.206
- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
- 00:46:36.206 --> 00:46:40.244
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:46:40.244 --> 00:46:42.246
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:46:42.246 --> 00:46:43.447
- - ♪ one more time. ♪
- 00:46:43.447 --> 00:46:44.681
- - ♪ oh, to take his place forever, ♪
- 00:46:44.681 --> 00:46:48.385
- ♪ there's nothing i wouldn't give. ♪
- 00:46:48.385 --> 00:46:52.389
- ♪ i'd prove to you daily ♪
- 00:46:52.389 --> 00:46:56.226
- ♪ what a man really is. ♪
- 00:46:56.226 --> 00:47:02.666
- ♪ i'd lay down my life ♪
- 00:47:02.666 --> 00:47:06.270
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:47:06.270 --> 00:47:08.171
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:47:08.171 --> 00:47:10.007
- ♪ oh, i'd work day and night loving you. ♪
- 00:47:10.007 --> 00:47:15.145
- - ♪ loving you. ♪ - ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:47:15.145 --> 00:47:17.180
- - ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:47:17.180 --> 00:47:18.882
- ♪ and when life called us both above, ♪
- 00:47:18.882 --> 00:47:22.185
- ♪ well, honey, you know that you've been loved, ♪
- 00:47:22.185 --> 00:47:26.223
- ♪ for i'll go to my grave ♪
- 00:47:26.223 --> 00:47:29.860
- ♪ loving you, ♪
- 00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:32.229
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:47:32.229 --> 00:47:34.498
- ♪ dow-da-dow, ♪
- 00:47:34.498 --> 00:47:36.166
- ♪ dow-da-dow, ♪
- 00:47:36.166 --> 00:47:38.201
- ♪ dow-da-dow. ♪
- 00:47:38.201 --> 00:47:40.170
- ♪ loving you. ♪
- 00:47:40.170 --> 00:47:48.679
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:51.748
- Bill: so it's the civil war, 1862.
- 00:47:55.585 --> 00:47:58.722
- And a fellow named joseph gilmore
- 00:47:58.722 --> 00:48:02.993
- Writes the lyric.
- 00:48:02.993 --> 00:48:04.594
- But there's no music.
- 00:48:04.594 --> 00:48:05.929
- That comes in 1880 courtesy of william bradbury.
- 00:48:05.929 --> 00:48:09.700
- And the song is "he leadeth me."
- 00:48:09.700 --> 00:48:12.502
- Of all those great old hymns that you could--
- 00:48:12.502 --> 00:48:14.972
- And truly, they're hymns--
- 00:48:14.972 --> 00:48:16.873
- You could have put on "statler made,"
- 00:48:16.873 --> 00:48:19.676
- Why'd you choose this one?
- 00:48:19.676 --> 00:48:22.045
- - we were in church one sunday,
- 00:48:22.045 --> 00:48:23.480
- And we sang this hymn, "he leadeth me."
- 00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:25.649
- And it just hit me that sunday.
- 00:48:25.649 --> 00:48:27.484
- I'm like, this is so-- such a beautiful song.
- 00:48:27.484 --> 00:48:30.387
- I love this song.
- 00:48:30.387 --> 00:48:31.755
- So i pulled my phone out and wrote it down on my list.
- 00:48:31.755 --> 00:48:35.125
- And then a few weeks later, he and i were together
- 00:48:35.125 --> 00:48:37.961
- And talking about different songs
- 00:48:37.961 --> 00:48:39.129
- We wanted to add to our show
- 00:48:39.129 --> 00:48:40.364
- Or work up or anything like that.
- 00:48:40.364 --> 00:48:42.232
- And we said, yeah, i think we need another gospel song.
- 00:48:42.232 --> 00:48:44.835
- And wil says, all right, i can tell you one
- 00:48:44.835 --> 00:48:47.371
- That has been-- it's my mind lately.
- 00:48:47.371 --> 00:48:49.473
- And we sang it in church a few weeks ago, and i wrote it down.
- 00:48:49.473 --> 00:48:52.042
- I was like, oh, really? all right, what'd you have?
- 00:48:52.042 --> 00:48:53.510
- And he said, "he leadeth me."
- 00:48:53.510 --> 00:48:56.013
- I said, i did the same thing, man.
- 00:48:56.013 --> 00:48:57.914
- It's on top of my list.
- 00:48:57.914 --> 00:48:59.216
- - we really did. - we did.
- 00:48:59.216 --> 00:49:00.550
- - so again, it's no secret that god's in control,
- 00:49:00.550 --> 00:49:02.819
- You know, and speaking to us.
- 00:49:02.819 --> 00:49:04.521
- - do you go to church together?
- 00:49:04.521 --> 00:49:05.722
- Both: we do. - do you? ok.
- 00:49:05.722 --> 00:49:06.723
- - yeah. - yup.
- 00:49:06.723 --> 00:49:08.291
- - but that was-- i mean, that's a no--
- 00:49:08.291 --> 00:49:10.560
- Ok, well, we're doing "he leadeth me."
- 00:49:10.560 --> 00:49:12.095
- You know, it spoke to him, and it spoke to me.
- 00:49:12.095 --> 00:49:14.598
- - and we talked about, you know, the tempo,
- 00:49:14.598 --> 00:49:16.166
- Picking up the tempo, and how cool we thought
- 00:49:16.166 --> 00:49:17.834
- That would be to do it live.
- 00:49:17.834 --> 00:49:19.336
- And yeah, back to the civil war era of where it came from,
- 00:49:19.336 --> 00:49:23.206
- It has that feeling on the front
- 00:49:23.206 --> 00:49:25.308
- With gordon mote playing the piano.
- 00:49:25.308 --> 00:49:27.411
- It kind of puts you in a place to set the tone.
- 00:49:27.411 --> 00:49:30.447
- - and that happened, too, with--in the studio.
- 00:49:30.447 --> 00:49:32.716
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:49:32.716 --> 00:49:33.750
- - we knew we wanted to do this.
- 00:49:33.750 --> 00:49:35.285
- And gordon mote, as you said, the piano player,
- 00:49:35.285 --> 00:49:38.388
- He's over there in his room, just starts playing it.
- 00:49:38.388 --> 00:49:41.825
- And everybody just stopped.
- 00:49:41.825 --> 00:49:43.660
- And we were like, we got to-- this is the intro.
- 00:49:43.660 --> 00:49:45.929
- - yeah. - this is beautiful.
- 00:49:45.929 --> 00:49:46.963
- - it does get any better
- 00:49:46.963 --> 00:49:48.065
- Than gordon playing gospel music.
- 00:49:48.065 --> 00:49:49.433
- - mm-hmm.
- 00:49:49.433 --> 00:49:50.467
- - so that was the intro for this.
- 00:49:50.467 --> 00:49:51.835
- And then he sings the first verse without a tempo.
- 00:49:51.835 --> 00:49:54.571
- And then we come in, and then we put
- 00:49:54.571 --> 00:49:56.173
- That contemporary rhythm there that comes.
- 00:49:56.173 --> 00:49:58.542
- - keep building it.
- 00:49:58.542 --> 00:49:59.676
- - and the key changes.
- 00:49:59.676 --> 00:50:01.411
- And it really just took off.
- 00:50:01.411 --> 00:50:02.913
- And back to the energy that we had
- 00:50:02.913 --> 00:50:05.749
- In the studio with the musicians,
- 00:50:05.749 --> 00:50:07.317
- They were feeling it lyrically, emotionally, and melodically.
- 00:50:07.317 --> 00:50:13.423
- Everything was coming together with this.
- 00:50:13.423 --> 00:50:15.158
- And it was divinely led.
- 00:50:15.158 --> 00:50:18.095
- - i am so glad he led me here with you guys today
- 00:50:18.095 --> 00:50:21.965
- And you to the gaither music family.
- 00:50:21.965 --> 00:50:24.101
- - yes, we are so excited, so honored to be part of this.
- 00:50:24.101 --> 00:50:28.205
- There's nowhere we'd rather be.
- 00:50:28.205 --> 00:50:30.574
- All the years of-- all the things that we've done
- 00:50:30.574 --> 00:50:33.443
- In and around the music business, like we said,
- 00:50:33.443 --> 00:50:36.246
- There's no--this is-- these are our people.
- 00:50:36.246 --> 00:50:40.117
- These are statler fans.
- 00:50:40.117 --> 00:50:42.085
- These are gospel fans. these are country fans.
- 00:50:42.085 --> 00:50:44.287
- - it is a family.
- 00:50:44.287 --> 00:50:45.522
- We're part of the gaither music family.
- 00:50:45.522 --> 00:50:47.457
- And we like hanging around good people,
- 00:50:47.457 --> 00:50:50.861
- And these are some of the best.
- 00:50:50.861 --> 00:50:52.429
- - and we'll be here till they kick us out.
- 00:50:52.429 --> 00:50:53.964
- - we will.
- 00:50:53.964 --> 00:50:55.232
- - well, thanks for making me feel like family.
- 00:50:55.232 --> 00:50:56.800
- - and you are the best too. - yes.
- 00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:58.368
- - you've been a friend for a long time.
- 00:50:58.368 --> 00:50:59.469
- - thank you so much. - so special.
- 00:50:59.469 --> 00:51:00.770
- - bless you, brother. - you know we love you.
- 00:51:00.770 --> 00:51:01.872
- - we do, man.
- 00:51:01.872 --> 00:51:03.373
- - just adore the opportunity to sit down here and do this.
- 00:51:03.373 --> 00:51:05.742
- - appreciate it. - well, thank you.
- 00:51:05.742 --> 00:51:06.743
- - thanks for asking.
- 00:51:06.743 --> 00:51:08.044
- [reverent music]
- 00:51:08.044 --> 00:51:11.047
- ♪ ♪
- 00:51:11.047 --> 00:51:30.167
- - ♪ sometimes 'mid scenes ♪
- 00:51:33.837 --> 00:51:38.508
- ♪ of deepest gloom ♪
- 00:51:38.508 --> 00:51:42.179
- ♪ sometimes where eden's ♪
- 00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:46.683
- ♪ bowers bloom, ♪
- 00:51:46.683 --> 00:51:50.053
- ♪ by waters still ♪
- 00:51:50.053 --> 00:51:54.024
- ♪ o'er troubled sea, ♪
- 00:51:54.024 --> 00:52:00.864
- ♪ still 'tis his hand ♪
- 00:52:00.864 --> 00:52:04.834
- ♪ that leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:04.834 --> 00:52:09.339
- ♪ ♪
- 00:52:09.339 --> 00:52:11.107
- - ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:11.107 --> 00:52:14.911
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:14.911 --> 00:52:19.249
- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
- 00:52:19.249 --> 00:52:23.086
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:23.086 --> 00:52:26.957
- ♪ his faithful follower ♪
- 00:52:26.957 --> 00:52:31.161
- ♪ i would be, ♪
- 00:52:31.161 --> 00:52:34.564
- ♪ for by his hand, ♪
- 00:52:34.564 --> 00:52:38.568
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:52:38.568 --> 00:52:44.608
- ♪ ♪
- 00:52:44.608 --> 00:52:52.983
- - ♪ and when my task on earth is done, ♪
- 00:52:53.049 --> 00:52:59.022
- ♪ when by thy grace, thy victory is won, ♪
- 00:52:59.022 --> 00:53:05.462
- ♪ even death's cold wave ♪
- 00:53:05.462 --> 00:53:08.632
- ♪ i will not flee, ♪
- 00:53:08.632 --> 00:53:11.868
- ♪ since god through jordan, ♪
- 00:53:11.868 --> 00:53:15.138
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:15.138 --> 00:53:18.575
- ♪ ♪
- 00:53:18.575 --> 00:53:19.909
- - ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:19.909 --> 00:53:22.612
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:22.612 --> 00:53:25.949
- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
- 00:53:25.949 --> 00:53:29.252
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:29.252 --> 00:53:32.155
- ♪ his faithful follower i would be, ♪
- 00:53:32.155 --> 00:53:38.528
- ♪ for by his hand, he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:53:38.528 --> 00:53:45.235
- ♪ ♪
- 00:53:45.235 --> 00:54:13.196
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:16.700 --> 00:54:19.436
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:19.436 --> 00:54:22.772
- ♪ by his own hand, ♪
- 00:54:22.772 --> 00:54:26.209
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:26.209 --> 00:54:29.312
- ♪ his faithful follower i would be, ♪
- 00:54:29.312 --> 00:54:35.585
- ♪ for by his hand, ♪
- 00:54:35.585 --> 00:54:38.688
- ♪ he leadeth me. ♪
- 00:54:38.688 --> 00:54:41.991
- ♪ ♪
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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. ♪
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- ♪ 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]
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