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Michael Martin Murphey ~ Wildfire
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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One of my mom's favorite songs!!! She has robes and she has monkeys, lazy diamond studded flunkies.... | |
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It's one of mine too. I like peaceful songs like this. But it's kinda sad though like other animal songs like The O'Jays Brandy. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Yeah...I didnt like it when I first heard it, but it grew on me for sure.
I loooove my parents! My mom gave me the white sort of hippie stuff, my dad...soul and the blues!!!! She has robes and she has monkeys, lazy diamond studded flunkies.... | |
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I liked Wildfire from the beginning. Michael Murphey started out as a songwriter in the 1960's. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Mike Murphey wrote this tune for the Monkees. He was friends with Michael Nesmith before Nesmith joined the group. It's also one of my favorites. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Have always loved this song. Very haunting. | |
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... [Edited 12/15/10 6:41am] | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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