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Country's Gentle Giant Don Williams Dead source
Don Williams, the Country Music Hall of Fame member whose imposing height and warm, reassuring voice earned him the nickname "Gentle Giant," died Friday, September 8th after a short illness. An internationally popular country star, Williams recorded dozens of hit songs, including "Tulsa Time," "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" and "It Must Be Love." He was 78. "In giving voice to songs like 'Good Ole Boys Like Me,' 'Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good,' and 'Amanda,' Don Williams offered calm, beauty, and a sense of wistful peace that is in short supply these days," Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young said in a statement Friday. "His music will forever be a balm in troublesome times. Everyone who makes country music with grace, intelligence, and ageless intent will do so while standing on the shoulders of this gentle giant."
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I had cable a year or 2 ago and I'd watch reruns of Pop Goes The Country on RFD-TV and Don was on a few episodes of it. 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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RIP Don!
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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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I hadn't seen anything about this until just now. I'm surprised I hadn't--I wouldn't expect front page on every news site, but I get enough music news I would have expected a mention. He crossed my mind out of nowhere sometime in the last week or so--strange, though I can't say exactly when it was. Maybe I did see something and it just didn't register?
Actually (coming back to edit) now I remember that I just started singing Lord I Hope This Day Is Good for some reason. I think it was on Friday, actually. Hmm. [Edited 9/11/17 20:13pm] | |
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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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He will be missed. He was one of my favorites as a kid. If it's magic, then why can't it be everlasting..... | |
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RIP Vanglorious... this is protected by the red, the black, and the green. With a key... sissy! | |
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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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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Todays country is oh so bad. All you others say Hell Yea!! ![]() | |
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