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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.jokes
Subject: Re: C/W song (farse)
Message-ID: <582@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 12:30:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 16 12:30:49 1985
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Summary: 

In article <574@ttidcb.UUCP> bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Pete Bellas) writes:

>About a year ago I heard a Country Western song that was introduced
>as "THE" complete Country Western song.  ...

It's David Allan Coe's cover of the late Steve Goodman's song "You
Never Even Call Me By My Name." In it, he says Steve told him it was
the 'perfect' C/W song, but David Allan replied it didn't mention
getting drunk, trains, Mom, trucks, etc. So Steve Goodman wrote an
additional verse that went something like "I was drunk the day I got
out of prison/And I went to pick Mom up at the train station/<something
something> she got run over by a truck in the pouring rain." Or words
to that effect.

By the way, Steve Goodman was an Illinoisan and friend of John Prine.
He also wrote "The City Of New Orleans" and the lovely "Blue Umbrella"
which John Prine covered.

                              -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly