Yeah, I used to do "Grandpa was a carpenter," (and voted for Eisen -how-
OW-er, cause Lincoln won the war..."
I'll have to look for that Million Dollar Bar live recording.
Did you ever hear Goodman do "I miss the old man tonight?" Jeez, you could hear a pin drop when he did that one. Prine says him and the guys used to come over near the edge of the curtain to hear him do it.
I used to do Steve's "The 20th Century is Almost Over" and added my own verse:
And now we're facing massive soil erosion, making it worse with population explosion, if we're not careful, famine's gonna catch us dozin', lightnin' bolts are gonna be hurled...
But now the president's hired himself a big expert, and he says it ain't much gonna hurt, cause after all, it's just a buncha dirt, all over this world..
And now the 20th century is almost over, it's almost over, it's almost over, the 20th century is almost over, all over this world....
Trouble is, the 20th century is over -- damn, it was such a good song too.
I like JJ Cale, wasn't exposed to him as much as Prine, but some of his tunes are great. "Pretty mama, where you been so long, wahh - buh-wang, wang, wah..."
Doing guitar sounds with your mouth is one thing, printed word doesn't quite pull it off.
