A
singer/songwriter and a
dreamy little human who told stories through song. He was
country for sure, mixed with a bit of
folk and perhaps a smathering of some other strange stuff, possibly
bluegrass is what I'm thinking of. It doesn't seem that many people know who he is anymore, but I find something infinitely
alluring about his music.. whether it be the simplish but nice lyrics or the comfort of old country, I know not, I just like him
quite a bit.
He served in the army and was stationed in
Germany for about four years where he performed original mostly comedic material. Not surprising considering there is
an element of humor in a lot of his post-war music, too. (See:
I Like Beer) His albums include "
Country Songs for Children", "
Loves lost and found", "
The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers", among many others. Actually, he put out an album in
1996, "
Songs from Sopchoppy".
I'm not sure if he's still alive now, though.
My
dad has one of his albums,
Greatest Hits Volume II.. there is a track on it called, "
I Care". One day when I was sitting there at my computer kind of
glum and quite
sad.. my dad slipped the cd into my cdrom and put it on that track and stuck the headphones on me. I cried.. because, well, it was immeasurably needed and made me
intensely sad at the same time. It's a slow, almost lullaby-ish tune. Very sweet.