Re: Country Style USA
In answer to Roy's first description of Buddy's book, it sounds like a very interesting read, but ad I've experienced with quite a few books, if there are careless inaccuracies about facts that have been known for years-- in this case-- Buddy's description of the events involving Jim's plane crash-- it only causes me to have doubts about other stories. How then would we know what is true and what Is NOT true. Careless research forces me to have doubts about the details of any story. In Roy's latest post, he mentions Buddy bringing Jim an acetate of "Four Walls" for him to listen to. I heard Jim himself tell a completely different story concerning this song. Jim said he was in Chet Atkins office one day and saw a demo of "Four Walls" leaning against the wall. He asked Chet about it to which Chet replied "It's a pretty song, but no one wants it. I believe he did say the demo was done by a female singer, but Jim saw no reason why it couldn't be sung by a man as well. And we know how it later became a big hit for Jim.Of course, Jim has been known to tell stories that weren't quite true either, like his claim that he got his first chance to sing one night because Hank Williams didn't show up. It was actually Sleepy LeBeef. Sometimes it's difficult to know who is telling a story accurately...
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