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on September 28, 2026, 11:22 am, in reply to "Re: Test Question #2 Sad Songs"
It's one of Reeves best recordings. A rare one featuring Anita Kerr on accordion. I didn't realise this fun fact until now :)
& Brenton Bolden Banks in the violin section.
Larry writes that Jim didn't like his playing. Jim, being the perfectionist that he was, found his playing a bit off sometimes.
"Trying to Forget" is a Reeves demo recording which I've loved since I heard he overdub version on the "Blue Side of Lonesome" (1967) LP.
It's so sad but so beautiful.
I wish he'd done it professionally for RCA Victor.
"Talkin' to Your Heart" is a special album.
Robert mentioned "Men With Broken Hearts". The only "song" by Hank Williams that Jim recorded.
One recitation always brings me to tears: "Old Tige". Such a beautiful and sad tale of a boy/man and his dog.
"Trouble in the Amen Corner" (by Archie Campbell) is beautiful too & what about "Annabel Lee" by the great Edgar Allan Poe.
"Teardrops on the Rocks" is another favourite. Written by Bobby Bare & Charlie Williams. It has a nice tie to the the movie "Casablanca" in the lyrics: "Well, hello Sam. Now, how you've been. Guess it's awhile since I've been in". & Jim's ending recitation: "Sam, how 'bout pourin' me one more will you and I'll try to find my way out of here." :)
And I have to mention "I Catch Myself Crying" a beautiful song written by Roger Miller. Jim made it even better.
At that same session, on february 1, 1962, he did "That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes)" a lovely tune written by Jim & Carl Belew. It's a shame the song remained in the vault until it got overdubbed in 1968.
"Crying is My Favourite Mood" is a sad jazzy song. It was written by Jim, but we know that we should take his song writing credits with a grain of salt after what Larry revealed in his biography. Jim did, on occasion, steal songs from other writers and take the credit himself to make some extra cash. It's a sad thought, but it may've been a usual practice back then?
I could go on and on.
Jim recorded so many sad and beautiful songs.
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