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Country/Western Trivia (Jerry Jeff Walker Edition)

UPDATE: Wow. This one was a toughie, though I suspect a few of you will kick yourselves over some of the answers (which have been added, BTW)

For our buddy KG, just because he asked so nicely.

I'll have to confess right here that I really don't know all that much of his stuff, but had planned to supplement my meager knowledge with my new CD. It helps. Probably not as much as being a longtime fan but there you have it. Not to say I'm not a fan, I just haven't heard all that much but I know some of the stuff he wrote that was covered by other folks. And because I'm not familiar with a lot of his stuff, I'm going to cheat and pack in some stuff I don't know, at least enough to flesh it out to 15 questions.

Why 15? Well, why not? It's a nice number. It also happens to be the age I act sometimes. In months. It also happens to be an age in years I was, um, forty-some-odd (some were very odd - don't ask) years ago. And it just happens to be the number of questions I happened to end up with. Isn't that amazing?

Give me a break. Been a long week. Anyway, here we go:

1) Who had silver hair and a ragged shirt and baggy pants? [KG: Mr. Bojangles]

2) Sonsabitches always bore me. What sonsabitches? [Answer: Landlords. Say goodbye to 'em, the sonsabitches always bore me]

3) If you can't feel nothing but your life flyin' by, what do you have on your hands and your mind? [Answer: You got trouble on your hands and trouble on your mind]

4) He's a drifter, a driller of oil wells, and he'd wink and give me money for the girls. How do we live our lives? [Answer: Like desperadoes waitin' on a train]

5) Don't be concerned if the song sounds familiar and don't be concerned if it all seems the same. Just be concerned that your policies will kill you. Why? [Answer: Because it's all just Public Domain]

6) We're bettin' on a losing friend, makin' the same mistakes we swore we'd never make again. What else are we doing? [Answer: We're just pissin' in the wind]

7) It gets harder with time to separate the facts from the lies. If he thinks it's gonna be easy, he oughta think twice because he's leading a dangerous life. Who? [KG: The other Jerry Jeff]

8) Who chases Falstaff beer with Wild Turkey? [Answer: The son of that Redneck Mother, who's up against the wall...]

9) She's just a little bit shady and she's a semi good-looker. But the fast rails took her and now she's just trying to get home again. Who is she? [KG: The Railroad Lady]

10) He's a skinny Alvin boy and they say he's a wild man that might be the fastest in the West. Also, he works for Gene Autry. Who is he? [Answer: He's Nolan Ryan]

11) Well, tonight a bottle stands alone waitin' on me for company. Where? [Answer: In the Dear John Letter Lounge]

12) We laughed and cried and we carried on, everybody sang a sing-along and had a hell of a time. But what is it time to do now? [Answer: Time to be movin' on (and to take this Gonzo show down the road)]

13) I work all week just to make a draw, and I'm hooked in and I got to ride that train. What is my profession? [Answer: A rodeo cowboy]

14) I wouldn't dare and try to tell you on the telephone what shape I'm in. I been gone so long this song seems to be fallin' apart at the seams. So what am I doing? [Answer: I'm wingin' it home to Texas]

15) You're behind the wheel with your arm around your sweet one, barreling down the boulevard. What are you looking for? [Answer: You're looking for the heart of Saturday night]

Posted by Ken S at October 6, 2007 12:30 PM | TrackBack (0) | Category: Country/Western Trivia