Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

Our Recent Essays Behind the Front Page

Much Sorry with Delays
Birth, Death and All That Stuff in Between
How to Honor Labor Day, Every Day
My Yom Kippur Miracle (Repost from 2010)
Good intro to fly casting
Peach update, with pie
NYC update
Easy for you to say: To the elites on mass immigration
For NYC on 9/11, Sailors' Snug Harbor
Pickled Peaches
Water Shoes
Labor Costs in U.S.
Your "identity"
Good news about The Great Courses
Uses of Hot Pepper Jelly/Sauce, Chutneys, and Jams
A Saturday Drive to Litchfield County, CT
How to Pick a Kayak
Civilized: Fruit forks and knives
Loads of kayaking on Cape Cod
Psychology Experiments' Questionable Results

Categories


All categories

Quicksearch

Links

Blog Administration

Open login screen

RSS Readers

Add to Google

Subscribe with Bloglines

Sunday, March 6. 2011

Are you ready?

I didn't realize that Ricky Skaggs wrote this tune. We made friends with Ricky back when he was playing in bars in Kentucky. In fact, Mrs. BD hired him for a few performances. Dylan used a rousing rock version as his opening tune for a year or two, which I have from a bootleg on my iTunes.


Never too late to get right with Jesus!


 


Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 07:56 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

Trackbacks
Trackback specific URI for this entry

No Trackbacks

Comments
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

My internet search on this suggests that Ricky Skaggs recorded this along with many others but it was written by William York. There was a William York who played bass for Hank Williams but I can't confirm if he was the one who wrote the song.
Nice video, it's a great gospel song. Bill
#1 wilnis on 2011-03-06 10:20 (Reply)
Ah- beat me to it. :>)

Indeed, William "Lum" York wrote "Hallelujah, I'm ready to go".

"Lum" York was a long time upright bass player for Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams. He played with just about everybody from from Marty Robbins to Bill Monroe.

It happens occasionally - somebody writes down a tune and it becomes a hit. It happened to Fred Imus, younger brother of Don Imus with “I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You” recorded by Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - #1 on the country charts in 1977 and named Song Of The Year - there are dozens of other examples. One Hit Wonders. :>)

Cool beans on knowing Ricky Scaggs - awesome.
#1.1 Tom Francis on 2011-03-06 10:47 (Reply)
cool beans, i second that --loving that good ole time gospel music lately --
#2 buddy larsen on 2011-03-06 12:00 (Reply)
buddy,

I agree and I've been lovin' this music forever. The music lives!

Here's Mr. Skaggs @ 7yrs old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCYCCuJLIaA
#2.1 Garry on 2011-03-06 13:26 (Reply)
Well, those "bars in Kentucky" sure weren't over here in Eastern Kentucky where Ricky grew up (Lawrence Co.). I'm guessing Newport, Lexington, Louisville or Franfort, areas are what you're talking of.

In fact, most of us here in eastern KY still live in dry counties. Thank goodness, for me anyway, super-wet Ohio's only a half hour away. ;-)
#3 Dangerous Dan (Link) on 2011-03-06 22:08 (Reply)
Heh-"wet" Lawrence Co., Ohio (Ironton) is only a half-hour from "dry" Lawrence Co. Ky (Louisa).
My parents "ran off" to Lousia to get married but had to return to Ohio to celebrate.
#3.1 MikeinAppalachia on 2011-03-07 02:31 (Reply)
Ha ha - that's funny, Mike. But I understand it.

And I'd think you'd been following me except I'm in dry Greenup Co. and it's just across the river from wet Lawrence Co, Ohio. In the summer (my primary drinking season) I make the round trip to the S&S Drive-Thru via that antiquated Ironton-Russell bridge about twice a week.

Also, I like living where you have to put a little effort into getting a cold beer after a hot day cutting brush or some such work. You appreciate and savor it a bit more. :-)
#4 Dangerous Dan (Link) on 2011-03-09 15:50 (Reply)

Add Comment
(Your e-mail will not show in your comment)

By commenting on this site you agree to the site rules listed here. Email
addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for email notifications.

Quick reference guide: [i] italics [/i], [b] bold [/b], [u] underline [/u],
[url] (web address) [/url]. More tips here.

Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold (*word*), underscore are made via _word_.
E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.
CAPTCHA

BBCode format allowed
 
 
A Chris Southern Consulting website.