As Setting The Woods On Fire and Groover’s Paradise have already noted, country singer, Vern “The Voice” Gosdin (pictured left in front of brother, Rex) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74. I wrote about The Gosdin Brothers last summer as part of the Clarence White Chronicles. The songs listed below are all on the playlist, so check it out.
Gosdin Brothers – Bowling Green
Gosdin Brothers – Bowling Green
Read The Gosdin Brothers: Bakersfield 1966 – Includes “Hangin’ On” and “Multiple Heartaches”.
Read Gosdin Brothers: Capitol Punishment: 1967-68 – Includes “There Must Be A Someone (I Can Turn To),” “Bowling Green,” and “Sounds Of Goodbye”.
BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVING (I’LL BE A LONG TIME GONE)
Hie thee to A Truer Sound to download an amazing Roger Miller show from The Birchmere (Alexandria, Virginia) in February 1991. Weird that I would write about Roger and then this spectacular performance appears like manna from heaven. It’s just Roger and his still nimble voice, an acoustic guitar, and a fusillade of one-liners, wisecracks, and great stories. Keep in mind that he was all but retired from country music and would be dead in less than two years. A must-own. Check it.
Vern Gosdin, also from Alabama.