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Brett Day Member From: Greer, SC, USA	posted 30 January 2006 01:36 PM profile "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is definitely one of the saddest country songs. Hank Williams knew how to sing a sad country song. I learned that when Hank would do a show, he always wanted to see people cryin', and if there weren't any people cryin', Hank would tell his steel player, Don Helms to play a real high steel turnaround so people would start cryin'. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10
Brett Anderson Member From: Arizona, USA	posted 30 January 2006 05:24 PM profile It's too bad they aren't recording songs like these anymore.
Ray Montee Member From: Portland, OR, USA	posted 30 January 2006 05:49 PM profile "My Daddy is Only a Picture" by Eddy Arnold altho' "I've Got Tears In My Ears from Lying on my Back In My Bed While I Cry Over You" by Homer & Jethro runs a close second.
Howard Tate Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA	posted 30 January 2006 06:13 PM profile I think Anita You're Dreaming by Waylon and Jessie Colter is the prettiest sad song. Anything I sing sounds pretty sad. ------------------ Wish I'd learned lap steel when I still had a lap.
Howard Tate Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA	posted 30 January 2006 06:15 PM profile I keep remembring more,like Our Babies Book, I think it was by E.T.
Skip Edwards Member From: LA,CA	posted 30 January 2006 10:06 PM profile Not sure who wrote it, but Don Williams had the hit. "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" Some broken hearts never mend... Some memories never end... Some tears will never dry... My love for you will never die... Man, that's some sad stuff.
Brett Day Member From: Greer, SC, USA	posted 01 February 2006 11:02 AM profile Wayland Holyfield wrote Don Williams' song "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend". Another sad song is Vince Gill's "Go Rest High On That Mountain". Vince started to write that song after Keith Whitley died and a few years later, he finished writing the song after his brother died. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10
Matt Price Member From: Sherman Oaks, California, USA	posted 01 February 2006 04:31 PM profile That would have to be WEEN's "Fluffy" from "12 Country Greats"!
Larry Garrett Member From: Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA	posted 10 February 2006 09:30 AM profile In addition to "Old Violin" by Johnny Paycheck, which I referred to previoiusly, "Blue Moon With Heartache" by Roseann Cash gets to me. The whole song, instrumentation, tone, vocal delivery, all of it is just loaded with melancholy, especially the line "Maybe I'll Just Go Away".
Larry King Member From: Watts, Oklahoma, USA	posted 10 February 2006 09:57 AM profile There are so many BUT...#1 in my book would be a Gene Watson song with this hook...."look what it took, for me to finally bring you flowers" Tragic, sad, full of regrets
Jimmy Youngblood Member From: Verdi Nevada USA	posted 10 February 2006 08:24 PM profile George Jones "Lonely Christmas Call"
Pat Kelly Member From: Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia	posted 10 February 2006 08:47 PM profile "Legend in my Time." Great words. Extemely well written song all round. I'm surprised it hasn't featured.
Larry King Member From: Watts, Oklahoma, USA	posted 11 February 2006 05:35 AM profile I checked my C D....the actual title is "Flowers".....you gotta hear this song by Watson.
Kenny Brown Member From: Auburn, Alabama, USA	posted 13 February 2006 07:37 PM profile here's a couple of others I think are quite worth mentioning: Vern Gosdin "Chiseled in Stone" Dale Watson "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
Don J. Dixon Member From: Canandaigua, NY , USA	posted 14 February 2006 02:16 AM profile "Old Shep" where the young boy has to shoot his aging dog "The Golden Guitar" Bill Anderson ------------------ GFI Ultra D-10, Airline 6-string lap steel steelsanta@aol.com steelsanta@aol.com
Garry Pugh Member From: Columbus, Indiana	posted 14 February 2006 08:01 AM profile you guys have pretty much nailed all the ones that first come to mind to me. For honerable mention I would have to say "Kiss Her Once For Me", by Delbert McClinton on his latest recording, the Cost Of Living. Also, "Shelly's Winter Love" by Merle.
R. D. Miller Member From: Sweetwater, Texas, USA	posted 14 February 2006 08:27 AM profile Too many to choose from, but my vote has to go to "Roses for Mama" by C.W. McCall
Gary Schuldt Member From: Seymour, TN.	posted 14 February 2006 08:35 AM profile For a newer country song, I would have to say, ALMOST HOME by Craig Morgan. Pretty sad!
Gene H. Brown Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada	posted 16 February 2006 06:13 PM profile How about "I just don't look good naked anymore"? Sad, sad song for sure :-( ------------------ If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal! ;)
Howard Tate Member From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA	posted 17 February 2006 09:32 AM profile Momma Don't Whup Little Buford,(Why don't we just kill him instead). ------------------ Howard
Brett Day Member From: Greer, SC, USA	posted 17 February 2006 01:09 PM profile "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" by Steve Wariner is a sad song also his song "I'm Already Taken" is pretty sad. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10
james sluder Member From: Tennessee, USA	posted 17 February 2006 08:15 PM profile " THE BLIZZARD BY JIM REEVES...ROSES FOR MAMA.BY RED SOVINE...MOMMY PLEASE STAY HOME WITH ME.BY JIM REEVES.. THESE ARE SOME GREAT SAD SONGS..
Scott Henderson Member From: Eldon, Missouri, USA	posted 18 February 2006 07:37 AM profile Dont forget some of the newer "B side" songs like... Don't tell Mama I was drinking by Gary Allen and one of my favorites is "My old friend the blues" by Steve Earle and of course anything Shania does is just plain sad......(sigh) not country but sad.. ------------------ Steelin' away in the ozarks and life, Scott www.scottyhenderson.com
Mark Williamson Member From: Texas, USA	posted 18 February 2006 12:11 PM profile Whiskey Lullaby written by Bill Anderson
Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA	posted 18 February 2006 01:04 PM profile How 'bout "You Better Sit Down Kids" by Sonny and Cher?
Marlin Smoot Member From: Atlanta,Georgia, USA	posted 18 February 2006 01:04 PM profile The most sad country song is; one without steel guitar...
Harry Dietrich Member From: Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA	posted 18 February 2006 10:38 PM profile How about Merle's "Long Black Limosine?" That's a tear jerker! Harry
Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.	posted 19 February 2006 06:32 AM profile I always liked "Bringing Mary Home", along with "Little Rosa" and "City of New Orleans", but JW Day's mention of "Old Rivers", by Walter Brennan, brought back some memories, too. Red Sovine had another good one out about an old woman requesting the band to play an old song, but I can only remember a few lines... "Sing me a sad song, I won't be here long. And there's no one to sing to me an old love song."
Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA	posted 19 February 2006 07:17 AM profile Dan Tyack's version of Will the Circle be Unbroken (Unsanticified Gospel Revival CD) is incredible - a MUST HEAR!!! Of course, there's Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven Also like Grand Tour - but wondering why the wife left her clothes hanging in the closet? (How could that be REAL??? ) Owen, I love Jody and the Kid, too! - "As surely as the seasons, she's changing to a woman; and, I've lived enough to call myself a man."
Perry Keeter Member From: Hemet, CA, USA	posted 20 February 2006 04:24 PM profile "Roses For Mama" by Red Sovine is a very sad song..
Jake L Member From: Porter, (Near Houston)Texas, USA	posted 20 February 2006 10:56 PM profile I always liked Ty Herndon's version of "Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinkin'". Jake Lowe
Bill Plemmons Member From: Simpsonville, SC	posted 23 February 2006 09:20 AM profile Deepening Snow
John Bechtel Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.	posted 23 February 2006 12:14 PM profile One of my favorite songs, that I'm working on as a (so~so) instrumental is Johnny Darrell's “With Pen In Hand”! The biggest challenge is working out an ending! Johnny's version fades out, humming the melody! Hard to beat that! ------------------ “Big John” a.k.a. {Keoni Nui} ’05 D–10 Derby ’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Current Equipment
John Bechtel Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.	posted 23 February 2006 12:45 PM profile Two more of my favorite sad-song recordings are: 1. John Wesley Ryles’ ‘Original’ “Kay” and 2. Curtis Leach’s ‘Original’ “Golden Guitar”! I also like Haggard’s “Sing A Sad Song”! ------------------ “Big John” a.k.a. {Keoni Nui} ’05 D–10 Derby ’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Current Equipment
b0b Sysop From: Cloverdale, California, USA	posted 23 February 2006 04:22 PM profile "Santa Must Have Lost His Way Last Night"
Brett Anderson Member From: Arizona, USA	posted 23 February 2006 09:51 PM profile I forgot Mac Davis " Whoever Finds This I Love You"
Larry Garrett Member From: Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA	posted 24 February 2006 05:52 PM profile ...and the one by Bill Anderson with Roy Acuff singing "I Wonder If God Likes Country Music"
Steve Alcott Member From: New York, New York, USA	posted 24 February 2006 10:40 PM profile You have to come to the Rodeo Bar in NYC during the holiday season to hear it. Western Caravan does a song by our singer, Thirsty Dave Hansen,called "All I'll Get This Year For Christmas is Drunk" It's a weeper, I tell ya what.
Willis Vanderberg Member From: Bradenton, FL, USA	posted 26 February 2006 08:00 AM profile I am surprised no one mentioned Faron Youngs song " That little girl of mine " If that don't make all you dads get a lump in your throat..." If you think your lonely" is right up there too.
Bill R. Baker Member From: Clinton, MS USA	posted 26 February 2006 02:18 PM profile Anybody remember Cowboy Copas singing Tragic Romance?

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