Today's DVD Purchase
My wife and I went to new maternity hospital today and she took a test for diabetes (negative, Deo gratia). She was given something to drink and we were told to come back in an hour. We took a stroll around the neighborhood, and walked into a small supermarket, where I found the DVD pictured above, for the amazing price of 5,900 won, or US$5.58!
George Jones has been described as "the greatest vocal interpreter that the world of country music has ever known." The concert above includes "the number one country music song of all time," He Stopped Loving Her Today. My personal George Jones favorite is the refreshingly anti-progressive Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?, which reminds me of Russell Kirk's observation "that modern people are dwarfs on the shoulders of giants" (from Ten Conservative Principles).
Below are that song's lyrics:
Lyrics and guitar chords can be found here: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/cowpie-songs/j/jones_george/whos_gonna_fill_their_shoes.crd.
My wife and I went to new maternity hospital today and she took a test for diabetes (negative, Deo gratia). She was given something to drink and we were told to come back in an hour. We took a stroll around the neighborhood, and walked into a small supermarket, where I found the DVD pictured above, for the amazing price of 5,900 won, or US$5.58!
George Jones has been described as "the greatest vocal interpreter that the world of country music has ever known." The concert above includes "the number one country music song of all time," He Stopped Loving Her Today. My personal George Jones favorite is the refreshingly anti-progressive Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?, which reminds me of Russell Kirk's observation "that modern people are dwarfs on the shoulders of giants" (from Ten Conservative Principles).
Below are that song's lyrics:
- Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?
You know this old world is full of singers,
but just a few are chosen,
to tear your heart out when they sing.
Imagine life without them,
all your radio heroes,
like the outlaw that walks through Jesse's dream.
No, there will never be another
red-headed stranger,
a Man in Black and "Folsom Prison Blues,"
the Okie from Muskogee,
or "Hello Darling."
Lord, I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
Who's gonna fill their shoes?
Who's gonna stand that tall?
Who's gonna play the Opry?
And the Walbash Cannonball?
Who's gonna give their heart and soul,
to get to me and you?
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
God bless the boys from Memphis,
"Blue Suede Shoes" and Elvis.
Much too soon he left his world in tears.
They tore up the 50s,
Old Jerry Lee and Charlie,
and old Gold Cat Gole still echoes through the years.
You know the heart of country music,
still beats in Luke the Drifter.
You can tell when he sings "I Saw the Light."
Old Marty, Hank and Lefty,
why, I can feel them right here with me,
on this silver eagle rolling through the night.
Who's gonna fill their shoes?
Who's gonna stand that tall?
Who's gonna play the Opry?
And the Walbash Cannonball?
Who's gonna give their heart and soul,
to get to me and you?
Lord, I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
Yes, I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
Lyrics and guitar chords can be found here: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/cowpie-songs/j/jones_george/whos_gonna_fill_their_shoes.crd.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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