REMEMBER TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD?

[crazyphil]

I sure do. I and my nephew was driving up in the mountains,
stopped at a little roadhouse about a hundred miles north of
Boise for some mid morning coffee. We were the only ones in
the place except the waitress.

A couple of guys came in. I wrote a note on a piece of paper
that said "That's Tennessee Ernie Ford" and handed it to my
nephew. Ernie was looking at the juke box. My nephew called
out to him "Play something by Tennessee Ernie Ford". Ernie
smiled and came over to our table.

We had a brief but pleasant conversation. The guy he came in
with was over looking at the juke box. Ernie called out "Play
something by Dottie West". She's my favorite he said to us.

I remember in the mid 1950s he had a tremendously big hit,
SIXTEEN TONS. Do you remember Ernie? 1919 -1991

 

[john14_18]

Sure do! One of my favorite singers. I still listen to him on youtube. Voice smooth as silk. Youtube has some great videos of him and the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet.

 

[Salty RI]

I do remember.

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[Rolex28]

Ok folks "Bless your pea picking heart"

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Among others, Ernie sang about that 16 Gauge Choked down like a Rifle.

 

[NYlakesider]

Enjoyed his work. We used that title, 16 tons as a nickname for one of the kids I went to grade school with way back then.

 

[rockquarry]

I remember his TV show.

 

[shovelmike]

Yes Indeed

I remember him well, sixteen Tons was a big hit. My father had one of his gospel albums, which he would play on Sunday mornings as we were preparing to go to church.
I also remember his television show, he stipulated that he end the show with gospel songs.
A fine old gentleman.

 

[whitestang]

I remember his TV show and he also appeared on Hew Haw a few times.

 

[crazyphil]

I have requested in my funeral arrangements that they play
Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition of Amazing Grace.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Sometimes celebrity discovery can be tricky.
A few ago at a nearby SASS event, I say, hey! Look!
There’s Buck Taylor.
She say, who’s Buck Taylor?

 

[blues7]

"If the right one don't get you, the left one will."


A favorite of mine since I was a kid. Ernie was great.

 

[crazyphil]

THE PILGRIM - You reminded me of an incident when I was driving down
the road with my granddaughter in the passenger seat. I was playing the
radio and it was Christmas time. Bing Crosby was singing White Christmas.
I said to her "that's Bing Crosby". She said "who is he"?

 

[rockquarry]

Ernie Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" was an incredibly popular tune for quite a while in the mid-'50s. On the radio all the time, it seemed.

 

[crazyphil]

blues7 - I don't mean to be picky, but I think it was if the left one don't
get you the right one will.

 

[16thVACav]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU&ab_channel=curleyb3[/ame]

 

[Iggy]

See you next week if the good Lord’s will in’ and the creek don’t rise…

 

[Absalom]

A little irony is that “Sixteen Tons”, Ernie Ford’s best-known song, was just a cover of the song which was originally written and recorded by Merle Travis in the 1940s.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pfVvqLM_e4[/ame]

 

[30-30remchester]

I enjoyed his comment about Jimmie Carter after he was elected. In his best southern drawl Earnie said, 'It sore is nice having a president without an accent ".

 

[blues7]

blues7 - I don't mean to be picky, but I think it was if the left one don't
get you the right one will.

Quoted from lyrics page:

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you
Then the left one will