It’s the fault of Kentucky songwriters like Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers that we have such an insatiable appetite for authentic Kentucky expressions. Colton Bowlin is stepping up to help fill that appetite for the next generation.
Captured at Laurel Cove Music Festival.
The legendary Jackie Gleason was born OTD in 1916
For Smokey and the Bandit, he modelled Sheriff Buford T. Justice on Burt Reynolds’ father, a Florida lawman, where “sumbitch” came from. Gleason mostly improvised, making this one of the greatest comedy performances of all time.
So,
so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish,
how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
swimming in a fishbowl,
year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here