Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin

“Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin,” written by Jerry Irby. and recorded by Jerry Irby and His Texas Cowboys, 1945. Jerry Irby (vocal, guitar), Ernest “Deacon” Deacon Evans (steel guitar), Elmer Christian (bass), Pete Burke (piano). Ernest Tubb had a big hit with the tune the following year.

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Christmas Carols By The Old Corral

“Christmas Carols By The Old Corral,” written by written by Archie Gottler and Johnny Lange, recorded by Tex Ritter in 1945.

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I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus

“I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus,” written by Frankie Adams & Wilbur Jones, recorded by Brenda Lee in 1956 for a Decca children’s series. 12-year-old Ms. Lee was credited as “Little Brenda Lee.”

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Buddy Emmons, 1937 — 2015

Buddy Emmons, pedal steel guitar innovator, died on Wednesday at age 78. A virtuoso of the complicated instrument, which he helped modify into its current form, he added its distinctive sound to countless honky tonk, country, and pop recordings.

George Jones, 1931 — 2013

Texas-born country singer George Jones died Friday morning at the age of 81. That’s a remarkably ripe old age for a man who performed so many songs about death and dissolution and lived the hard-drinking life he sang about. We favor his awesome rendition of James Taylor’s “Bartender’s Blues,” but he is better known for his duets with Tammy Wynette and this tune by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman:

Bakersfield

Recently, Mark Bittman described California’s Central Valley as a “land of oil derricks, lowriders and truck stops with Punjabi food.”

That lower “oil derrick” stratum is built out of Okies, Texans & Arkies. They came to work in agriculture and the oilfields and some stayed to make music. Homer Joy (1945-2012) wrote the song “Streets or Bakersfield” in 1972 for Buck Owens, who nailed the “Bakersfield Sound” in the 60s. Dwight Yoakum covered the tune in 1988 as a duet with Buck and added Norteño accordion player Flaco Jiménez. Probably needs a new version with added Hmong Đàn môi (jews harp) and Punjabi rebab or harmonium.

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