February 9 marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of the “Texas Troubadour” in Crisp, Texas. His career spanned four decades and he had a number of major hits, despite having a limited vocal range. Or maybe because of it. Either way, his music still influences country singers to this day. Tubb also had terrific musicians to back him, with good instrumentals to go with his unique voice.
Enough babbling from me, here are few ET hits for you dining and dancing pleasure.
Elvis Presley, didn’t want to do a cover of this song because he didn’t think he could do it justice.
My personal favorite,
He was a good 'un, all right; his guitar player, Billy Byrd, was so good that one of Gibson's guitars (the Byrdland) is named after him and Hank Garland. If you want to hear one of ET's musical children, check out Junior Brown, one of whose songs is titled My Baby Don't Dance To Nothin' But Ernest Tubb.
And he gave his backup guys credit… 🙂 Blue Christmas is the distillation of country…
A true country musician who's works are timeless. Thank you for highlighting him.