Complicated Chorus

Thank You Marty Stuart for my blog title.
 A shout out to Ken Burns for his LONG series about any and everything. The one on Country Music has blown me out of the water!!!
   Over the last two weeks, I have watched my entire life flash before me, in the songs, lyrics, legends of Country Music.
   I have felt great pain that daddy, was not alive, to say, "I told you so!" on all of his early country people and their history.
   You see, I was the first born, practice child, and Daddy thought I was a mini adult! ( which I may have been). He taught me so much about music, and movies since I stood up in the crib.
 My first song, that I learned was "Lay Me A Pallet Down On The Floor" I think it had something to do with him watching me, lay on the floor as a baby. Some blanket or pallet was put down, and daddy watched me!!!?? For a minute, while mom hung clothes out on the line. He talked on and on, about Little Jimmy Dickens, Earle Scruggs, Mother Maybelle Carter, Lester Flatt, Foggy Mountain Boys, Eddie Arnold, Gene Autry, Jimmie Rogers, Poor Hank Williams, Patsy, Loretta and never stopping, the list is huge. You do realize that I was not walking!! Willie, Waylon, Merle, Cash, Acuff and The Possum, George Jones. The Statler brothers, and so many more religious singing groups, we watched on TV, Sunday morning as others were getting ready. Daddy and I were always first!! ( Gumby and Pokey gave me the creeps!) The Oak Ridge Boys were later, but you know they were on rotation!
  I know all of these peoples family history, and every song!!! and there are hundreds more names to add to the list. The footage of these Tobacco Road people, making music, touches me.
 Poverty entrenched in each note, and they sung. To survive, and pass on something pretty darn special. Is twang country music for everyone, probably not. BUT the history of it, should be taught in schools. Black Gospel, Honkey Tonk, Hillbilly, Bango and Steel Guitar, Blue Grass tingle down my spine, joy juice. Foot taping, tear jerking, American Art.
  The eight part, 16-hour, YES, 16-hour, where did it come from question, is answered. Homer Blackman Jr. that is where. Daddy you were right, and I knew it all. The hardships that people come from and you still had to sing. Ken Burns even included your beloved Gene and Cowboy music, it is a wonderful series.
   Thank you for giving me this gift, at such a young age. I know I never learned to play the spoons, but I did get the lesson, of a complicated chorus.
 ( Dad we don't use the word midget, anymore to describe Little Jimmie Dickens!) and ( You are right Hank Williams Jr. should have been a baker.) ( Tommy and I liked him anyway!!)