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Creepy Country Songs

Post by Nostalgiascape » Tue May 07, 2019 8:18 am

There seems to be an old tradition in country music that is lost now in the modern pop country era. The tradition of seriously creepy songs. Songs like Ode to Billy Joe, One Dyin and A burying, me and little Andy, and Psycho by Eddie Noac. And while not all creepy country songs would fit on a Halloween mix, some do. If you do your research online you'll discover such songs and I hope you'll listen to them late at night with the lights out.
The dark night beckons. Bear us your soul, it whispers. Expose your wicked delights. Join the rest of us on the wind. The dark night beckons and we answer. Sailing into the shadows.

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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Andybev01 » Tue May 07, 2019 11:11 am

J.D. Mcpherson 'A Gentle Awakening'.

More blues than country but the same spirit...so to speak.

https://youtu.be/U_GEch9cyJg

On a happy note check out his Christmas album, ' Socks'.

It was released last year; all original compositions and came out of the blue light a bolt of lightning.

All of the songs are on YouTube and are little animated videos.

My favorite is 'Holly, Carol Candy & Joy'.

https://g.co/kgs/YYFQLz
All you that doth my grave pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.

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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Murfreesboro » Sat May 11, 2019 10:14 am

Oh, I remember Ode to Billy Jo. The girl who wrote it (Bobbie Gentry?) was from Mississippi, so she was quite the celebrity in my home state back in the day.

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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Nostalgiascape » Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:23 pm

Ode to Billy Joe was eerie. I still picture dead eyes in the river water staring at me when I hear it.
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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Pumpkin_Head » Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:27 am

I think this was by Charlie Daniels. The title, if I remember correctly was "The Wooded Swamp." That was one creepy song that told a story that could be a great movie if done right. ".......you can hear 4 young men screaming. You can hear one old man laugh..."

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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Murfreesboro » Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:23 am

Alan Jackson's Midnight in Montgomery is a ghost story.

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Post by Pumpkin_Head » Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:18 pm

This is not a country song, but it's pretty creepy. It was composed by Henry Mancini. It's the main theme to the movie "Experiment in Terror." Ernie Bishop used that song as the opening theme to his tv show "Creature Features" which aired in Chicago on WGN. "Creature Features" was among the first of those shows that featured the old Universal monster classics, among others, and was hosted by Ernie Bishop. He would recite a poem at the beginning of every show to introduce the movie, but instead of making an appearance, there was a picture of a character played by Lon Chaney Sr (Lon Chaney Jr.s father). I have that song on vinyl, and a whole myriad of Henry Mancini master pieces.

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Re: Creepy Country Songs

Post by Murfreesboro » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:02 am

Oh, Mancini was great, but you're right, he wasn't country.

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Post by Pumpkin_Head » Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:36 pm

Mancini is one of my all time favs. Charlie Daniels did, I think, a few songs that told scary stories if memory serves me well. On the tv show "The Waltons," Jason writes a song about the ghost of a Civil War soldier's wife who could be seen mourning her dead husband. That song was VERY country in both the story and the way it was performed.

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