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I Still Get Dressed on Sundays
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artist: Gene Pistilli the Hoboken Saddle Tramp
release date: April, 2003
format: CD
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Click on MP3 next to song to hear audio sample.
- I Still Get Dressed on Sunday (2:18) MP3
’Sunday’ is in the title, and after my experience with Spanky and Our Gang, I think it might be good luck.
- Sioux City Sue (3:07) MP3
I first heard this by Gene Autry. My father had the 78.
- Pearl River Turnaround (2:09) MP3
This Pearl River is in Louisiana; when you drive west towards New Orleans, you have to cross Lake Ponchetrain. Just before you get on the bridge there’s a sign that says ’Pearl River Turnaround.’ I guess I turned a road sign into a dance step.
- New Shadow (3:05) MP3
It’s a melancholy song that was written with Les Paul and Mary Ford in mind. It’s not quite country, not quite pop, just good stuff, I hope.
- Too Gone Too Long (2:44) MP3
This is my version of the Randy Travis hit. It made my move to Nashville worthwhile.
- Less Of Me More Often (2:40) MP3
Humor in music is why I like the old swing stuff; they’d take a ’down’ subject and present it in an upbeat way. You can’t have enough innocent humor."
- Waltz Across Texas (3:46) MP3
It’s Ernest Tubb’s signature song and my momma loved it. People tell me I should move to Texas because I’d never be broke if I just go around playing these songs.
- Texas To A ’T’ (2:34) MP3
I wrote it with Billy Joe Foster who was playing in Ricky Skaggs’ band at the time. He had spoken about writing a song about Texas and one day we were sitting around the table and I came up with a lick. When he heard it, he said "that’s it, to a ’t.’
- Stayin’ Is the Only Way To Go (2:49) MP3
I wrote that after I split up with my wife. I should have written it before I broke up with her.
- All The Way (2:41) MP3
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, sung by Sinatra in Pal Joey; what else can you say?
- It’s Simple (2:16) MP3
It’s a fun little song. They could use it on Sesame Street.
- How The West Was Swung (2:23) MP3
I’m so glad it was a hit for Asleep At The Wheel. It’s the source of my enduring friendship with Ray Benson.
- Oklahoma Stomp (3:06) MP3
It’s an instrumental and was a big hit for Spade Cooley. It features the whole band, swinging along.
- Mexicali Rose (4:20) MP3
It was sung by both Gene Autry and Bing Crosby so it kind of illustrates the point I’m trying to make here. It’s the last track so I get to ride off into the sunset.
Liner Notes
by Ray Benson - Asleep at the WheelGino Pistilli! It sounds like the star of a spaghetti western or a character on The Sopranos. Or maybe a New York cowboy in Nashville, feeding the hit makin’ machinery of the country music business. Well, he’s all of that and much, much more! If he were only one of the founders of The Manhattan Transfer it would have been enough to impress me. If he only had written a number one tune for Randy Travis, “Too Gone Too Long,” he would have impressed me. But he has written dozens of great songs, sings in a smooth smokey baritone that resonates like a cool breeze and keeps the tradition of great songsmithing in good stead with his original, yet familiar, tunes. So enjoy this CD (unless ya got it on 8 track) and imagine, if you will, Gino’s tattooed hands playing notes outta his guitar, singin’ thru a haze of cigarette smoke and riding off into the sunset in a yellow cab with A SET OF TEXAS LONG HORNS on the hood! Muchos gracias amigo, me gusto mucho mas! Austin, TX 2003 NOTES FROM THE ARTIST
My love for swing music was handed down to me from my folks. From Count Basie to Spade Cooley, they liked it all as long as it swung. They were big Hank Williams, Sr. fans and if you listen close, beneath those unforgettable lyrics and melodies, all his songs had a sweet little swing to them. This swing thing led me to become on of the original members of the Manhattan Transfer. They veered off into modern jazz and I went after Bob Wills and I’ve been chasing him ever since. Gene Pistilli
Credits
Produced By: Gene Pistilli
Executive Producer: David Less
Musicians:
- Vocals, rhythm guitar - Gene Pistilli
- Bass - David Hungate, David Spicher
- Guitars - Mike Dowling, Greg Galbraith, C.M. Spriggs
- Piano - Ronnie Godfrey
- Drums - Paul Scholten, Jody Maphis
- Fiddle, steel guitar & accordion - Fats Kaplan
- Trumpet - Brian Cumming
- Clarinet, saxophones & horn arrangements - Jim Hoke
- Background vocals - Ray & Billy Davis
Cover photo: Jake Herrle
Photo of Gene with cigarette: Dee Davis
Photo of Gene with his Daughter: Chip Smith
Graphic Design: Brooke Barnett
Recorded at: County Q Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Recording Engineer: Brad Blackwood, Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Special Thanks to: Michael Olivieri, Phil Kurnit, Pat & Mary Lee Schaefer, Jim Dickinson
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