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RIP Wayne Carson
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:07 pm
by Vandal
Songwriter Wayne Carson, who penned "Always on My Mind" and the Box Tops' "The Letter," has died at age 72.
Carson also wrote Gary Stewart's "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)".
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Re: RIP Wayne Carson
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:25 pm
by SportsFan68
Vandal wrote:Songwriter Wayne Carson, who penned "Always on My Mind" and the Box Tops' "The Letter," has died at age 72.
Carson also wrote Gary Stewart's "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)".
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All three of those are great songs. I couldn't visualize this great artist, so I google-imaged him, and up came a photo of Elvis Presley. Apparently he did a version of Always on My Mind also. Nothing like Willie Nelson's, I'm sure.
Here's what the article said. Stuff like this amazes me:
Carson said he wrote "Always On My Mind" in 10 minutes at his kitchen table in Springfield and initially did not think that the song needed a bridge.
Under pressure from his producer, he was sent to a piano and quickly came up with the song's memorable bridge -- two lines that begin, "Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died."