And the "Saddest Song of the Year" is ?

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 23 Oct 2003 3:56 pm

that part at the end of Tristan und Isolde when they die

Dale Bessant · Post by **Dale Bessant** » 23 Oct 2003 4:50 pm

Good ,we're gettin' somewhere now..

Doyle Weigold · Post by **Doyle Weigold** » 23 Oct 2003 5:02 pm

"The Garden" Vern Gosdin

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 23 Oct 2003 6:43 pm

The Commanders Mamma Hated Diesels.
Just heard it again yesterday.Long black veil ain't bad either or what about Merle & George singing....Mum is Joe still drivin them old nails in Colorado---and from the same album the one about Mobile Bay
Excuse me I just have to go and blow my nose,must have got some grit in my eye
Brendan

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 23 Oct 2003 9:50 pm

There was a sad song Darryl Worley had recorded last year called "I Miss My Friend" and it went to number one on the country charts. Paul Franklin played steel on the record and Eddie Gossien played it live. When Darryl plays the song live, at the end of the song, the piano plays the intro part and then the steel really cries. Brett Day, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 24 Oct 2003 6:33 am

"You Don't Even Know Who I Am" by Patty Loveless.

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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 24 Oct 2003 7:14 am

Sing me back home with a song I used to hear.

The warden walk the prisoner down the hallway to his end...

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 24 Oct 2003 7:35 am

"Beyond the Sunset" Hank Williams

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 24 Oct 2003 7:37 am

"Beyond the Sunset" Always gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

Leigh

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 24 Oct 2003 7:41 am

"Whoops"!!!!!!!!!!!

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 24 Oct 2003 8:26 am

They're still doing 'em.

Vince Gil - Nobody Answers When I call Your Name
? - that song about the guy who sent a beach post card home from his business trip and the plane crashed on his way home.

I just heard one called "Who Will Hold Her Hand When She Crosses the Streets of Heaven" - one of those generic pop/country divas - didn't catch who it was. As the father of three little girls, I almost had to pull my car over and get that lump in my throat down to a size where I could breath again.

Eddie Lange · Post by **Eddie Lange** » 24 Oct 2003 1:33 pm

Yes Brendan, Mobile Bay and The Brothers from the "Yesterday's Wine" album get my vote. My favorite record of all time.

erik · Post by **erik** » 24 Oct 2003 3:27 pm

Well, I think the topic was for "this year" but I can't think of one so i'll go with Rose Colored Glasses by John Conlee. <a href=http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/count ... smusic.htm> My tune</a> at soundclick.com is kinda sad... and I'm not just refering to the playing.

Donna Dodd · Post by **Donna Dodd** » 24 Oct 2003 6:40 pm

Favorite Sad song to Listen to: Grand Tour - Aaron Neville's version. With Aaron singing it, you feel he's been sooooooo wronged.

Hardest sad song to listen to emotionally: Tears in Heaven

Hardest sad song to watch: HURT - Johnny Cash. (Chose to only see it once).

Now I'm getting depressed. Who started this thread, anyway??

Dale Bessant · Post by **Dale Bessant** » 24 Oct 2003 6:50 pm

I did Donna sorry...

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 24 Oct 2003 7:47 pm

I kinda liked The Baby by Blake Shelton.
Richard

erik · Post by **erik** » 25 Oct 2003 1:57 am

Single Again - Gary Stewart

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 25 Oct 2003 3:03 am

Well for this year only, the only tune I heard on the drive to St Louis that qualifies is

Three Crosses (by the side of the road)

Or some such, I am not sure of the name.
The minister, the school teacher, the driver, the hooker, and the bus crash.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 25 October 2003 at 04:05 AM.]

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 25 Oct 2003 4:47 am

Richard,
I agree "The Baby" Blake Shelton
"Walk A Little Straighter" Billy Currington
"I love You This Much" Jimmy Wayne

I think the title of Randy's is "Three Wooden Crosses". Very sad! I pick all of these.
Theresa

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 25 Oct 2003 5:29 am

For this year.... "A Lot of Things Different" by Kenny Chesney.

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 25 Oct 2003 5:51 am

Carol Westbrook is a little known singer who has a beautiful voice and wrote a song about her young son who had committed suicide. I can hardly get through it without tears ever time I play it. The words are shown below.
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A Mother’s Request
Written and recorded by Carol Westbrook

Mary, how you must have cried when they nailed him to the tree.

My heart goes out to you because you’re a mother just like me.

So Mary, that is why I feel that I can come to you.

Although it was in a different way, I lost my baby too.

You know how much I miss his smile, his laughter in the air

The way the sunlight used to dance upon his golden hair.

So, Mary, since you know exactly what I’m going through,

I feel that you will understand this small request of you.

Mary, will you ask your son to keep an eye on mine,

watch over him ‘till I get there, if you would be so kind.

Your baby is the King of Kings, it won’t be hard for him to do.

So, Mary, would you speak to him – I love my baby too.

Brandon Housewright · Post by **Brandon Housewright** » 25 Oct 2003 6:15 am

I'd say the saddest song with steel is "The Last Goodbye" by Red Sovine. After you hear that song just once then go back and listen again, I'll bet money that the intro raises the hair on your neck. I've owned that heart-breakin' SOB for years and it still has the same effect. It leaves me feeling cold and the sad thing is that I have no clue who played it.

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 25 Oct 2003 8:23 am

A song associated with World War 2 always makes me a sad called "Now is the hour"

Leigh

Eric Myers · Post by **Eric Myers** » 25 Oct 2003 9:12 am

I BELIEVE IN YOU
Neil Young

Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 25 Oct 2003 11:32 am

Long Black Veil
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Lonely Street
Beyond the Last Mile
Just Call Me Lonesome