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Friday, March 18, 2011

Hillbilly Hades



Texas Bill Strength - Hillbilly Hades (3:07)

In 1955, Eddie Dean had the biggest hit of his career with a maudlin effort called I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven. The song details Dean's dream about about the aftermath of his own death and his experiences of being welcomed into heaven, where he encounters all his favorite deceased country stars. In 1961, Tex Ritter revived it and had a hit with it as well. You can see Tex doing it live over on YouTube. Unfortunately, the embedding feature on the clip has been disabled.

Texas Bill Strength's Hillbilly Hades is a slyly hilarious parody that came out in 1970.

3 Comments:

Debbie D said...

I'd like some more information about Marvin Rainwater falling off the stage.

Prof. Grewbeard said...

oh man that was funny!

Stu Shea said...

This is fantastic. Thank you for posting it.

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