Recorded live at The
Bluebird Café Nashville, Tennessee
Produced by Don Henry and Vaughn Skow
Complied by Len Handler and Don Henry
Engineered by Neil Fagan and Phil Smith
Mastered by Vaughn Skow
Executive production by Vinny Adinolfi, Phil Kurnit and Len Handler
Art direction by Amy Bennick, Anything You See, Inc.
Photography by Ed Rode
"IN THE ROUND" performances with: Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch, Ashley Cleveland, Vince Melamed, Gary Burr, Jim Photoglo, Danny Flowers, Karen Taylor-Good, Tony Arata, Bill Lloyd, Kim Richey, Pat Buchanan, Byron House, Gene Nelson, Craig Carothers, Eric Darken, Brian Cumming, Molly Felder, Adie Grey, Dave Jacques and Gary Harrison
1. You Can Put Your
Name On It* (Don Henry / David Womack)
[Lyrics]
12/31/2000 "In The Round" with: Gary
Nicholson: lead guitar Kevin Welch:
guitar (courtesy of Dead Reckoning
Records) Ashley Cleveland:
vocals
A rockin' little New Years
Eve. My whole family was there! So were the Nicholson's and assorted Welch's.
Can you hear the noisemakers in the background? Woo Hoo! The Bluebird…our home
away from home! David and I wrote this song almost as fast as it takes to listen
to it once! We hadn't written together in a couple years since he'd moved back
down to Mississippi so the floodgates were opened. We wrote "Blue Highway"in
the 80's for country singer John Conlee
many years ago. That was my first "cut" in Nashville and was a single for John
that went to #15 in the Billboard Country Charts.
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2. B.F.D (Don
Henry / Craig Carothers)
[Lyrics]
3/5/99 "In The Round" with: Vince Melamed: piano Gary
Burr: lead guitar and vocals Jim Photoglo:
vocals
We laughed every minute
while we wrote this one! Craig had come over that day hell-bent on writing a
song that someone would record. I tried to convince him this idea was exactly
that. When Kathy Mattea recorded it, he was convinced at last. As Craig puts
it, "This one's a homerun everytime" BFD went as high as #63 on the Billboard
charts...then died a quick but painful death! Kathy did a great "Lyle Lovettish"
version of the song but it just didn't become a hit. I really believe the song
is a hit for somebody. It's a "home run" every time I play it out and I think
Kathy still performs it in her shows with great response. Craig
Carothers and I got together to write one day and went throught the usual
ritual of tryin' to write that "hit" song... just bland enough for radio and
just good enough to put our names on it. We were jokin' around when the acronym
"it aint no BFD" came out . Then one of us said "he's got his CMT" then the
other said "No S-E-X". Then the other said "but that's OK" and we started laughing!
Then one of us said "at least he ain't no SOB" and it was answered with "like
that PHD" We both sang who "took his wife and moved out to LA" Man, we were
on the floor laughing so hard.It was one of those juvenile laughs that just
won't stop...I mean we were laughing so hard that we were crying! Then we made
a list of acronyms and chose the ones that people use more like words. Then
we tried to make 'em work. We got lucky and stumbled onto a couple of silly
one's....like F-R-E....E and P-I-L-O, changing the joke up a bit and kind of
giving the listener a peek into the guy's personallity...which is probably the
reason she left him itn the first place. That was the most fun I've ever had
writing a song. We literally laughed our way through it!
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3. All Kinds Of Kinds
(Don Henry / Phillip Coleman)
[Lyrics]
3/5/99 "In The Round" with: Vince Melamed: accordion keyboard
Gary Burr: lead guitar Jim
Photoglo: vocals
Phillip's idea. The first
song we wrote together. Also the first time the "In The Round" boys heard it.
They fell in rather nicely, I must say. It takes all kinds o' kinds!
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4. That's Where All
The Kids Came From (Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
7/31/00 "In The Round" with: Vince Melamed: piano Gary
Burr: lead guitar Jim Photoglo:
vocals
I wrote this song watching
Molly garden while the kids played.
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5. The Big Goodbye
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
11/15/97 "In The Round" with: Gary Harrison: laughs Neal
Coty: more laughs (courtesy of Mercury Records) Mark
Wills: right before he "hit it big" (courtesy of Mercury Records)
A benefit Gary Harrison
had put together, and I had the nerve to sabotage him with his own recorded
words! Thanks Gary. We've had some great "In The Round's" together. I wrote
this in '94. It's the first song I wrote that my son Dylan would sing along
with. He'd sit in the backseat of the van and sing "Baa, Baa, Baa."
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6. Into A Mall
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
6/24/97 "In The Round" with: Tony Arata: killer songs Steve Jones:
more killer songs Gary Burr: killer songs,
lead guitar and vocals Karen Taylor-Good:
killer songs and vocals
Question: What do Don Henry
and Ringo Starr have in common.
A: Former Beatles
B: Lettered in Football, Basketball and Baseball at Live Oak High School
C: Got high with the Maharishi
D: Had super hit songwriter Gary Burr
as sideman in their band to promote a new album
Answer: D…as in DON Henry, who is lucky to hang with this bunch of killer songwriters!
Originally recorded on my "Wild In The Backyard" album.
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7. Back On The Farm
Again (Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
1/16/96 Alive Hospice Benefit "In The Round" with: Bill
Lloyd: lead guitar & vocals Kim Richey:
vocals (courtesy of Mercury Records) Byron House: bass I'm glad this is documented.
Bill, Kim, Byron (and usually
Pat Buchanan
but he was sick this night) and I played together a lot during this period.
We were kind of a band. A first for me, and a thrill to be included with these
great musicians who have all, unlike me, had years of gig and road experience.
(But I'm catching up!) The Thompson Brothers had a small hit with this song.
Bill Lloyd produced a great Beatlesque
track on them. Their video (with the smoldering cow pies) still pops up occasionally
on CMT.
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8. Transitional Car
(Don Henry / Peter Fey)
[Lyrics]
1/16/96 Alive Hospice
Benefit "In The Round" with: Bill Lloyd:
lead guitar & vocals Kim Richey: vocals
(courtesy of Mercury Records) Byron House: bass
I think we'd just finished
this song. I flubbed up the lyrics on the bridge so here they are: "…Lets the
air out of your tires Turns your sparks into misfires Leaving big ol' potholes
in your soul" Damn! Sorry Pete. Beep beep, beep beep, yeah!
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9. Beautiful Fool
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
1/16/96 Alive
Hospice Benefit "In The Round" with: Bill
Lloyd: lead guitar & vocals Kim Richey:
vocals (courtesy of Mercury Records) Byron House: bass
A tribute to one of my greatest
heroes. Written from what I remember of my young point of view. I'm glad I got
to be alive during an era of true heroism that he represented. To Martin Luther
King Jr… Thank you for this song. I still believe. Kathy Mattea has covered
this as well as The Four Bitchin' Babes. I think David
Wilcox might have performed it too. Kim
Richey sang it on the "Freedom Sings" CD that the First
Amendment Center put out in 2000. People tell me they hear it around a lot.
It's nice to have one with a life of it's own. (Yes, for you scrupulous few.
I realize Cronkite was on CBS and Disney was on NBC, but it's all the same to
a kid when your parents interrupt The Wonderful World Of Disney. Now go have
a sandwich or something)
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10. Mr. Putty
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
5/26/96 Sunday's writer night special guest appearance
I still feel like putty
in her hands… and it's still a good thing! The Bluebird
Sunday writer's night people are the world's greatest audience!
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11. Trailer Song
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
6/24/97 In The Round with: Tony Arata: trailer trash ad-libs
Steve Jones: looking cool Gary Burr: lead
guitar Karen Taylor-Good: vocals
With my favorite bunch of
trailer trash! And I had the best seat in the house. Man, what a night!
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12. Motel, Motel,
Motel (Don Henry / Gary Nicholson)
[Lyrics]
11/26/97 "In The Round" with: Gary
Nicholson: lead guitar Danny Flowers: still living on "Tulsa Time" Jim
Phototglo: not only "Fishin' In The Dark" but can bring it home and bake
it up like a professional cook!
When I grow up I wanna be
Gary Nicholson! Thanks, as always,
to Neil Fagan for the light show. (You had to be there.)
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13. Sun, Son (Shining
On The Water) (Anna McGarrigle)
[Lyrics]
1995 A night with my band: Eric Darken: percussion Dave Jacques: bass Brian
Cumming; saxophone Molly Felder
& Adie Grey: vocals
I did a little split bill
this night with one of Nashville's grooviest pop combos, Swan
Dive (Bill DeMain and Molly Felder). Man, we're spoiled with some of the
world's greatest musicians here in Nashville! Thanks guys and gals for letting
me use this track. I've always loved the McGarrigles.
This one's from their album "Love Over & Over". I said that they both wrote
this song, but I was wrong. Anna wrote it alone. Give's me the goose bumps.
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14. Song About Me
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
12/30/00 In The Round with: Craig
Carothers: vocal, laughs & spoofs Gene Nelson: guitar & baby seal jokes
One of the only songs I've
written that's entirely true. And then a birthday surprise from Craig and Gene!
A most memorable birthday for yours truly. Thanks fellas, I'll never forget
it.
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15. Where've You Been
(Don Henry / Jon Vezner)
[Lyrics]
An early evening showcase in 1994
Thanks Kathy
Mattea for giving my career some mileage. Thanks Jon for letting me in on
a very personal song. This was a special night showcase that Paul Rothchild
had put together for me to play for Jac Holzman. Dedicated to the late great
Paul Rothchild… thanks for believing, my friend. This is the record you wanted
to make.
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16. Harley
(Don Henry)
[Lyrics]
1st half: 5/26/96 Sunday's writer night special guest appearance
2nd half: 1994 An early evening showcase with: Pat
Buchanan: electric guitar Byron House: bass Kim
Richey: vocals Eric Darken: drums
I knew I could sneak Pat
Buchanan in there! Vaughn and I had some fun editing two different nights together.
Thanks to Vaughn Skow for sticking with this one until it worked.
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