(bill fries, chip davis) Me an’ earl was haulin’ chickens on a flatbed out of wiggins, and we’d spent all night on the uphill side of thirty-seven miles of hell called wolf creek pass. which is up on the great divide? We was settin’ there suckin’ toothpicks, drinkin’ nehi and onion soup mix, and i […]
(there won’t be no rock ‘n’ roll) (c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Well, it’s only gonna be about an hour, friend ’til they dam your favorite river So you can water-ski just one more reservior And them supersonic ships are gonna take you ‘cross a sea of pavement To one more faceless brickyard on […]
(chip davis, bill fries) On a cold november mornin’ Back in nineteen-thirty-seven With an early snow a-fallin’ On the three-foot tracks at ames Came a mighty strange contraption Known to trainmen as a motor But to folks in colorado She was known by another name Up the canyons south of sawpit Past the red cathedral […]
(bill fries, chip davis) Well, interstate 80, we was cuttin’ the fog Just me an’ old sloan (old sloan’s my dog) We had an eighteen-wheeler with ten on the floor and stereo layin’ a strip Now we spied a sign, says "eat gas now" We decided to whip in and pick up some chow At […]
Jackson Hole - The Legendary C.w. Mccall
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Well, packin’ on back to jackson Eighteen-thirty-an’-six Fifteen wagons an’ forty-five orn’ry mules Packin’ on back to jackson Workin’ the beaver trail Ten more moons an’ we gonna rendevous [chorus] Jackson hole, wyomin’ Fifteen wagons an’ forty-five orn’ry mules Jackson hole, wyomin’ Ten more moons an’ we gonna rendevous […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) [chorus] Four wheel cowboy Four wheel cowboy Four wheel cowboy Jeepin’ down to santa fe Well, denver town an’ i’m outta the chute Foot in the gas an’ a hole in my boot And i’m outbound, yeah Gonna see my momma in santa fe I’m over the hump and […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Bill fries says that this is based on a true story from the late ’60s, when a band of hippies rolled into telluride and decided to stay. One day about four or five years ago We is settin’ at the conoco station Kickin’ tires, and swattin’ flies, And discussin’ […]
Convoy - The Legendary C.w. Mccall
(c.w. mccall, b. fries, c. davis) [on the cb] Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the rubber duck. you gotta copy on me, pig pen, c’mon? ah, yeah, 10-4, pig pen, fer shure, fer shure. by golly, it’s clean clear to flag town, c’mon. yeah, that Big 10-4 there, pig pen, yeah, we definitely got the […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Me an’ rj an’ the kids was on a camp-out in the mountains, and we had us one’a them u-drive-’em army jeep cars which we rented from a fella by the name of kubozke for thirty bucks a day, buy you Along the way, take a rabbit’s foot and […]
Audubon - The Legendary C.w. Mccall
Well, i was born in a town called audubon Southwest iowa, right where it oughta been Twenty-three houses, fourteen saloons, And a feed mill in nineteen-thirty. Had a neon sign, said "squealer feeds" And the bus came through when they felt the need And they stopped at a place there in town called the old […]
