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Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music | Merle Travis, Molly Bee, Ernie Ford | Nov 24, 1960

Ernie performs the honky-tonk classic, "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)," with Merle Travis and Molly Bee on November 24, 1960. Merle Travis wrote Ford's hit, "Sixteen Tons." "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music" was written by Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis, and Max Fidler, and was originally recorded in December 1952 by the bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs, and later released by Joe & Rose Lee Maphis in 1953 as a single. Joe Maphis said he started the song after moving from barn dance shows in Virginia and Chicago to playing in a honky-tonk in Bakersfield, California, in a band that included Buck Owens on back-up vocals. It is also said that Joe Maphis wrote the song one Saturday night (presumably in 1952) while driving home to Los Angeles from Bakersfield after seeing Buck Owens perform at the Blackboard Cafe. Artists who have covered the song include: Conway Twitty (1968), The Flying Burrito Brothers (1970 and 1975), New Riders of the Purple Sage (1972), Earl Scruggs and Tom T. Hall (1982), Vern Gosdin, (1985), Jack Ingram (1997), The Derailers (1995), Marty Stuart (1997), Bill Kirchen (2001), Ricky Skaggs (2001), Daryle Singletary (2002), Dwight Yoakam (2012), John Prine and Amanda Shires (2016). About Tennessee Ernie Ford Born Ernest Jennings Ford on February 13th, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford has made an indelible impact on America and the world through his unparalleled accomplishments in radio, records and television. Throughout his legendary career spanning over 50 years, Ernie Ford's early successes as a radio personality led to his signing with Capitol Records in 1949. Through 1976, he released a total of eighty-three albums on the label--and literally scores of single records, including his classic version of Merle Travis' timeless anthem to the working man, "Sixteen Tons"...at the time of its release, the fastest selling single in Capitol's history. About The Ford Show On Thursday night, October 4th, 1956, NBC premiered The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. As prime-time's # 1 half-hour variety show for five years, The Ford Show featured all the ingredients of the top variety shows of the day; Hollywood's greatest guest stars, top-of-the-line production, and terrific music. But one simple element separated it from all others...Ernie closed virtually every show with a hymn, a spiritual or a song of faith. For the time, it was a bold and powerful statement for a popular entertainer of Ford's stature to be making on live television, especially in the face of the initial objections from Madison Avenue and the network. But it was a statement that would become the trademark of his career, and in many ways, the mark of his life. It would earn him the distinction of almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainment...an enduring legacy of the lasting impact that one man's expression of faith can have on millions of people. https://www.ernieford.com/   / tennesseeernieford   #tennesseeernieford #thefordshow #sixteentons