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Darby's Castle

We started this year's series with a story about a building that stood the test of time because of its firm foundation and how it was built. For contrast, I selected this song about a building that collapsed because the family's foundation lacked love that was true, full, and sound. This is one of Kris Kristofferson's lesser known songs, but I think it's among his best. Pap told me that he heard that Kristofferson taught English Literature at West Point Academy. For this upload, I checked to see if that was correct. According to Google, Kristofferson was offered a teaching job at West Point, but he declined and chose to leave the military when his service commitment ended. He left the military because he wanted to write country songs for a living. Although he never taught at West Point, I think many would agree that Kristofferson is among the most intelligent/literary song writers in country music history. Kristofferson was a very interesting man. I also heard stories from Pap and others that Kristofferson once landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash's yard in order to pitch a song to him. It's true that Kristofferson flew a chopper to Cash's house and landed in his yard; however, he and Cash knew each other well at that point and were friends, so it wasn't quite the gambit portrayed in the legend. Like other country singers, Kristofferson tried his hand at acting. In my opinion, he's among the few who were successful to the point where the viewer no longer thought of him as a singer while watching him on screen. In other words, his acting could stand on its on and make you forget about his music, at least for the course of the movie. :-) Kristofferson performed with the Highwaymen (along with Willie, Waylon, and Johnny C). In a documentary that I watched, it was noted how Kristofferson and Willie were more health conscious than Cash or Jennings. When the tour bus stopped in towns for food, Willie would find a corner in a lobby and do calisthenics. While Waylon and Johnny consumed large quantities of biscuits and gravy, Kristofferson would jog ahead along the roadside in the direction the bus would later travel. After they had loaded up and traveled several miles, they would pick up Kristofferson on the roadside. This has nothing to do with his songwriting or this song. I just find it interesting, and Kristofferson's fitness level doesn't quite fit the schema that most people have for country singers. One could say that the theme of Darby's Castle is that money won't buy happiness. I think it could be a little more complex than that. In 1992, a fellow named Chapman published a very successful and influential book about different love languages. A co-worker recommended the book to me. I read it and found it pretty interesting. Basically, people show love to each other in different ways. For instance, a mother might not regularly tell her family that she loves them, but if she works hard to make the house nice or to prepare food, that may be her way of saying it. Another person might communicate love through financial provision. Still others might communicate love verbally or through physical touch. Problems don't necessarily arise when couples have differing love languages. They arise when one or both fail to recognize and appreciate the other person's love language. The wife of a good friend of mine divorced him because he was always busy as a very successful basketball coach. He told me after they divorced, "I thought I was doing the right thing, providing for my family. I see now that I wasn't present for my wife." Somewhat similarly, Darby thought he was showing his love through the grandeur of the home he made for his wife. However, like my friend's coaching, it went too far. Darby failed to realize that his wife would have placed greater value on verbal expressions of love, physical intimacy, or other love languages. Many artists have covered this song, but my favorite version is the original by Kristofferson. There's a great video on YouTube of him singing it live on Austin City Limits. My second favorite version is by the Country Gentlemen (link below). When they recorded the song, Doyle Lawson was the band's mandolin player. Lawson's kick-off to Darby's Castle is one of the best mandolin kick-offs I've heard. The Country Gentlemen, like most other artists, sped the song up and straightened out the rhythm. Kristofferson and Charlie Waller (lead singer for the Country Gentlemen) both sang "Cecil Darby loved his wife." I chose to go with "Cecil Darby had a wife." I chose that wording because it plays upon the idea of Darby's love being in question...because of how it was/was not expressed. I hope you enjoyed this story song and that you weren't too bummed out by it! Next week, we'll have a more upbeat story song, Lord willing. Thanks for watching! Country Gentlemen Version:    • Darby's Castle