Mickey Newberry

[Harold Dye]

Mickey died Sept 29, 2002. He was one of my favorite song writers and singers. I have many of his albums and loved to hear him sing. Hard to believe he has been gone this long.

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mickey_Newbury

[Harold Dye]

Don't know what happened with the link I tried to paste but this one should work.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Newbury

[Chris Templeton]

Buddy Recorded with him.

[Fred Treece]

One of the first songs I ever remember playing in my first club band was Why You Been Gone So Long. “Wolf is scratchin at my door, can’t you hear that lonesome wind moan” - one of the greatest lines ever!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9byiEqQCY
His voice had that something-between-scream-and-whisper/fine-grit sandpaper quality, like Don Henley.

Edited to fix the funky text leftover from the website breakdown.

[Joachim Kettner]

I havn't heard this version before. Thanks Fred!
There's a nice tribute to him record from Gretchen Peters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmPBbnRUpLo

[Jeff Evans]

Steel players certainly glommed onto Sweet Memories. Part of our beautiful, morose, funereal repertoire, one reckons.

[Harold Dye]

The first time I heard him sing was in 1973. The song was Sunshine. After I heard it I went to the record store and bought it. It was a 45. After that I bought every album I could find over the years and still have them. Sunshine has got to be one of his pain songs and is on youtube.

[Joy Hollis]

My mom loves him too. She dated a couple of songwriters back in the day around LA. I've always suspected Mickey Newbury but she won't admit it. She ended up marrying my dad...a steel player.