Both songs have the 12/8 rhythmic meter, are in the key of A, and have a chord progression often found in classic gospel and soul music. I'd Rather Go Blind and Tennessee Whiskey are not note for note the same song. I don't know if you play or can read music, but if you know your blues and R&B music very well, you could probably find a lot of songs that sound the same musically. His record label paid Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove as writers of the lyrics, but the music nor the lyrics to I'd Rather Go Blind were written by Etta James, her friend Ellington Jordon wrote the lyrics and she polished them up, then copyrighted under Billy Foster, Etta's singing partner at the time. Songs are copyrighted two ways, the lyrics and the music, each hold independent copyrights, even if the same person wrote the music and lyrics. It had become such a fan favorite in the dive bars, his manager talked him into including it on his debut album. Then nothing until Chris released it, but with less twang and more soul. Then 2yrs later in 1983 George Jones released it as a single. Tennessee Whisky was written in 1980 by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove, they offered it to George Straight but he turned it down, but David Allen Coe loved and released it on his 1981 album of the same name. Yes you read that correctly, they covered it, he DID NOT write new lyrics to Etta's song. They covered Tennessee Whiskey but with a more blues/gospel feel to it. What are you talking about? A Nashville backed band? Before 2015 Chris was a song writer for over a decade, he made a living and fed his family writing the music and lyrics for A list country artists, he's credited with close to a dozen #1's and ton more that hit top 20, so why would he need to "rip anyone off"? On the weekends him and his band played local dive bars around Nashville for fun and a few bucks. When in doubt, use common sense and don't be a jerk. Articles discussing events in musician's lives are subject to mod discretion.įor submissions of this sort, you can visit /r/IMadeAPlaylist or /r/SpotifyPlaylists instead. No links to unauthorized music leaks or promotion of piracyĭiscussions and Articles should be directly relevant to music, music technology, or the music business itselfĪrticles / Tweets discussing statements by musicians not relevant to their work are not allowed. For help with identifying a song, use /r/tipofmytongue or /r/namethatsong.Įxceptions are made for exclusive releases or tracks not available on an artist's official channel. No /r/ifyoulikeblank, /r/tipofmytongue, or request-style postsįor recommendations of new artists similar to those you already like, use /r/ifyoulikeblank. You can select your flair beneath your link after posting. Submitters: For original music, use the " I Made This" flair. Well known tracks will be removed at mod discretion. Saturdays are for fresh and original musicĭedicated to underground artists, your original compositions, and new releases by known artists. (We will enforce this again in the future. Bad discussion posts are subject to removal on any day. If your post is "low effort" or looks like just another way of posting streaming music, then it will be removed. If you have an interesting story behind the music, you can add this in the comments or as self-post text.įridays are text post only Friday is for interesting discussions, not streaming music. No artist reposts for 30 days if the previous post broke 100 points Optional additional text may only be included after this part of the title. Please do not submit songs by artists on this list.Īll submissions of streaming songs and albums must follow this format or will be removed.
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